Germany

CFW View: E.ON's decision to take a 10% stake in Brazilian power company MPX Energia is the first move of a strategy to seek high growth markets to offset domestic and regional concerns,... 2012-01-13

Telehouse Holdings has entered the German datacentre market through the acquisition of one of the country's largest co-location providers, Databurg GmbH .

There are signs of increased competitive activity in Germany's ice cream sector. The country's largest dairy, DMK, announced that its ice cream unit would now operate as a standalone... 2012-01-05

Italian retailer Conad has announced the acquisition of 43 Billa stores from Germany's Rewe. The purchased stores comprise 36 supermarkets and seven hypermarkets, and Conad has reported... 2012-01-03

Overnight, Etihad Airways has gone from being a minor European player to a major European profile. Indeed, this week saw the Abu Dhabi state-run carrier move to become the leading... 2011-12-21

CFW View: Although deteriorating profits have reportedly deterred Russia's Gazprom from immediately proceeding with its joint venture with RWE, we believe that the partnership will... 2011-12-09

Two German wine cooperatives, Deutsches Weintor and Niederkirchener Weinmacher, have completed a merger to become the largest wine cooperative in the Pfalz region of Germany. The two... 2011-12-07

SAP, the business-management software giant, announced the acquisition of cloud-based human capital management solutions provider SuccessFactors for US$3.4bn. The deal is expected to... 2011-12-05

CFW View: With Germany's nuclear exit weighing heavily on RWE 's consolidated financial statement and share price performance, the energy company has announced various new initiatives... 2011-11-28

Two of Europe's leading mobile network operators have helped restart speculation that slowing customer acquisition rates and falling profit margins could force consolidation in the... 2011-11-17