Draghi turns back the tide – for now
ECB may have to mull options, like larger-scale asset purchases, its president had hoped would stay locked away in Frankfurt filing cabinets
Financial Times
Sales chip away at bad loans in Europe
Sales chip away at bad loans in Europe
European banks sold loans with a face value of about €27bn in the first six months of 2012 – and look set to smash last year's record €36bn, PwC estimates
Piraeus to buy ATEbank's healthy assets
Piraeus to buy ATEbank's healthy assets
Takeover will mark the sector's first consolidation ahead of a planned €50bn recapitalisation of Greece's biggest banks under the terms of its second bailout
Norway's force in the oil world
Norway's force in the oil world
Helge Lund, the head of the Norwegian oil group Statoil, hides a fierce ambition behind his reserved exterior, writes Guy Chazan
