Europe

Magazine articles on conducting business in European countries.

Old Articles: <Older 1871-1880 Newer>

The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Toby Shute	Deep Water, Deep Pockets Statoil makes a splash in the latest Gulf of Mexico lease sale. The Norwegian energy giant is positioning itself as an offshore dynamo.
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Jason Bush	Ukraine: What Crisis? Despite political turmoil, economic growth is roaring in the Ukraine.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Monsieur McDonald Charms the Continent What can rivals learn from McDonald's successful adaptations in Europe? As investors, we can only hope that our companies are wise enough to tread carefully into other cultures, armed with full awareness of their brands' strengths and weaknesses.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Brian Orelli	Contracts That Are for the Birds Baxter and GlaxoSmithKline get bird flu vaccine contracts from the U.K. These contracts aren't reasons by themselves to run out and buy the companies' stock, but expanding income sources are almost always a good sign.
Fast Company September 1, 2007 Michael Dumiak	Airport of Tomorrow In Germany, engineering giant Siemens tests features designed to make air travel less awful.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2007 Rich Smith	Pepsi Pops the Top Once More PepsiCo makes move push into Russia. Now that their Sandora deal is essentially locked up, Pepsi is speaking with comrades to buy a controlling stake in Russia's biggest juice maker, Lebedyansky.
Chemistry World August 13, 2007	ICI Sale Finally Agreed ICI has accepted a takeover offer of 8 billion pounds from chemical conglomerate Akzo Nobel. This 670p per share agreement is Akzo's third approach for ICI in as many months.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Rich Duprey	U.K. High Court Forgets to Be NICE A court challenge to place limits on treatment for Alzheimer's disease is upheld. Eisai has said it will appeal the High Court's ruling. It's a bit of a high-stakes gamble. The United Kingdom accounts for just a small portion of Eisai's profits from Aricept.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Samuel K. Moore	Z-RAM to Take on DRAM with Hynix Deal The Swiss memory company Innovative Silicon says it has struck a deal to license its technology to the No. 2 maker of standalone DRAM memory chips, Hynix Semiconductor, based in Inchon, South Korea. The technology, called Z-RAM could double the density of Hynix's memory chips.
InternetNews August 10, 2007 Roy Mark	U.K. Plans Gambling Ads Ban Britain plans to ban advertising from approximately 1,000 gambling Web sites located in countries that do not meet the U.K. government's regulatory standards.
<Older 1871-1880 Newer> Return to current articles.