http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/europeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/europeancommentFT.com - European Viewen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:48 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 00:20:31 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/europeancomment(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/05b523d4-d542-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05b523d4-d542-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html With the group in the spotlight over a possible bid for Cadbury it should remember that a benefit of being a successful private company lies in controlling one's own destinyThu, 19 Nov 2009 19:48 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/34b5b66c-d47f-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/34b5b66c-d47f-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlThere seems to be a party atmosphere at Vivendi these days – at least according to one veteran director who says of sitting on the French entertainment and telecoms conglomerate's board: "C'est du fun." And the company is now taking the party to Brazil Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:27 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/16f1bfaa-d3b6-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/16f1bfaa-d3b6-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.htmlGilles Pelisson and François-Henri Pinault, chief executives of Accor and PPR, respectively, are both trying to give their companies a new look by disposing of or splitting off some of their traditional businesses and becoming pure players Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:32 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd40975a-d2da-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd40975a-d2da-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlAirbus has still not managed to industrialise the complex electrical wire and harness systems of the aircraft. As a result, each jumbo – like an expensive hand-sewn crocodile handbag – has to be hand finished before it can be delivered to its customer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:21 GMThttp://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f94277e-cfc4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fcolumnists%2Feuropeancommenthttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f94277e-cfc4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html Peugeot Citroën boss Philippe Varin unveiled a new three-year strategy but his real goal may be in engineering a longer-term solution for the French carmaker Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:03 GMT