Emergence of the group’s sizeable advertising business brings risks and rewards

Traditional lighting is shrinking but the LED business is expanding too slowly to compensate

German bank’s chief must outflank critics, just as general Von Moltke did his enemies

The erudite former BG Group chief is not being appointed simply as a safe pair of hands

Sight of a smartly dressed ‘Zuck’ constitutes a warning about group’s future direction

Next generation standard will need to be big for chipmaker

Revenue growth helps to validate JAB’s deal, which otherwise looked pretty peculiar

Bank’s size and global reach should further its wealth management drive

US cable group has called the bluff of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox

Soft power gets you further in Europe than attempts to wield the hard kind

Only low Japanese interest rates make the numbers work in this deal

For the beleaguered retailer, the chance to hurt Amazon in Asia is priceless

Plan to issue debt for first time means pitching to cold-hearted bond investors

Bank must focus on earnings per share growth

Spin-off will improve Gucci owner’s profitability and also benefit the sportswear group long term

Disappoint on the capital return and further share price jitters will follow  

Billions are being invested in ‘other’ bets that may never see a payday

Believers of this long-term story will find better entry levels in the future

German healthcare group may have had a lucky escape

Jon Lewis has secured survival but a thriving recovery is no certainty

Buying voting rights without the outlay required of long-term investors

The Swiss bank’s quarterly figures were humdrum rather than glittering

Conglomerate can only get by on dullness for so long

Go back to 1918 and private rentals accounted for 76% of the housing market