Business Planet Protecting intellectual property to boost business Business Planet went to Barcelona, Spain, to see how SMEs can boost their competitiveness by better protecting their innovations. 30/10/2015
Europe News Protesting beekeepers stung by 'fake' Chinese honey Beekeepers from Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia have protested against what they describe as poor quality Chinese honey imports. They want the 30/10/2015
Economy Allergan and Pfizer in talks that could unite makers of Botox and Viagra The Irish-based group Allergan is in talks with Pfizer over a possible merger that would unite the US makers of Botox and Viagra – and create the 29/10/2015
Economy China to buy 130 Airbus planes Chinese airlines are to buy 130 Airbus planes under a deal signed by China and Germany and worth over 15 billion euros. The agreement includes a firm 29/10/2015
Italy 20 million people visited Milan Expo, a 'huge success' Milan's World's Fair was visited by more than 20 million visitors 29/10/2015
Economy Air France-KLM defends cost cuts despite soaring profits Air France-KLM has announced a larger-than-expected rise in third-quarter profits – while insisting that there’s still an “overwhelming need” to cut 29/10/2015
Business Line Business Line: Poland's election, Yahoo!'s touchdown, and meat's misfortune Poland has made its choice and has made it very clear. The country’s conservative opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) seized back power when the 28/10/2015
Economy EU ends mobile roaming charges from 2017 The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to give the green light to plans to ban mobile phone operators from imposing roaming surcharges from mid-2017. 27/10/2015
Economy BP to tighten belt further as oil price slump hits profits BP has announced a third round of spending cuts and more asset sales to offset an extended period of low oil prices, following a slump in 27/10/2015
Economy German business shrugs off VW scandal - IFO survey The first real test of the mood among German industry and trade since the Volkswagen emissions scandal has found that managers were less fazed by it 26/10/2015