EU to charge two drugmakers over generics EU to charge two drugmakers over genericsCompetition regulator alleges that the French pharmaceutical group Servier and the Danish company Lundbeck breached antitrust rules
Price volatility weighs on Shell profits Price volatility weighs on Shell profitsOil group reports price volatility offsets higher production and improved refining margins, while downstream earnings buck recent trend by advancing from $1.1bn to $1.3bn
Siemens warning over customer caution Siemens warning over customer cautionGerman conglomerate says full-year guidance will be ‘harder to achieve' as growth is slowing in Europe and in some emerging markets
France Telecom rules out German merger France Telecom rules out German mergerFrench group quashes talk of Deutsche Telekom merger to create a pan-European telecoms colossus, while returning to a European acquisition strategy
Solar-panel makers widen China battle Solar-panel makers widen China battleEuropean companies have accused Chinese manufacturers of selling products below cost in push to take over more of the market
Earnings report boosts Wolters Kluwer Earnings report boosts Wolters KluwerRevenues at the Dutch professional information and publishing group rise 7% to €1.74bn, with growth strongest in its health and financial divisions
Telefónica axes dividend to shield itself Telefónica axes dividend to shield itselfGroup also cuts directors' pay to protect the company against the ‘heightened risk' that the Spanish economy would further deteriorate
How to help the aged at work How to help the aged at workFrom special chairs to reconfigured factories, employers are using novel ways to retain valued, older employees, writes Alicia Clegg
Lamprell issues third profits warning Lamprell issues third profits warningShares fall sharply after Dubai-based engineering contractor says it will seek bank waivers and warns of increased losses
France Telecom slows loss of custom France Telecom slows loss of customNumber of customers departing after Xavier Niel's Iliad launched Free Mobile, the fourth mobile operator in France, begins to slow
Santander profits cut by more than half Santander profits cut by more than halfSpain's woes, highlighted by a €100bn European bailout of its weaker banks, has forced profits at Europe's largest lender to fall by 51.3%
Rosneft / BP – Russian to conclusions Rosneft / BP – Russian to conclusionsRussian oil company's interest in BP's 50% stake in TNK-BP makes life very complicated for the oligarchs and very interesting for BP's shareholders