Alessandro Profumo among 20 due in court over use of Luxembourg-based offshore financial scheme set up by Barclays and used by the Italian bank

Minority shareholders had claimed UK group's bid to form alliance with Rosneft had damaged TNK-BP as it had failed to include it as partner

Marrying Asian money to desperate European groups has long been a dream, but suitors may have to wait until crisis point

Industry commissioner Antonio Tajani rules out EU-led fix for the sector ahead of a meeting of the European Union's Cars 21 grouping

Logistics group is to settle with the German government to resolve a six-year dispute about a VAT exemption that pitted Berlin against Brussels

Joint venture by Swiss and German media groups to extend its web presence by taking control of Poland's largest internet portal for €217m

Spanish group names independent lawyer Luis García del Río as its representative on the nationalised Argentine company's new 17-member board

The former trader found guilty of causing a €4.9bn loss at the bank appeals against his five-year prison sentence, of which two years are suspended

Flights divert to Metigha after Tarhouna rebels demand return of their missing leader Abu-Ajilah Habashi, highlighting Libya's fragile security

The plaintiffs in a threatened class action lawsuit against the world's leading water utility by sales have decided to withdraw their complaint