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Spar Group plans to sell Swiss and UK retail businesses

Spar Group plans to sell Swiss and UK retail businesses

Source: © LinkedIn In March, the gold sector recorded the highest average increase in input cost inflation, although benefiting from strong market prices - with gold averaging $2,986/oz

Downward mining input cost trends suprising given volatility in economy

6 May 2025

Source: © Ask Traders WPP CEO Mark Read says WPP's financial performance in Q1 was in line with expectations, and performance is anticipated to improve in the second half

WPP's Q1 results dip, tariffs not expected to directly impact the network

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High Pay Centre's Deborah Hargreaves says that the pay packages of executives are iniquitious and need to be capped by legislation. Image: Twitter

UK bosses earn 143 times more than workers

19 Aug 2014

One of Telecom Italia's base stations in Italy where the company is still feeling the effects of the recession as fewer people are making calls or using Internet services. Image:

Telecom Italia makes €543m but economic crisis continues

7 Aug 2014

Telefonica has offered Vivendi €6.7bn for its Brazilian subsidiary GVT. Image: Flickr

Telefonica wants to buy Brazil's GVT

6 Aug 2014

Beats headphones and music streaming system. The European Commission has approved the deal for Apple to buy Beats for $3bn. Image:

EU clears Apple's $3bn Beats deal despite Bose legal claims

29 Jul 2014

Nokia's Rajeev Suri says that having sold the phone division to Microsoft the company's networking products and services are showing strong growth and profitability. Image:

Nokia renaissance sees profits climb

25 Jul 2014

After 11 consecutive quarters of losses, STMicroelectronics has now returned to profit. Image:

STMicrolectronics disappoints investors despite profits

24 Jul 2014

Telefonica has finally sold its Irish subsidiary to Hutchison Whampoa for €850. Image:

Telefonica concludes sale of Irish business

17 Jul 2014

Dismissed BES Chief Executive Ricardo Salgado is blamed for the investment in the holding company that led to €847m not being repaid. Image:

Shareholder digs hole for Portuguese bank

17 Jul 2014

Valery Seleznev says his son, hacker son, Roman might die in a US prison unless he's kept on appropriate medication. Image:

Hacking accused could die in US prison

14 Jul 2014

Troubled and debt-ridden Alitalia is to sell 49% of it equity to Ethihad. Image:

Etihad buys 49% of Alitalia

26 Jun 2014

Bouygues Telecom's Olivier Roussat says it will cut its workforce by 1,516 people in an effort to reduce costs. Image:

Bouygues Telecom cuts workforce by nearly 20%

12 Jun 2014

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Alumnia says multi-national companies are not paying enough taxes. Image:

EU says international companies got 'illegal state aid'

12 Jun 2014

Head of Deezer Simon Baldeyrou says he is proud to have done a deal with Disney Films to bring songs and animation streaming to France and eventually to the 182 countries that Deezer serves. Image:

Disney and Deezer to stream music, animations

3 Jun 2014

Warren Buffett's NetJets is proving that partial ownership of private jets makes a viable business. Image:

Catch a private jet for €550 an hour

27 May 2014

WIN Chief Executive, Alison Wenham says YouTube's terms and conditions are indefensible for independent music producers. Image:

YouTube resists WIN's music streaming ultimatum

26 May 2014

Russia has slapped penal duties on vans imported from Italy and Germany. Image: Wikipedia

EU challenges Russia at WTO over duties on vans

22 May 2014

Volkswagen now owns 90% of the shares in Swedish truck company Scania. Image: Wikipedia

Volkswagen buys Scania as Swedish shareholder sells stake

15 May 2014

Danish journalist Ken B. Rasmussen has been charged for snooping on private credit card information. Image:

Danish journalists charged over credit card snooping

15 May 2014

Rupert Murdoch is working on plans to create a Pan-European major television broadcasting company. Image: Wikipedia

Murdoch targets creation of pan-European pay TV company

13 May 2014

Alcatel-Lucent expects to get back to a positive cash flow next year after recording another loss in the first quarter of this year. Image: Idea go free

Alcatel-Lucent trims loss, aims for positve cash flow

12 May 2014

Norbert Reithofer, Chief Executive of BMW says that record profits and sales are expected this year. Image:

BMW gets off to roaring start in 2014

8 May 2014

Herbert Hainer, Chief Executive of Adidas says the first quarter profits were hurt by the strong euro but overall, strong profits will be recorded this year. Image: Adidas

Adidas profits hurt by strong euro

8 May 2014

Orange's Gervais Pellissier says that the company has managed to staunch if falling sales amid tough competition. Image: Orange

Orange says it has staunched sales drop

2 May 2014

Renault has halted a deal with Zil to open a production plant in the country. Zil mainly builds trucks for the military and construction sector although it is now offering some commercial vehicles as well. Image: Wikipedia

Renault freezes Zil deal blaming the ruble's slump

24 Apr 2014

Telefonica's Stephen Shurrock says the advertising service will be a leading technology platform. Image: Telefonica

New US-Spanish firm targets rich mobile ad market

17 Apr 2014

Microchip machine manufacturer ASML has cut its profit and revenue forecast for the next six months. Image:

Dutch group ASML slashes forecast

17 Apr 2014

Citroen will introduce more models to its range in an effort to penetrate global markets. Image:

Peugeot Citroen reveals recovery strategy, shares slump

16 Apr 2014

One of Holcim's many cement plants around the world. The company has confirmed it is in merger talks with Lafarge. Image:

Holcim confirms merger talks with Lafarge

7 Apr 2014

Mobile company SFR is at the centre of a battle for control of its shares that are being sold by Vivendi. Image:

Bouygues boosts mobile bid for SFR, in French turf war

7 Apr 2014

Avtovaz's Bo Andersson says Russia's car market will remain tough this year. Image:

Russia's Avtovaz reports net loss

31 Mar 2014