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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      News in-depthNorthvolt AB
      Peter Carlsson, Northvolt’s battery revolutionary

      Head of group seeking to be Europe’s first homegrown champion in the sector is not your average Swedish CEO

      Peter Carlsson
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      The Top LineAnne-Sylvaine Chassany
      The lessons of the OpenAI soap opera for Europe

      Crisis at US start-up demonstrates hyper-reliance on Big Tech

      Xavier Niel
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Virgin Money PLC
      Virgin Money profits hit by rising bad loan provisions

      Challenger bank reports drop in earnings as cost of living crisis is set to drive up credit card arrears

      A Virgin Money bank in London
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Bayer AG
      Bayer drug setback adds to new CEO’s problems  

      Halted trial of prospective blockbuster treatment follows latest US legal blow over weedkiller Roundup

      Bill Anderson
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      UBS Group AG
      UBS chief Sergio Ermotti calls for tougher sanctions on negligent bankers

      Banker urges greater power for Swiss regulators in wake of Credit Suisse collapse

      Sergio Ermotti
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      JAB Holdings Ltd
      Pret A Manger owner JAB names new chief as Olivier Goudet steps down

      Successor Joachim Creus has worked at the European investment group since 2010

      Composite images of Olivier Goudet, Joachim Creus and Peter Harf
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      EU financial regulation
      European Commission fines Rabobank €26.6mn over bond trading cartel

      Deutsche Bank avoids penalty of almost €156mn after revealing existence of collusion

      The Deutsche Bank headquarters
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Volkswagen AG
      Volkswagen becomes latest non-union carmaker to raise US pay

      German carmaker’s 11% increase follows moves by Nissan, Hyundai, Honda and Toyota to lift workers’ wages

      The Volkswagen Chattanooga assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      AstraZeneca PLC
      AstraZeneca fights accusations its Covid-19 jab was ‘defective’

      Vaccine recipient claims he suffered side effect of severe blood clot

      A health worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Enel SpA
      Italy’s Enel to cut renewable investments

      State-controlled utility rows back on green spending in new 3-year plan after clash with government

      Enel Green Power’s geothermal power site in Larderello, Italy
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      European banks
      ECB warns of ‘early signs of stress’ at eurozone banks as default rates rise

      Stability review notes sector’s resilience but urges lenders to increase provisions to cover rising loan losses

      Luis de Guindos, vice-president of the European Central Bank
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Thyssenkrupp AG
      Thyssenkrupp writes down value of steel business by €2.1bn

      German group’s shares rally as investors hope unit will be spun off

      A worker in a Thyssenkrupp steel furnace
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU lawmakers put bloc’s green ambition to the test Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How Forza Italia wants to recover its strength after Berlusconi’s death

      A view of the chamber of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Due Diligence
      The $156bn PE firm with a succession problem Premium content

      Plus, Beijing gives a tentative green light on Broadcom/VMware and Carlyle’s unexpected victory in China

      Due diligence logo
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Deutsche Bank AG
      Deutsche Bank’s €12-an-hour workers gear up for a fight

      Lender has 572 employees making over €1mn a year but call centre staff are paid just a few cents above minimum wage

      A montage of a keyboard, headphones and the Deutsche Bank logo
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Private equity
      Permira and Blackstone lead €14bn bid to buy eBay-backed Adevinta

      Plan to delist Norwegian online classifieds company would be second-biggest buyout this year

      Adevinta logo on a phone
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      EU trade
      France signals support for UK call to delay tariffs on electric vehicles

      Paris willing to postpone start of levy on EVs made in Britain or the EU

      A lorry loaded with cars
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Siemens Energy
      Siemens Energy plans €400mn in cuts at struggling wind turbine business

      Move comes after group was forced to accept €15bn state-backed rescue package

      Wind turbine blades at a Siemens plant in Le Havre, France
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Rheinmetall AG
      Rheinmetall sales to double by 2026 bolstered by heightening geopolitical tensions

      Defence contractor is leading beneficiary of European governments’ rush to increase capabilities

      The headquarters of Rheinmetall in Germany
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      LexBanca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA
      Italian banks: remedy to MPS’s ills was Lovaglio, actually Premium content

      Economic conditions have worked in CEO’s favour — but MPS remains a medium-sized regional lender

      Chief executive and turnaround expert Luigi Lovaglio has taken an axe to headcount
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Altice Europe NV
      Altice sells chunk of data centre business to Morgan Stanley

      Telecoms group owned by Franco-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi seeks ways to cut $60bn debt pile

      Patrick Drahi, pictured in February 2022
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Commercial property
      Commercial property’s debt burden exceeds pre-2008 level in eurozone, warns ECB

      Stability review warns of contagion risk for wider financial sector from surging losses in real estate

      A residential and commercial project in central Berlin, Germany
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Stellantis
      Stellantis and China’s CATL in talks over European battery plant

      Agreement reflects pressure carmaker is under to lower the cost of its electric vehicles

      A model of a battery-powered motor at CATL’s booth at Munich motor show, in Germany, in September 2023
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      CRH PLC
      CRH buys Texas assets for $2.1bn from Martin Marietta

      Building materials group seeks new deals in US and Europe and upgrades earnings forecast

      Asphalt pavers at the Port of Seattle, US
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Safran SA
      Italy blocks Safran deal over national security concerns

      Giorgia Meloni’s government exercises ‘golden power’ over jet engine maker’s purchase of Italian flight controls business

      A Leap turbo-reactor engine at Safran’s factory in Villaroche, Paris
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