Barclays CaixaBank deal worth £633 million pounds agreed
A Barclays CaixaBank deal worth £633m (€800m, $1.050bn) has been agreed for part of the British bank’s Spanish unit, specifically its retail, corporate banking...
Does food advertising encourage overeating?
We are all exposed to messages and images of tasty foods on television, billboards, the Internet, magazines and newspapers. A large proportion of these...
German financing conditions excellent
German financing conditions for companies continue to be excellent, says the Ifo Institute in Munich. German firms continue to have easy access to loans.
The...
Tablet forecasts down PCs up
Tablet forecasts for 2014 have been lowered to 233.1 million units, following two successive quarters of softer-than-predicted demand. International Data Corporation’s (IDC’s) new Worldwide...
New EU Russian sanctions ultimatum
You have one week to reverse your course in Ukraine, or there will be new EU Russian sanctions, the European Union told Vladimir Putin....
Virgin Australia losses triple
Virgin Australia posted a A$355.6 million ($332.6 million) after-tax loss for the full year, more than three times last year’s A$98.1 million loss. The...
Canadian Q2 GDP grew 0.8 percent
Canadian Q2 GDP grew by 0.8% (annual rate of 3.1%), after expanding by just 0.2% in Q1, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. It was...
Scottish independence risks
What are the Scottish independence risks? Would the country just survive, fail or prosper? Sir Mike Rake, President of the Confederation of British Industry...
UK GDP forecast upgraded to 3.2%
The UK GDP forecast has been upgraded to 3.2% growth from 3.1% for 2014, and to 2.8% from 2.7% for 2015, according to calculations...
Fiat Chrysler merger plan jumps shareholder hurdle
The Fiat Chrysler merger plan was blessed earlier this week because not enough shareholders tendered their stock to undermine the reorganization. In other words,...