News of talks pushes up the Finnish engineer's shares and raises expectations that the UK group is on the hunt for acquisitions

As banks prepare for a spate of bond issues in 2014, funding costs will be keenly watched against the backdrop of new EU banking union reforms

Winding-up the Irish scheme – which pays pensions linked to salary – will involve the airline making up the €9.7m deficit calculated at December 30

Bond issue is an example of how increasingly bullish investors will lend to once-failed banks in heavily indebted peripheral eurozone countries

How the global crisis has affected long-running rivalries in banking

The largest Chinese private conglomerate has bought 80% of state-owned insurance group, defeating rival offer from Apollo Global Management of the US

Women in Europe remain acutely under-represented on company boards but limiting any quotas to supervisory boards is not enough

US consumer finance division plans to raise up to $1.56bn from a flotation as the Spanish bank's private equity partners in business seek an exit

Baumgertner will be detained and investigated in Moscow on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement, though he is expected to be released soon

The Anglo-South African financial services group prides itself on being out of the ordinary. But its unorthodox form comes with commonplace problems

Fundraising led by Technology Crossover Ventures makes digital music service the latest private tech company to hit a multibillion-dollar valuation

Plan to privatise small stakes in eight state-controlled companies include 3% of ENI, and comes as Italy faces EU pressure to cut debt