Leading Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny calls charge ‘absurd' and claims prosecutors have changed previous accusation

The Italian industrial group is out of intensive care and showing signs of recovery but should not try any acrobatics just yet

Swiss bank's SFr349m loss incurred as a result of Nasdaq's problems handling social network's listing is far greater than insiders expected

Italy's troubled defence and industrial group interprets the results as evidence that its restructuring is on track to meet year-end targets

The Swiss bank's chief executive needs to tackle costs with the same rigour of his colleagues at Deutsche Bank

Internet poker players are set to recover hundreds of millions of dollars under a settlement between the US government and two of the world's biggest online gambling companies

Italian carmaker reports a trading profit from all regions except crisis-hit Europe, with a strong performance from Chrysler in the US

Deutsche Bank and UBS, which are caught up in affair over alleged manipulation of key lending rates, reveal higher provisions and sharp profit falls

Move entails the French oil group acquiring a 35% stake in two blocks in the semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq and becoming a licence operator

Russian court rules in favour of a small shareholder in TNK-BP who claimed damages over the UK oil group's abortive alliance with Rosneft