• April 21 2026
  Deutsche Telekom AG

  Deutsche Telekom examines merger with T-Mobile US

  Combined company might seek a listing in the US and Europe

  
• April 21 2026
  Airlines

  Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights to save fuel as prices soar

  Move comes as European transport ministers gather to discuss plans to prevent region running short of jet fuel

  
• April 21 2026
  European banks

  Lex. UniCredit treads fine line between activism and M&A

  Italian bank’s cage-rattling is best understood as a way to break into the cage

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• April 21 2026
  Money laundering

  Ex-Swedbank chief cleared of conviction in money-laundering scandal

  Birgitte Bonnesen had faced 15-month prison sentence for ‘gross swindling’

  
• April 21 2026
  Revolut Ltd

  Revolut aims for $200bn valuation in stock market listing

  Bumper IPO would trigger increased stake for founder Nik Storonsky but group has no plans to float shares before 2028

  
• April 21 2026
  Telecoms

  EQT and Omers offer to lift funding for broadband group Deutsche Glasfaser to €5bn

  Plan follows failure by investors to find new backer to inject cash into debt-laden German provider

  
• April 21 2026
  European banks

  ‘Kiss of death’: how the US killed a Swiss merchant bank

  MBaer survived years of scrutiny at home — before Washington stepped in to seal its fate

  
• April 20 2026
  European banks

  Merz and Commerzbank attack Orcel’s ‘hostile tactics’ as takeover battle escalates

  UniCredit chief says German lender risks becoming ‘increasingly unfit’ for rapidly changing banking market 

  
• April 20 2026
  Gambling industry

  William Hill owner in takeover talks with gaming operator Bally’s Intralot

  Evoke is negotiating to sell itself after taking hit from UK tax rises on gambling

  
• April 20 2026
  Oil & Gas industry

  Germany to begin privatisation of seized Gazprom division

  Head of company now known as Sefe says capital increase could raise up to €2bn

  
• April 20 2026
  Risk Management: Financial Institutions

  Transatlantic divide widens over investment approaches to ESG

  In the US, political pressure has pushed sustainable investing further down the priority list

  
• April 20 2026
  Risk Management: Financial Institutions

  Geopolitical shocks highlight the need for diversity in cloud providers

  Some European banks are concerned about their dependence on a handful of US hyperscalers

  
• April 20 2026
  European Central Bank

  ECB frontrunner Hernández de Cos is most qualified candidate for top job, economists say

  Former Spanish central bank chief ranks first in poll of monetary policy experts in ‘tight race’ for Lagarde succession

  
• April 19 2026
  Electric vehicles

  Foreign carmakers turn to Chinese technology to remain relevant

  Western executives hope ‘in China for China’ strategy will halt sales decline in world’s largest car market

  
• April 19 2026
  UK infrastructure

  Veolia chief driven ‘nuts’ by UK water utilities’ failure to use AI to detect leaks

  England’s water companies are lagging behind other more water-stressed nations, says Estelle Brachlianoff

  
• April 19 2026
  Companies

  From Moon buggies to new materials, Michelin reinvents its future

  Company focuses on high-end products to keep manufacturing in France, but workers fear Chinese competition

  
• April 19 2026
  Luxury goods

  Bogart’s Italian fedora maker seeks to get ahead in China

  169-year-old luxury hat producer Borsalino plans to open its first store in Shanghai

  
• April 19 2026
  Financial services

  France’s CB seeks to lead European fightback against Visa and Mastercard

  Payments scheme pushes for ‘co-badging’ that allows French bank cards to run on both international and local networks

  
• April 18 2026
  Luxury goods

  The Big Read. Bandage dresses and sellout shoes: Big Luxury’s bid to reinvent itself

  Many brands yanked up prices. Then millions of customers left

  
• April 17 2026
  Mergers & Acquisitions

  Lex. Intertek is going to be broken up: the question is by whom

  A split should unlock value

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• April 17 2026
  The National Lottery

  Richard Desmond loses £1.3bn lawsuit over National Lottery contract

  Media tycoon’s Northern & Shell argued regulator had favoured Allwyn in award process

  
• April 17 2026
  European banks

  Deutsche Bank alerts regulators to potential Russia sanctions lapses

  German bank found it had accepted deposits of more than €100,000 from individuals subject to EU sanctions restrictions

  
• April 17 2026
  Alstom SA

  Shares in world’s second-biggest train maker plunge on profit downgrade

  Alstom cites slow progress on some projects and scraps free cash flow target

  
• April 17 2026
  Telecoms

  French telecoms groups in advanced talks over €20bn deal for Drahi’s SFR

  Operators enter exclusive negotiations over deal that would be a key test of regulators’ views on in-market consolidation

  
• April 17 2026
  Uber Technologies Inc

  Uber expands its stake in Delivery Hero in €270mn deal

  German delivery group’s largest shareholder Prosus has agreed to reduce its stake over EU competition concerns