Swedish brand is looking at countries such as Mexico and Brazil after opening its first store in the southern hemisphere this year in Chile ...

Leaked document from French stock market regulator finds LVMH built stake in rival through equity swaps in tranches

Poland is gearing up for its biggest-ever increase in military equipment spending, splashing out $43bn on contracts over the next decade ...

Rafael Nadal drops only four games as he beats Roger Federer to win his seventh Italian Open title. ...

A French government minister who quit over revelations of his undeclared Swiss bank account says he will not stand again for election. ...

A man of British origin has been arrested in France in connection with the deaths of his two children, media reports say. ...

World number one Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka to win the Italian Open and her fourth consecutive tournament. ...

With two years until the next election, the Tory party has reopened old divisions over Europe which helped destroy Margaret Thatcher and John Major ...

After a long battle to safeguard its 80-year tradition of banking secrecy, Switzerland faces a new era as it begins negotiations on a new EU tax accord ...

Industry warns some lenders are dramatically cutting the terms and interest rates at which they offer business loans as they seek to boost profits ...

Group angry at receiving no help from the regulator after losing money in a Belgian fund that breached the grand duchy's investment laws ...

Last month's bailout led by the International Monetary Fund could be the country's final chance to avert an economic catastrophe ...

Launches come as Pyongyang condemns the US deployment of an aircraft carrier to take part in joint exercises with South Korean forces ...

Survey by British Chambers of Commerce shows EU still most popular market for UK exporters, with Central and South America at the bottom of the list ...

Zehra Shahid Hussain, a member of Imran Khan's reformist party, is shot dead by gunmen ahead of the reopening of 43 polling stations in Karachi ...

Census data show there are now almost twice as many one-person homes as traditional family ones containing two parents and children ...

The Conservative leadership is "running scared" of its backbenchers on the issue of Europe, former Tory cabinet minister Lord Howe says. ...

Police in the Serbian capital Belgrade make 104 arrests as rival fans of the city's Partizan and Red Star teams clash at a match. ...

Alexei Balabanov, the Russian director whose cult films caught the wildness of Russia's early post-Soviet years, dies at the age of 54. ...

An emotional David Beckham leaves the pitch in tears as he completes the final home match of his career with Paris St-Germain. ...

US chief of staff warns supply of sophisticated Russian missiles could encourage Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to believe he is safe from outside military action ...

A new political party, Plan B, which supports Greece's exist from the euro and a return to the drachma is due to hold its first meeting. ...

Thousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, rally in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government. ...

Cameron's decision to press ahead with gay marriage and inability to deliver immediate EU referendum has created air of mistrust and acrimony in party ...

Constitutional council says law not contrary to any constitutional principle, but reserves its position on state-supported fertility treatment for lesbians ...

The EU is to ban restaurants from using refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil, citing hygiene and consumer protection. ...

Russia publicly names the man it believes to be the US intelligence chief in Moscow, a breach of diplomatic protocol. ...

The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko calls for the inquest into his death to be abandoned and replaced with a public inquiry. ...

The US chides Russia for what it calls an "unfortunate decision" to send missiles to the Syrian government, as world leaders mull how to end the conflict. ...

France's president is to sign into law a controversial bill that will make the country the eighth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage. ...

Singer Bonnie Tyler is set to make her Eurovision debut on Saturday when she performs UK entry Believe In Me at the annual contest in Malmo, Sweden. ...

Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo are sent off as Real Madrid lose bad-tempered Copa del Rey final 2-1 to Atletico Madrid. ...

Listings gatekeeper to tighten entry rules as executives of miner ENRC set to face grilling ...

In a letter to Congress, the Treasury secretary said he was initiating

UK's High Court rules against a case brought by Martin Coward, Elena Ambrosiadou's husband, in which he had claimed ownership of the algorithms ...

French president wary Angela Merkel is prepared

Sir Robert Owen has ruled that the investigation into the death of the ex-KGB spy has no power to hear secret evidence in closed session ...

Governments are asking how oil benchmarks should be calculated but the answer is not clear, which is why the current system has lasted so long ...

Spanish judges put Miguel Blesa into custody, amid a probe into due diligence regarding the takeover of City National Bank of Florida in 2008 ...

Evidence of fragmentation abounds, as the IMF chief has pointed out. For every country putting out good news, there are weaker data elsewhere ...

An EU initiative to regulate olive oil bottles on restaurant tables

Independent committee rejects indicative bid made by the group, consisting of the oligarchs who founded the miner and the government of Kazakhstan ...

The military ruler who led the country through much of the

The future of the inquest into the death of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko is in doubt after the coroner rules he cannot consider whether the Russian state was responsible. ...

UK detectives reviewing the case of the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal say they have identified "a number of persons of interest". ...

More consumers gave an upbeat view about their personal finances, with the largest gains seen among households in the top third of income levels ...

The appointments of independent advisers represent a stepping-up of Bloomberg's response to client concerns over reporters monitoring activity ...

Figures highlight collapse in domestic demand and Madrid redirecting trade towards faster-growing economies in Asia and Middle East ...

Residents of a Jordanian border town are feeling the pressure of Syrian refugees doubling the population and taking their scarce resources ...

The Financial Times' tech blog and Twitter accounts have been compromised following a phishing attack on the company's email accounts ...

Spain records its first monthly trade surplus in more than 40 years as demand for imports dries up. ...

The bloc's banking regulator has significantly widened the definition of staff affected by the clampdown to include anyone earning more than

More than $1m worth of Chopard jewels, to be worn by celebrities for the Cannes film festival, have been stolen from a hotel room, police say. ...

Early Easter helps carmakers end 18-month downward trend in April, though a historic low in April 2012 made for a favourable comparison ...

Russia has sent sophisticated anti-ship missiles to Syria which could be used to deter future military intervention, US media reports say. ...

Three Japanese groups and GDF Suez of France take stakes in a $10bn LNG export facility in Louisiana ...

Car sales across Europe rose in April for the first time in 18 months, figures show, partly thanks to strong demand in the UK. ...

Danish shipping group adjusts expectations for container demand as it reports net profit down almost a third compared with a year earlier ...

President Barack Obama says the US has seen evidence of chemical weapons being used in Syria, after talks with Turkey's prime minister. ...

The dollar benefited from talk by Federal Reserve committee member John Williams that the central bank should begin cutting it asset buying by the end of the year ...