Business Series UK warns Boeing over Bombardier row UK Defence Minister warns Boeing its contracts with the British government could be at risk. 27/09/2017
Business Series Ryanair crisis deepens with more cancellations Ryanair has announced more than 400,000 new flight cancellations as pilot crisis deepens. 27/09/2017
Business Series French & German trainmakers to merge to create world's number two locos and signals giant Trades unions warn merger of Alstom & Siemens' train businesses is loco & will cost jobs in France & Germany. 27/09/2017
Business Series Siemens and Alstom merge rail assets German industrial group Siemens and France's high-speed train maker Alstom have merged their rail assets, according to media reports. 26/09/2017
Business Series South Korea tech giants Samsung post record earnings Samsung has posted record earnings putting it on course to beat rival Apple's quarterly profits. 27/07/2017
Business Series Luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo snapped up by Michael Kors Luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo snapped up by US handbag maker Michael Kors in a 1 billion euro deal 25/07/2017
Business Series PayPal and Visa extend partnership deal to Europe Both companies say the agreement will increase payment possibilities for European customers. 18/07/2017
Business Series Air France to launch new lower-cost airline Pilots have overwhelmingly backed the airline's 'Boost' plan which aims to develop new long and short-haul flights. 17/07/2017
Business Series Easyjet to open new airline in Austria Budget airline, easyjet is to open a new airline in Austria to allow it to continue flying within Europe after Brexit. 14/07/2017
Business Series Siemens threatens legal action over Russia's 'use of its turbines' in Crimea Sanctions barring EU firms from providing Crimea with energy technology were said to have been ignored by Russia. 10/07/2017
Business Series Monte dei Paschi to cut 5,500 jobs in EU-approved restructuring plan World's oldest bank receives EU approval for restructuring plan, which includes thousands of job cuts. 05/07/2017
Business Series Uber suffers fresh legal blow in France EU court rules in favour of France against Uber 04/07/2017
Business Series Total re-invests in Iran French energy giant Total signs a reported multi-billion euro deal with Iran to develop the South Pars offshore gas field. 03/07/2017
Business Series Amazon spends 12bn euros to buy Whole Foods Market Online retailer could make high-end grocer into mass market merchant 16/06/2017
Business Series Apple and Nokia avoid court battle over patents Nokia has settled its legal battle with Apple. They have made a new patent licence agreement and have also signed a fresh business deal. 23/05/2017
Business Series RBS tries to settle embarrassing court case A compensation court case against Royal Bank of Scotland has been postponed after the lender made a last-minute settlement offer to investors. 22/05/2017
Business Series Ford changes gear, ousts CEO US carmaker Ford has dumped CEO Mark Fields. He'll be replaced by James Hackett, the head of the unit developing its self-driving cars. 22/05/2017
Business Series General Motors bails out of India and South Africa General Motors has announced further retrenchment by stopping selling vehicles in India and selling its operations in South Africa. 18/05/2017
Business Series Lloyds bank: UK government sells off final shares, but did it make a profit? The British government has sold its last remaining stake in bailed out Lloyds Banking Group claiming to have made a profit, but that is disputed. 17/05/2017
Business Series EasyJet reveals record loss, will buy bigger planes to cut costs Budget airline easyJet moves to lower operating costs by ordering bigger planes after it posted a wider first-half loss. 16/05/2017
Business Series Indian costs Vodafone dear but operator promises its cash flow will jump Britain's Vodafone has reported a 6.1 billion euro annual loss but forecasts a jump in the amount of cash it will generate this financial year. 16/05/2017
Business Series Uber dealt a setback in taxi versus techie debate An adviser to the Court of Justice of the European Union says Uber does provide a transport service and should be licensed. 11/05/2017
Business Series Peugeot expects more Opel losses this year PSA Group Chief Executive Carlos Tavares says he expects Opel-Vauxhall to lose more money in 2017 as it buys the business from General Motors. 10/05/2017
Business Series Battle for the bottle: cork fights back Cork producers turn to high tech to win back customers who changed to screw caps and plastic stoppers. 09/05/2017
Business Series Royal Jordanian proves trolling fills planes Social media is the new battleground for airlines chasing passengers and Jordan's national carrier is flying higher than most with witty trolling. 08/05/2017
Business Series ChemChina's takeover of Syngenta set to go ahead The takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta by ChemChina is set to go ahead as 80% of Syngenta shareholders agree. 05/05/2017
Business Series China's C919 airliner gets set to challenge Airbus and Boeing China's first domestically made airliner - the C919 - has successfully completed its much-delayed maiden flight. 05/05/2017
Business Series Google to pay 306 million euros additional tax to Italy Google's parent company - Alphabet - is to pay 306 million euros to settle a tax dispute with Italy covered 13 years up to 2015. 04/05/2017
Business Series Facebook profit surges, closing in on two billion monthly users Facebook has reported surging quarterly profit and revenue but its shares dipped due to nervousness about future earnings. 04/05/2017
Business Series Volkswagen profits jump thanks to post dieselgate cost cutting Volkswagen's profits have soared as a huge cost cutting effort starts to pay off and as it seeks to move beyond its diesel emissions crisis. 03/05/2017
Business Series Facebook to hire 3,000 more monitors to block violent videos Facebook says it is hiring 3,000 additional workers to block live streams of violence and respond more swiftly to reports of inappropriate material. 03/05/2017
Business Series Bankrupt Alitalia starts the difficult job of finding a buyer Alitalia has been put under special administration by the government after workers voted against job and pay cuts in a rescue plan. 03/05/2017
Business Series Alitalia: on a wing and a prayer Loss-making Alitalia is asking the Rome government to place it under special administration, leading to it being overhauled, sold off or shut down. 02/05/2017
Business Series Samsung profit boosted by chips, sees better earnings from the S8 Samsung posted solid profit in Q1, boosted by strong demand for its memory chips and flagged up stronger future earnings 27/04/2017
Business Series Could Twitter be enjoying a Trump fuelled turnaround? Twitter - the social media platform beloved by US president Donald Trump - saw its shares surgeafter it added a lot more users that had been expected. 26/04/2017
Business Series Airbus boss Thomas Enders denounces Eurofighter fraud probe Airbus chief executive Thomas Enders has called an Austrian investigation into suspected fraud a "politically-motivated abuse of the legal system". 26/04/2017
Business Series Vivendi looks to video games and advertising companies French media giant Vivendi is reportedly to focus on buying video games and advertising companies to address investor concerns about its strategy. 25/04/2017
Business Series Alitalia workers reject rescue plan Two thirds of Alitalia's workers have voted to reject a management restructuring plan. The loss-making airline is set to run out of cash in weeks. 25/04/2017
Business Series Alitalia workers vote on last-chance rescue plan Alitalia's workers are voting on a make-or-break deal over job and pay cuts. If they reject it, the loss-making Italian airline will run out of money. 20/04/2017
Business Series United boss calls passenger dragging incident 'a watershed moment' United Airlines assures investors it will rebound from the PR disaster of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat on an overbooked plane. 18/04/2017