French telecoms group's earnings beat consensus forecasts, but operator pledges to maintain its focus on costs as it faces growing competition

French automaker's no-frills Romanian cars offset Russia weakness, helping the company to record a 25% rise in first-half earnings

Sanctions could push Russian lenders to seek out funding in other regions and instruments, such as China or some Islamic structures

Combination of capital market restrictions imposed by Washington and now similar ones in Europe mean many big borrowers are seeing options dwindle

Targeting likes of Deloitte, PwC and McKinsey a sign of growing pressure on Moscow's economic policy makers to hit back against increased western sanctions

When one's retail tenants are scaling up and sprawling across borders, it makes sense to follow them.And the impetus to consolidate looks to continue

The oil major has reported better upstream results, but what effect will Russian sanctions have on the company with a stake in Rosneft?

Simon Property Group drove consolidation in the US to become the dominant player in shopping malls, and is looking to do the same in Europe

International Civil Aviation Organisation says the downing of Malaysian airliner MH17 over Ukraine highlighted ‘gaps' in regulations

Swiss bank calls settlement ‘significant step' in moving forward adding that 95 per cent of its German clients are now tax compliant

After losing share to US rivals, some ground is being regained. But what looks like a robust showing is not a positive performance in absolute terms

BP becomes the first European multinational company to warn of the impact of sanctions on Russia could have on its business