BBC News | Europe | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.TNK-BP votes against ousting CEO- July 7, 2008 Russian shareholders in TNK-BP lose their bid to oust the firm's British chief executive Robert Dudley.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7493117.stm Bang & Olufsen warns on profits- July 7, 2008 Bang & Olufsen issues a profit warning for 20078 as a slump in sales threatens its balance sheet.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7493020.stm Strike action hits German flights- July 7, 2008 Hundreds of flights on Lufthansa's CityLine and Eurowings regional carriers are cancelled by a strike.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7493123.stm Rising costs dominate G8 summit- July 7, 2008 World leaders are starting a key summit in Japan that is expected to focus on soaring global food and fuel prices.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7492451.stm EU plans tax cuts for local firms- July 7, 2008 The European Commission proposes cutting VAT rates for a wide range of local service businesses, including restaurants and builders.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7492834.stm InBev aims to sack Anheuser board- July 7, 2008 InBev aims to oust the Anheuser-Busch board as it tries to push through a hostile takeover of its rival brewer.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7492934.stm Mandelson raps Sarkozy over trade- July 6, 2008 EU trade chief Peter Mandelson warns France's president not to put world trade talks at risk.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7492065.stm EU probe into BHP targeting Rio- July 4, 2008 The EU opens an in-depth probe into BHP Billiton's $170bn unsolicited bid for rival miner Rio Tinto.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7490682.stm SocGen hit by rogue trader fine- July 4, 2008 French bank Societe Generale is fined 4m euros for allowing one of its staff members to operate as a rogue trader.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7490623.stm Former Austrian bank boss jailed- July 4, 2008 The former head of one of Austria's biggest banks, Bawag, is convicted of fraud charges by a court in Vienna.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7489685.stm |