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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.

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

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

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

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Italy

20 million people visited Milan Expo, a 'huge success'

Milan's World's Fair was visited by more than 20 million visitors

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

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

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.

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

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

United Kingdom

Xi Jinping: the European Union must remain united

The Chinese President has told Britain he wants to see a united European Union. It was an unusual intervention for Xi Jinping, who normally is

Economy

Business activity grows in eurozone but low prices disappoint

Stronger business activity in France and Germany boosted figures for the eurozone in October – but there was no sign of healthy price increases

Business Planet

Enhancing access to finance with COSME

In the latest edition of Business Planet, we visit Frankfurt to find out how you can obtain financing as this is obviously the question being asked

World

Rocking the establishment: Thomas Piketty's challenge to orthodox economics

Rebel, radical,and even rock star – words not usually associated with economists, but they do seem to stick to Frenchman Thomas Piketty, who shot to

Sweden

British-American economist Angus Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize

British-American economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 Nobel Prize for economics. “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has today decided to award

Economy

Mining giant Glencore to cut zinc production

Mining giant Glencore says it intends to cut half a million tonnes of zinc production in its latest move to cope with the slump in commodities

Economy

Annual inflation in Turkey up to almost eight percent

Inflation in Turkey rose in September to an annual rate of almost eight percent, reinforcing concerns about the economic outlook. The consumer price

Economy

World Bank cuts growth forecast for East Asia and Pacific

The World Bank has cut its growth forecasts for this year and next in the developing East Asia and Pacific, due to the risk of a sharp slowdown in

Business Planet

SOLVIT: the go-to service when public authorities don't play by the rules

SOLVIT is a European problem-solving tool that can help entrepreneurs and citizens assert their rights in problem situations arising from incorrect

Economy

Sweden 'increasingly experimenting' with six-hour workdays

An increasing number of businesses in Sweden are said to be experimenting with six-hour working days. Reports say that Toyota service centres in