Business Series

Bayer raises bid price for Monsanto

Bayer's quest to become the world's largest producer of seeds and pesticides has led it to raise the price it is willing to pay for US firm Monsanto to more than $65 billion.

06/09/2016

Business Series

Frankfurt's Hahn airport gets Asian connection

China's Yiqian Trading Company is buying Hahn airport near Frankfurt in Germany with plans to boost passenger numbers to and from Asia and also increase air freight links.

06/06/2016

Business Series

Inter Milan bought by China's Suning

Chinese electronics retailer Suning Commerce Group is taking a controlling interest in Italian football club Inter Milan.

06/06/2016

Economy

Alaska Air to buy Virgin America in 2.3 billion euro deal

Alaska Air Group says it has agreed to buy Virgin America for almost 2.3 billion euros. It wants to expand its presence on the US West Coast

04/04/2016

Economy

Starwood Hotels bidding war hots up as Anbang raises the stakes

China's Anbang raises offer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts to almost $14 billion, trying to see off Marriott International's bid.

29/03/2016

Business Series

ChemChina bids for Syngenta to improve Chinese food production

State-owned ChemChina is to pay 39 billion euro for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta as China seeks greater food security.

03/02/2016

Economy

AB InBev and SABMiller agree takeover deal to create new beer giant

If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. After being rebuffed several times in its bid to take over SABMiller, brewing giant AB InBev’s

13/10/2015

Economy

SABMiller rejects latest AB InBev bid in big beer battle

The battle of the brewers between the world’s two biggest beer producers has taken another twist. SABMiller – owners of Peroni – has rejected the

07/10/2015

Yemen

Yemen: Houthi leader defends power takeover

In Yemen, leader of the Houthis Abdul Malik defends a takeover of power his rivals and the Gulf Cooperation Council have denounced as a political coup.

07/02/2015

Yemen

Yemen's Houthis assume power and dissolve parliament

The United Nations and the United States have condemned Yemen’s dominant Houthi group for dissolving parliament. The move was also denounced by the

06/02/2015

Business Series

Schaeffler tiring of Continental?

25/09/2012