The threat of job relocations by European Union companies towards 10 countries set to join the EU on May 1 has caused concern and criticism among current states that ignored the signs for several...
The board of the Franco-German drug maker Aventis accepted a sweetened takeover bid last night from its smaller rival Sanofi-Synthelabo. Sources close to Aventis said Sanofi had increased its offer...
Economic growth in the UK will return to rates not seen for five years, an influential group of economists says. The Ernst & Young Item Club says the country can expect two years of rapid...
Commerzbank has announced its best quarter for nearly four years, and forecast further improvement, two months after reporting a record loss. Germany's third largest bank, kicking off the sector's...
German business confidence unexpectedly rose for the first time in three months in April, as the euro's retreat against the dollar since February and accelerating global growth brightened the outlook...
European stock markets were higher, helped by an unexpected increase in German business confidence as sentiment in the retail sector and manufacturing recovered from two months of falls. The FTSE...
Ericsson, the Swedish electronics giant, today brightened the outlook for telecoms groups after reporting 22 per cent more orders in 2004. Demand continued to rise in Europe where analysts had...
The fall-out from the UK decision to have a referendum on the European Constitution is continuing. Top politicians in Germany and Austria, while speaking out against a series of national referendums...
Britain's housing market could be in line for a sharp fall that would have a devastating impact on the rest of the economy, an International Monetary Fund report has suggested. Outlined in it World...
Britain's economy expanded at the quickest annual pace in almost four years in the first quarter and retail sales growth accelerated in March, widening the gap with Germany and Italy, whose economies...