Value of shares sold will be at least €250m, making the offer larger than that of cashmere specialist Brunello Cucinelli, which sold €160m of shares in April

Concerns centre on the banking system where, unlike in most central European countries, the biggest banks remain state-controlled

Pricing of the rights issues that are to precede the four-way merger which includes Unipol and Fondiaria-Sai lead to a fall in the groups' shares

Commodities Trading Commission expresses doubts after the US dollar euribor was set at more than double the level of the UK benchmark on Friday

Buyout firm points to the potential for sales in Asia and the US, playing on Germany's expertise in manufacturing high-quality machines

French group teams up with China Guangdong to bid for the 6-gigawatt Horizon project that was put up for sale by German utilities RWE and EON

The economy has shrunk, but not by much and less than other crisis-torn states such as Ireland, Estonia or Latvia, writes Tim Harford

France's move to raise some €550m through a one-off tax on inventories could help depleted government coffers but hurt the struggling refining industry

Volkswagen is to absorb the German sports car maker with a €4.5bn deal, ending a saga that has overshadowed both groups since 2005

Shares increase 26% after the European Commission grants long-awaited marketing approval to the group's Flutiform asthma medication