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Last-minute intervention by Quebec’s economy minister fails to win round French government
Canadian convenience store group Couche-Tard has offered €16.2bn for supermarket company
Christian Sewing points to relatively small hit from payment provider’s collapse despite €80m exposure
Move comes after it emerged that Heike Pauls had briefed payment group’s managers about hedge fund’s criticism
BC Partners and EQT among groups vying for some or all of Suning’s majority holding in Italian club valued at up to €900m
ECHR to give its judgment on Kyiv’s claims of human rights violations in Crimea
Chief executive Luca de Meo breaks with the group’s previous focus on volume
Low-cost airline’s plans to exit bankruptcy protection would all but wipe out existing shareholders
InPost’s plans for Dutch listing underscore mounting competition to UK as trading hub
Tycoon to expand in developing economies as his metals group emerges from pandemic in leaner shape
Finance minister talks of threat to ‘food sovereignty’ while analysts puzzled by €16bn approach for retailer
Airline is latest in string of European groups to lock-in low rates at start of 2021
A deal is not advisable simply because it is possible
Bloc’s financial watchdog says it has observed ‘some questionable practices’
Private equity group moves to cash in on surge in online shopping during pandemic
Danish group’s modesty on earnings growth should not last long
Supermarket groups confirm early-stage discussions are under way on potential $50bn tie-up
Telefónica to reduce debt as tower unit owned with KKR is sold to Boston-based group
Stefan Oelrich acknowledges challenge of its two bestselling products going off patent
Italian lender’s board to decide on replacement for Jean Pierre Mustier within next four weeks
Retreat of broadcaster Mediapro and Covid-19 fallout pile pressure on Ligue 1
Results surpass group’s most optimistic forecasts as ecommerce surge boosts courier division
Loss of a few clients will not hurt too much but wider squeeze on profitability is bigger problem for Swiss banks
US private equity group is taking on CVC with talks over stake in All Blacks owner
Unbelievable Jeff.
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