Jail-sentenced billionaire Mehmet Karamehmet is being sued for almost $10m (£6.6m) in the High Court over loans issued to Maltese shipping company Blue Shipping.
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Transfer latest: Nicklas Bendtner's move to Eintracht Frankfurt could be off due to Arsenal striker's wage demands
Thursday 11 July 2013
The 25-year-old was in Germany on Tuesday to finalise the deal, but he could return to London after negotiations all through
Another foreign-billionaire battle looms in High Court
Sunday 09 June 2013
Commerzbank has launched High Court proceedings against the Turkish billionaire Mehmet Karamehmet in the latest international dispute to be brought to Britain.
Commerzbank gives up fight with bankers
Friday 03 May 2013
The German banking giant Commerzbank yesterday finally gave up its four-year legal war with 104 London investment bankers who have been fighting for €52m (£44m) in unpaid bonuses.
Bankers win appeal over £44m in unpaid bonuses
Saturday 27 April 2013
Commerzbank furious at losing case over payouts cut after a takeover
Bankers win £44m bonus claim against Commerzbank
Friday 26 April 2013
More than 100 London investment bankers who sued Commerzbank for €52 million (£44 million) over unpaid bonuses today won a landmark victory when the Court of Appeal upheld the decision in an unanimous verdict.
Eurozone's troubles hit UK trade figures
Wednesday 09 January 2013
Turmoil in the eurozone continues to drag down the UK's exporters, raising the probability that the economy contracted again in the final quarter of 2012.
Visual art preview of 2013: Just the ticket
Sunday 06 January 2013
Schwitters, Manet, Vermeer ... it's set to be a vintage year for art shows, big and small
Bigger role for ENRC chairman to placate investors
Saturday 24 November 2012
Kazakh mining giant Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has beefed up the role of its chairman as it tries to placate angry investors over corporate governance.
Oil prices rise as US refineries restart after Hurricane Sandy
Thursday 01 November 2012
The restart of refineries in the storm-hit northeastern United States gave a small boost to crude oil prices on Thursday.
Bankers win £42m claim for their unpaid bonuses
Thursday 10 May 2012
More than 100 London bankers have won their claim for £42m in unpaid bonuses against Germany's Commerzbank in the High Court. At least five are set to collect payouts in excess of £1m for bonuses promised just before the financial crisis.
Confidence in eurozone dives
Friday 27 April 2012
Confidence plunged again in the eurozone this month as austerity bites and the single-currency bloc heads towards an all-but-inevitable recession, the European Commission warned yesterday.
The ultimate loo with a view
Friday 24 February 2012
Some might feel that the world's bankers have been metaphorically wazzing on us from a great height for years.
Bankers pursue £42m in unpaid bonuses
Thursday 26 January 2012
More than 100 London investment bankers yesterday launched a claim in the High Court for £42m in unpaid bonuses from the German banking giant Commerzbank.
100 London bankers sue Germans over unpaid £42m in bonuses
Saturday 21 January 2012
More than 100 London bankers will next week go to the High Court to sue German banking giant Commerzbank over €50m (£42m) in unpaid bonuses.
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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