Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, is set to announce the country's plans to issue the first Islamic bond outside the Muslim world, hoping that the 200 million pound ($322.62 million) bond will act as a catalyst for London to become a leading player in the sharia-compliant finance market.
Swiss prosecutors have begun a criminal investigation into Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone for bribing a German banker to smooth the sale of a stake in the motor racing business to private equity firm CVC in 2006.
G4S, the world's largest security services firm, denied allegations of its involvement in the abuse - including electric shock treatment and forced injections - of inmates at its Mangaung prison in South Africa.
Germany's Deutsche Boerse said it had received an offer from the United States to settle a probe into the exchange operator's alleged breach of U.S. sanctions against Iran for $152 million.
European aerospace group EADS is planning to axe jobs and cut costs in a bid to restructure its defence business, which has been languished due to Europe's long-term decline in military spending.
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