Germany

March 22 saw Abu Dhabi's part state-owned investment fund Aabar Investments take a 9.1% stake in German auto giant Daimler, in a EUR1.95bn (US$2.66bn) deal that further underlines... 2009-03-23

Deutsche Lufthansa announced on December 5 that it has agreed a deal which will make it Europe's largest airline. Lufthansa is taking advantage of Europe's floundering airline industry... 2008-12-10

So far this year, 25 airlines have collapsed and airline M&A has totalled US$13.3bn, according to Dealogic. Both numbers look set to increase with the US$3.1bn potential merger... 2008-08-07

On July 21 the government of Serbia approved the privatisation of its national carrier Jat Airways. The airline was first put up for sale last year, but political instability and... 2008-07-24

German global healthcare group Fresenius SE made a big step into the US generics on July 7, by agreeing to buy US generics specialist APP Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth an estimated... 2008-07-08

At TUI's annual meeting held on April 18, the German tourism and shipping company confirmed its plans to separate its shipping division, Hapag-Lloyd. The company plans to seek potential... 2008-04-25

Slovenia's largest international financial group, Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), announced the sale of 898,204 shares on April 17. The sale will be conducted in three tranches and... 2008-04-25