
Does France have right plan to revive its economy?
The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.

Brits buy lease to Broadway's biggest theater
Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought the lease to Broadway's largest theater from Live Nation ...

Ratings firm warns of economic slowdown in Russia
Russia faces harsh times ahead for its economy unless the government improves the country's poor investment climate and implements long-delayed ...

Greece to break up state power company for money
Greece's conservative-led government on Wednesday announced plans to break up the state-run Public Power Corporation by 2016, as part of a ...
SAS sells regional airline Wideroe to raise cash
Scandinavian airline SAS AB says it is selling 80 percent of its stake in regional airline Wideroe to an investor group for approximately 2 billion ...
RBS says gov't stake could be sold within year
Royal Bank of Scotland predicted Friday that the government should be able to start selling its stake within a year, as it reported a first-quarter ...
Greece completes first major privatization
Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras says Greece has successfully completed its first major privatization, selling off a controlling 33 percent stake ...
Greece pulls firing provision from austerity bill
Greece's government has withdrawn a key labor reform from a new austerity bill, following strong objections by experts and a widely reported rift ...
AP Source: Fiat mulls IPO after buying Chrysler
Italian automaker Fiat is considering a plan to hold a public stock offering after the company buys 100 percent of Chrysler, according to a person ...
Survey: Firms still reluctant to make acquisitions
Companies around the world are still reluctant to go on the acquisition trail even though they are becoming more confident about the global economy, ...

Major Beach Boys memorabilia being auctioned off
The material sat in a Florida storage facility for many years, apparently forgotten, until the storage company finally sold it off in bulk because ...
EU OKs $2.7bn Siemens takeover of UK rail firm
The European Union's antitrust body has cleared a 1.74 billion pound ($2.7 billion) takeover of a British rail technology company by German industrial ...

Chinese automakers struggle against global rivals
These should be good times for Chinese automakers as they prepare to show off their latest models at the Shanghai auto show. Their home market is the ...
EADS buys part of French government stake
The parent company of European aircraft maker Airbus has bought back almost half a billion euros worth of its own stock from the French government.
ING to sell stake in US arm for up to $1.5 billion
ING Groep NV says it will sell a 25 percent stake in its U.S. arm for around $1.4-$1.5 billion in an initial public offering, as part of measures ...
Daimler selling rest of EADS stake
Automaker Daimler AG says it is selling its remaining 7.5 percent stake in EADS, the parent company of aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Daimler helped ...
Dutch coffee company DEMB agrees to $9.8B buyout
The management of Dutch coffee maker D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV says it has agreed to a 7.5 billion euro ($9.8 billion) buyout offer from a group ...

Fiat-Chrysler merger path to clarify
The CEO of Fiat, the Italian carmaker that controls Chrysler, said Tuesday he expects to have "clarity" by the end of the year on how it will achieve ...
Lagardere sells entire stake in EADS
French media company Lagardere says it has sold its entire 7.4 percent stake in European aerospace and defense giant EADS. EADS, the parent to plane ...

Greece: Stalled bank merger tests investors
Greek banks NBG and Eurobank on Monday said their planned merger has been postponed, causing huge volatility in their share price amid fears they may ...
EU clears Random House, Penguin merger deal
The European Union's antitrust watchdog on Friday gave its green light to the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House that will create the world's ...
Lagardere to sell off stake in EADS by July
Lagardere has confirmed its intention to sell its stake in European aerospace and defense giant EADS by the end of July. The French multinational ...

Greece's creditors start new austerity inspection
Greece's conservative prime minister said the country is showing its first signs of recovery, as international debt inspectors returned to Athens ...

Greece ends tax spat ahead of new inspection
Parties in Greece's coalition government announced a compromise Wednesday over an emergency tax seen as a symbol of harsh austerity measures — a move ...
Poland presents plan for privatizing airline
The Polish government has devised a plan to sell off LOT airlines, the deeply indebted state-run flag-carrier. Revealing the draft law for the ...