4:05pm

Container shipping: boxed in

Chinese port PICN

After a brief rally, the industry’s downturn has resumed with a rash of gloomy updates

6:19pm

Bank capital rules: one step at a time

Compromise giving national governments reasonable flexibility amounts to progress, but at a price

Avon products 8:01pm

Coty / Avon: loss of face

End of limp bid for cosmetics seller raises the question of which company made itself look worse

7:33pm

Chesapeake: in the sights

The role of the company founder and chief executive is finally getting the attention it deserves

A Siemens AG employee assembles a component for gas turbine propellers ©Bloomberg 8:01pm

Germany: model citizens

Economic juggernaut powers ahead and helps the eurozone avoid a recession

6:19pm

Allianz: net gain

After a few own goals, the insurer has shown itself to be capable of a better score in its own half

Yen currency 7:33pm

Japan’s megabanks: travel time

The lenders have ventured overseas before and suffered but another visit might be timely

May 14, 2012

Greece: sinking ships

Political paralysis threatens country’s biggest companies

American Airlines 737 jet May 14, 2012

America’s airlines: flying south

It is not all uplift for Latin American carriers

May 14, 2012

Tepco: let there be light

There is little incentive for existing investors to hang around

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