Turner to testify at EADS inquiry

Mike Turner has turned up as a key witness in France’s largest insider dealing case as the country’s Financial Markets Authority launched the final phase of its investigation

• EADS faces costly charges for A400M military transport
• FT Archive: Insider dealing charges

GM prepares to outline Opel strategy

European government officials expect the US carmaker to unveil plans for its Opel unit and agree to discuss the restructuring in depth in the first week of December

• GM to slash capacity by 20% in Europe
• Opinion: German taxpayers should not bear Opel burden

Chi-X leaves upstart label behind

In continental Europe, Chi-X regularly trades enough shares in blue-chips such as ST Microelectronics and Siemens that, while it is technically not an ‘exchange’ like Euronext or Deutsche Börse, it still ranks as third-largest trading platform

German ship owners pull aid requests

Two large container ship owners that requested aid from the German state have withdrawn their applications, in a move that raises questions about the government’s stance towards the sector

Private equity chief in rallying call

Chief executives of private equity-backed companies should speak out to defend the industry against ‘misguided’ European Union regulation, according to the new head of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Cosmens raise National Express stake

National Express’s biggest shareholder increases its shareholding ahead of a vote on Friday that will decide whether the transport group’s £360m rights issue goes ahead

Hochtief infrastructure listing bucks trend

Hochtief Concessions’ planned stock market listing of up to €1bn reverses a global delisting trend of infrastructure assets in recent years

BBVA set to raise Chinese bank stake

The Spanish banking group is set to invest a further €1.1bn to lift its strategic stake in China Citic Bank and cement its position as one of the leading European investors in mainland Chinese banking