Fortum is looking at gas importer’s Swedish assets as it seeks to benefit from growth in energy demand
Kremlin builds ‘compensation fund’ in response to west’s ‘illegal expropriation of Russian assets’
Fortum alleges Danish windpower company failed to return advance payment on project cancelled over sanctions
Berlin will take control of what was once Europe’s biggest importer of Russian gas
Finland’s Fortum and Switzerland’s Axpo gain state-backed credit lines
Finnish group’s financial buffer looks thinner if it buys out minorities soon
German utility forced to turn to state bank and major shareholder to avoid cash crunch
Companies gearing up to process used batteries from electric cars
Bidders face three big hurdles if they want to win control of listed companies
Asset swap codenamed ‘Live wire’ will shake up an industry after years of uncertainty
Knight Vinke’s move further complicates Fortum’s hostile bid for German utility
Takeover activity has helped encourage higher dividends
German utility pledges to lift its dividend 25% a year until 2020 in face of Fortum bid
Finnish group’s offer for the energy company is tempting
Finnish group secures agreement of Eon, the German utility’s biggest shareholder and former parent
Finnish power group on brink of bidding to buy out company’s biggest shareholder Eon
Analysts say break-up of Eon and RWE last year point to a wave of deals
Project delays and the Fukushima disaster have dented the appeal of atomic power
Western Europe’s first atomic power station in 15 years is test of Areva technology
