BRUSSELS - A Brussels court said Tuesday it could not judge a complaint by about 2,400 small shareholders seeking to block the break-up of Belgian-Dutch banking and insurance group Fortis. The court said it could not issue a ruling on the actions o
FRANKFURT - Volkswagen shareholders have overwhelmingly approved a capital increase aimed at financing a purchase of the luxury sports car maker Porsche, a VW statement said. The issuance of 135 million preferential shares, worth more than eight bi
The three shareholders of De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond producer, have agreed in principle to inject up to $1bn (£608m) in the company through a share placing, the Financial Times has learnt. Global mining group Anglo American, the Oppenheim
The board of Informa has come under sharp criticism from some of its leading shareholders following this week’s revelation that the publisher is in the early stages of talks to acquire its debt-laden German rival Springer Science and Business Media.
Shareholders in EnCana on Wednesday voted to split the Canadian energy group into two publicly traded companies, one focused on natural gas, the other on the Alberta oilsands.Once the move receives court approval, EnCana will focus exclusively on ga
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was given a standing ovation by shareholders at the Gunners' Annual General Meeting today.On the occasion of his 60th birthday, the Frenchman made a speech reassuring those shareholders that the club's thrifty approach
Fortis Holding shareholders are bracing themselves for another year of uncertainty as the legacy of last year’s rescue package that ensured the Belgian financial group’s survival becomes clearer.But within this uncertainty, there is potentially some
LONDON - Shareholders in financial and professional information provider Thomson Reuters on Friday approved changes that will see the company delisted from the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, it said. The group said recently that it intended
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