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Apple, Google brands worth $100bn each

10 Oct 2014

The inventors of the blue LED lamps have won this year's Nobel Prize for Physics. Image:

LED lamp wins Nobel Physics prize for Japanese trio

8 Oct 2014

Head of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association Heinrich Riethmuller says publishers are "not scared" of Amazon or its threat to boycott online sales. Image:

German book publishers 'not scared' of Amazon

8 Oct 2014

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia says that Luxembourg is cooperating with the investigation and has supplied documents it needs in the probe into whether Amazon's tax deal amounted to state aid. Image:

Amazon facing EU probe over tax deals

8 Oct 2014

Rovio's Mikael Hed says that falling sales have forced the company to cut jobs and look for new sources of revenue. Image:

Angry Birds not selling so jobs going

6 Oct 2014

Funai is asking the Court of Arbitration to rule in its favour that Philips pay it €312m in compensation for a failed deal in which Funai attempted to by the electronic products division from the Dutch company. Image: Wikipedia

Funai demands €312m from Philips

6 Oct 2014

The Samwer brothers, Oliver, Marc and Alexander run Rocket Internet that debuted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Rocket Internet controls 66 companies and has about 20,000 employees worldwide. Image:

Rocket Internet loses value in IPO

3 Oct 2014

Apple, with its iPhones, iPads and iPods has made billions of euros in Europe and yet paid just a fraction in taxes even though it is actually one of the richest companies in the world. Image:

Apple's "sweet" tax deal with Ireland being scrutinised

1 Oct 2014

Jimmy Choo Chief Executive Pierre Denis says the company needs to expand in Asia and China where luxury brands are growing in popularity. Image:

Jimmy Choo in London IPO for Asia growth

25 Sep 2014

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is likely to press ahead with his plans to create Sky Europe by amalgamating BSkyB with Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia. Image: Wikipedia

Sky Deutschland against BSkyB offer

18 Sep 2014

Orange's Chief Executive Stephane Richard is confident that shareholders will approve the deal worth €3.4bn to buy Jazztel. Image:

Orange seeks to buy Spain's Jazztel for $4.4bn

17 Sep 2014

Bosch Chairman, Volkmar Denner says that the two groups will create a company with a turnover of about €30bn. Image: Bosch

Bosch buys ZF Friedrichshafen

16 Sep 2014

More than 500 Phones 4 U shops are likely to close in Britain as network operators have refused to supply services to the group, making it impossible for it to trade. Image:

Phones 4 U collapses in UK putting jobs on the line

16 Sep 2014

EU finance ministers call for more investments to stimulate growth

EU finance ministers call for more investments to stimulate growth

15 Sep 2014