From LEX 4:01pm

WPP: it all ads up

Ad world proves surprisingly resilient, but companies have to keep winning ugly

From LEX 3:10pm

Letter from Lex: impractical joke

Italy threatens to reignite the eurozone crisis as bankers suffer more fallout from the financial crisis

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 2:14pm

Metro forced to cut dividend

German retailer feels effects of austerity Europe

From FINANCIALS 1:57pm

Monte dei Paschi launches lawsuits

Bank seeks damages from Deutsche, Nomura and former bosses

From TECHNOLOGY 1:00pm

Google wins German copyright battle

Search engine will not need to pay publishers for news snippets

From MEDIA 9:18am

Bertelsmann takes control of BMG

Deal makes German group major player in music industry

From TELECOMS 12:01am

Paulson to oppose telecoms merger

Billionaire wary of debt in planned Metro deal with T-Mobile

From WORLD 10:47pm

Banks fear damage from EU bonus cap

Warning of coup for US and Asia rivals

From MARKETS 10:04pm

US money market funds warm to eurozone

European banks benefit from a thaw in sentiment

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, and Kurt Bjorklund of Permira ©Bloomberg From COMMENT 7:40pm

Finance: An inequitable divide

US and European private equity groups have enjoyed contrasting fortunes

From INDUSTRIALS 7:06pm

Hochtief plans asset sales to boost profits

European businesses and airports and telecoms units to be divested

From FINANCIALS 7:03pm

Bankers look for ways round bonus caps

Most obvious move is for base salaries to be increased

7:01pm

Spain suffers worst corporate slide of crisis

Bankia hit by record loss; Iberia parent IAG in red

From ENERGY 5:38pm

Turkey-Kurdistan oil pact imminent

Genel Energy posts revenue jump from $24m to $333m

From WORLD 5:13pm

Germany’s work conditions spark concern

Voters disturbed at Dickensian parts of job market

From ENERGY Feb 28, 2013

Resilient Veolia chief looks to growth

Frérot eyes emerging markets and higher margin activities

From LEX Feb 28, 2013

IAG: falling mainly on the plane

British Airways-Iberia airline group must get a grip on Spanish operations

Inside Business Feb 28, 2013

Emerging Europe airlines head for hangar

Poland’s Lot is the latest victim of woes gripping the sector

From LEX Feb 28, 2013

Repsol: on the rebound

Spanish oil and gas group’s return to playing to strengths is paying off

From TRANSPORT Feb 28, 2013

IAG sees €997m loss after Iberia charge

Walsh says Spanish airline must ‘adapt to survive’

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