The United States threw its full diplomatic weight behind the European Union’s troubled Nabucco pipeline project to bring gas from the Caspian Basin to central Europe
The European Commission has warned Latvia that its fast-growing economy might face a hard landing and urged the country to tighten fiscal policies and keep wages under control
German specialty chemicals group Altana AG, which has denied plotting a EUR 4bn purchase of a US rival, is combing the market for a big buy, its chief executive said
Mattel Inc’s chief executive has said that he does not expect a repeat of last year’s recalls of millions of Chinese-made toys and is “optimistic about 2008” despite an economic slowdown
Standardised EU measures have been implemented on the import and export of beef from Brazil. Meat movement is now subject to stricter criteria
Somewhere between the implosion of Wall Street firm Bear Stearns in March and today’s $130-plus oil, inflation supplanted the credit crunch as the biggest US economic worry
Unemployment in Japan hit a seven-month high while household spending, industrial output and housing starts fell last month in further signs of a troubled economy where inflation is seen heading for another decade high
Food shortages look set to impact massively on the global economy in the coming years. Russell Blinch and Brian Love write
Libya welcomes the idea of creating an OPEC-like group of gas-exporting countries in the African continent, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi told Russian President Vladmir Putin
By László Kóvacs, EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union
Paul Mulvihill, Transfer Pricing Partner at Ernst & Young – Canada and formerly an advisor in tax dispute resolutions at the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration discusses arbitration within the OECD model tax convention
Talk to CEOs throughout Europe, and one issue crops up repeatedly; recruitment. Senior management are concerned, and rightly so Helen Rosethorn, CEO, Bernard Hodes Group
László Kóvacs, EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union discusses European policy and legislation and its implications for international companies
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The European CEO awards 2023 have now been announced, presenting our pick of the CEOs, companies and campaigns leading their sectors.