Groups compromise on growth amid high interest rates that shot up following investor fear that Italy would not be able to pay €1.9tn debts

Most plausible trade buyers for the troubled Spanish lender's 12 per cent stake would be the fast-growing Gulf airlines

Sector producing far more platinum than current demand merits given depressed state of Europe's automotive market

A deal with Aer Lingus was blocked five years ago because carriers were important operators on short-haul routes and regulators may take some persuading now

Analysts says that while LTRO reopened markets, it has exaggerated some of the fundamental problems at the heart of eurozone crisis

Since the beginning of 2010, the average manager has returned 7 per cent – the longest stretch of disappointment the industry has suffered

Greek business leaders say they can no longer obtain the most basic credit – and to make matter worse, the government has stopped paying its bills

The capital investor has raised a €350m fund aimed at early-stage technology, bringing its total raised in the past 12 months to €1bn

Irish carrier in €700m offer, arguing circumstances have changed from previous competition objections amid European flag carrier consolidation

Until transparency on assets and political certainty are achieved, such purchases remain a leveraged bet on a political outcome