The German lender launches second appeal and says that no binding contractual commitment was made to the former Dresdner Kleinwort bankers

Suit by Sheikh Meshal Jarah al-Sabah claims the Swiss bank failed to pay him $21.4m for helping secure a $10.7bn corporate deal

French food group reports a ‘swift deterioration' in consumption in Spain and other southern European countries that will hit profits in 2012