Capgemini shares rose on Monday after a newspaper said Wipro, India's third-biggest software exporter, was expected to bid for the French computer consultancy firm.
An agreement has been reached on the sale of Cheyne Finance, a structured investment vehicle now known as SIV Portfolio, to bidders including Goldman Sachs, the fund's receivers Deloitte & Touche said on Monday.
The European Central Bank is determined to stop increases in oil and food prices becoming entrenched in a broader inflation rise, President Jean-Claude Trichet said in a newspaper interview published on Monday.
Switzerland's banking regulator will investigate how UBS ran up losses in the credit crisis requiring billions of dollars of writedowns, a spokesman for the body was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Instead of beating the drum for the greatness of the single European currency, the last missive was a demand for European companies to quit blaming the strong euro for what are their own mistakes. But some readers took umbrage.
The board of Northern Rock is considering mounting a rescue plan to save the ailing British bank from nationalisation or takeover, the Sunday Times reported.
Air France-KLM's bid for Italy's state-controlled airline, Alitalia, has triggered a frenzy of holiday lobbying by powerful opponents who want Rome to reject an offer they say harms national interests.
German retailers say Christmas sales picked up in 4th week but below yr-earlier
Christmas rush comes too late - UK BRC report
BoE expected to cut interest rates 4 times next year - report