5:26pm

Electrocomponents sees sharp profit fall

Strong UK demand is not enough to offset wider challenges

A Ford Territory car parked outside Ford Australia's head office in Melbourne ©Getty From AUTOMOBILES 5:34am

Ford exits Australia amid mounting losses

US carmaker blames high costs for closure of plants

From FINANCIALS May 23, 2013

GE eyes consumer finance unit IPO

Immelt seeks to focus on core industrial business

A New Holland Agriculture combine harvests corn in Ines Indart, Agentina, on Monday, April 5, 2010. Before April 20, corn declined 14 percent this year on forecasts for production to rise in Brazil and Argentina ©Bloomberg From LEX May 22, 2013

Corporate tax: Fiat Industrial

Italian company’s move to UK for tax purposes not a wayward move

May 22, 2013

Zytronic reports decline in turnover

Touch sensors producer says orders remain flat

Matt Wiggeim, assistant farm manager, operates a Case 7010 combine harvester ©Bloomberg May 21, 2013

Fiat Industrial to move tax home to UK

Blow to Italy where new coalition is seeking to staunch outflows

Vintage Saab AB vehicles stand on display at the Saab automobile museum in Trolhattan, Sweden, on Monday, July 11, 2011. Swedish Automobile N.V. said it agreed to sell 50.1 percent of the shares in Saab Automobile to a consortium of Swedish real-estate investors for a value of 255 million kronor. ©Bloomberg From AUTOMOBILES May 21, 2013

Saab bosses held for alleged tax offences

Three from bankrupt carmaker accused of obstructing tax checks

May 20, 2013

GE finance arm to pay $6.5bn dividend

Plan to shift capital from volatile lending business

From AUTOMOBILES May 19, 2013

Bentley misses out on incentives

Volkswagen unit unable to reap rewards from credit

From AUTOMOBILES May 19, 2013

Building blocks to cut output costs

Companies using modular strategy to create brands

From AUTOMOBILES May 19, 2013

Modular is way forward for suppliers

Magna designs, makes and ships completed parts to carmakers

From CONSTRUCTION May 19, 2013

Building disputes taking longer to settle

Groups shed jobs and report low levels of business activity

From AUTOMOBILES May 17, 2013

EU car sales inch into positive territory

Early Easter helps carmakers end 18-month downward trend

From ENERGY May 17, 2013

Caterpillar settles with former ERA owners

US company secures $135m cut to purchase price of Chinese group

From AUTOMOBILES May 16, 2013

Honda set for F1 return with McLaren

Japanese carmaker to supply engines from 2015

May 16, 2013

Invensys to spend £600m on acquisitions

Sale of rail unit allows engineer to return £625m to shareholders

From UK May 16, 2013

UK car manufacturing rises 17% in April

Industry remains bright spot in British economy

From TECHNOLOGY May 16, 2013

China in innovation challenge to Europe

Continent’s business leaders voice fears

From LEX May 15, 2013

John Deere: warmer outlook

Company suffers dip, but future of farming equipment makers looks strong

May 15, 2013

ThyssenKrupp losses deepen on writedown

German group hit by €683m loss on US and Brazil plants

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