Hurdles to M&A in Europe's fragmented banking sector
UniCredit's purchase of a stake in Commerzbank has fuelled speculation about further European banking consolidation, after this year's hostile
September 11, 2024UniCredit's purchase of a stake in Commerzbank has fuelled speculation about further European banking consolidation, after this year's hostile
September 11, 2024An air raid alarm sounded for more than 30 minutes in Kyiv on Wednesday afternoon as U.S.
September 11, 2024UniCredit's purchase of a 9% stake in Commerzbank has raised the prospect of a merger which has long been considered a natural option for the Italian lender, which entered the German
September 11, 2024The EU is exaggerating spending on climate-friendly projects, potentially by billions of euros, the bloc's auditors said on Wednesday, citing examples of countries
September 11, 2024British foreign minister David Lammy said on Wednesday Britain would provide a further 600 million pounds ($781 million) of support for Ukraine as he visited Kyiv with U.S.
September 11, 2024Chinese carmaker Geely is scouting locations for a plant in Europe but has not committed fully to building up local production, executives from the car
September 11, 2024Commerzbank is poised to put CFO Bettina Orlopp in charge of talks with UniCredit when the German bank's supervisory board meets next week, two people with knowledge
September 11, 2024European Union lawmakers are backing calls for new rules around the use of “dynamic pricing” when selling online goods, after Oasis fans complained about massively
September 11, 2024‘Do not be conspicuous’: Spanish city billboards urge British tourists to keep their clothes on and behave
September 11, 2024Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday a "victory plan" he wants to present to U.S.
September 11, 2024Three women were killed and five other people were injured on Wednesday during Russian attacks on the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, prosecutors said.
September 11, 2024The international aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF) on Wednesday obtained the release of its migrant rescue ship, which had been
September 11, 2024Britain will revive active job market policies that hark back to past Labour governments to help boost employment and reduce inactivity, a sore spot for the economy, new
September 11, 2024Germany's largest industrial union, IG Metall, demanded a pay rise of 7% for almost four million workers in the country's auto, electrical and metal industries as collective
September 11, 2024U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' warning that failing to support Ukraine could leave Poland and other countries open to attack by Russia is resonating in Poland
September 11, 2024UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel approached German lender Commerzbank's management earlier on Wednesday inviting the bank to explore merger talks, a source with knowledge of the matter
September 11, 2024The Kremlin told the West on Wednesday that any decision to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range Western missiles would deepen what it
September 11, 2024Relatives of 12 Polish inmates of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps have received precious belongings seized from their kin during captivity
September 11, 2024From convict to combatant, Ukraine enlists prisoners to fight Russian forces
September 11, 2024Germany announced plans this week to extend controls to all its land borders and turn away more asylum seekers in a bid to
September 11, 2024Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old Frenchman accused of drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her, will not take part in his trial this
September 11, 2024CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen speaks with Ukrainian convicts recruited to fight in the war against Russia.
September 11, 2024UBS will continue to provide around 350 billion Swiss francs ($414 billion) of loans to its home market, a senior executive at the Swiss bank said on Wednesday, countering
September 11, 2024Germany's lower house of parliament and the state parliament of Lower Saxony have approved the rescue of Meyer Werft, one of the world's
September 11, 2024Two Russian oligarchs and the country's National Settlement Depository company on Wednesday lost legal challenges against European Union sanctions imposed on
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