Smash hit

eBay fined €1.7m for breaching perfume ban

Court rules online auction breached initial ruling banning it from selling LVMH perfume and beauty products

Spain turns down the air conditioning

Maximum heating and minimum cooling temperatures have been set for public buildings in attempt to limit power usage

Abu Dhabi poised to throw conditional lifeline to Dubai

Days of tough crisis talks could result in a deal to prevent a run on local banks which open for business on Monday after four-day holiday

Paris and Madrid sign high-speed rail deal

Service on the line is expected to start in 2012 and make travelling to Spain by rail a day trip for Londoners

Big shot of the week: John Devaney, National Express

The National Express chairman believes the shareholder vote to go ahead with its rights issue was a foregone conclusion

EU adopts controversial Telecoms Package

Controversial Telecoms Package means internet users can be disconnected for illegal file-sharing if guilt is proved

Nestlé looms large over battle for Cadbury

World's largest food company steps onto the chocolate maker takeover stage along with Kraft, Hershey and Ferrero Rocher

GM warned against state 'subsidy race'

Brussels tells General Motors that it will not tolerate EU states competing to offer generous aid in return for safeguarding jobs

Vodafone tries out premium data tariff

Mobile phone giant to experiment in Spain with plan to offer business users priority data access, at a premium price

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