Anti-sleaze activist joins Aeroflot board

Anti-sleaze activist joins Aeroflot board

Alexei Navalny, a leading Russian opposition figure and blogger, is to use his new position to promote his corporate governance campaign

Unipol chief pitches €1.1bn cash call

Unipol chief pitches €1.1bn cash call

Merger with Fondiaria-Sai will create smaller rival to Italian market leading insurer Generali but depends on raising finance

Indian retail: extreme shopping

Indian retail: extreme shopping

Greater participation from foreign groups should raise standards and bring down prices, but it's a hostile environment

Adecco: hire goals required

Adecco: hire goals required

Instead of resorting to share buybacks, the Swiss staffing group needs to make a more aggressive push into emerging markets

Winterkorn to speed up Porsche VW tie-up

Winterkorn to speed up Porsche VW tie-up

The two carmakers want to avoid a tax bill of around €1bn that could be triggered if the combination is completed before August 2014

CEZ may sell power plants to satisfy EC

CEZ may sell power plants to satisfy EC

A deal to reduce its control of the Czech electricity market could end the threat of a fine of up to $520m being imposed by Brussels

M Stanley ‘rainmaker' on leave amid probe

M Stanley ‘rainmaker' on leave amid probe

Move comes as the US investment bank's role is questioned during a parliamentary inquiry into a German state's acquisition of a 45% stake in EnBW

FSA censures Kaupthing subsidiary

FSA censures Kaupthing subsidiary

Regulator says KSF violated UK rules by mismanaging its liquidity arrangements and would have been fined if it were not already insolvent

Ratings groups could self-regulate

Ratings groups could self-regulate

Moody's latest downgrades for eurozone and global banks has again raised questions on the unfettered power of agencies, writes Patrick Jenkins
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