German conglomerate says full-year guidance will be ‘harder to achieve' as growth is slowing in Europe and in some emerging markets

From special chairs to reconfigured factories, employers are using novel ways to retain valued, older employees, writes Alicia Clegg

French group quashes talk of Deutsche Telekom merger to create a pan-European telecoms colossus, while returning to a European acquisition strategy

Shares fall sharply after Dubai-based engineering contractor says it will seek bank waivers and warns of increased losses

European companies have accused Chinese manufacturers of selling products below cost in push to take over more of the market

Number of customers departing after Xavier Niel's Iliad launched Free Mobile, the fourth mobile operator in France, begins to slow

Revenues at the Dutch professional information and publishing group rise 7% to €1.74bn, with growth strongest in its health and financial divisions

Spain's woes, highlighted by a €100bn European bailout of its weaker banks, has forced profits at Europe's largest lender to fall by 51.3%

Group also cuts directors' pay to protect the company against the ‘heightened risk' that the Spanish economy would further deteriorate

Russian oil company's interest in BP's 50% stake in TNK-BP makes life very complicated for the oligarchs and very interesting for BP's shareholders