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EADS executives try to overturn ruling

Seventeen present and former EADS executives are to be questioned but there are claims evidence has been overlooked

EU moves towards ending tariff on Asian shoes

Trade ministers from EU member states voted down the Commission’s proposal to extend anti-dumping duties

Ferrero and Hershey confirm interest in Cadbury

The Italian and US confectioners are considering an offer for the UK group which is fighting off a £9.8bn bid from Kraft

Ferrero family split over bid for Cadbury

The Ferrero Rocher maker is weighing up whether to join with America's Hershey to make a bid for the British business

France Tèlècom deaths rise with fresh suicide

Calls for internal inquiry as 26th employee takes her own life following massive restructuring at telecoms group

GM hints Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port site is safe

US carmaker suggests it will not shut the UK plant and says it will repay $6.7bn in US government loans early

Pearson’s textbook return

Media giant is preparing to rejoin the battle for Santillana, the $1.4 billion (£838m) Latin American textbook publisher

France and Germany lead eurozone to growth

Official figures show 16-nation eurozone produced 0.4 per cent rise in gross domestic product in the third quarter

Property underpins FTSE as it nears the 5,300 mark

Trading volumes proved tepid with most of the strength provided by property companies ahead of British Land’s results

More routes but less class

The merger of British Airways and Iberia is not one of equals when it comes to product quality

Liberty Global enters Europe with Unitymedia

US-based cable television operator controlled by John Malone is buying Germany's second-largest cable operator for $3bn

PMU deal highlights Paddy Power’s international ambition

The Irish bookmaker has signed a five-year sports betting deal with the French pari-mutuel horse-racing monopoly

Marks & Spencer looks to the Continent again

The retailer is understood to have enlisted advisers to identify locations in Western Europe for its Simply Food outlets

MEP gives City hope on EU hedge fund directive

Chairman of Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee plans to propose that caps on borrowings be dumped

Cadbury: ‘It's all about the shareholders’

Rick Haythornthwaite, veteran takeover battler, explains how the chocolate company can stave off Kraft’s hostile bid

Kraft figures were slugs, snails and cheese

Declining revenues in North America show why the company needs the sugar and spice and all things nice of Cadbury

Up your bid, Kraft. Up your game, Cadbury

UK shareholders urge predator to raise offer, but also say prey must present a ‘strong case’ for staying independent