Spanish banking group Santander has reported a 30 per cent jump in pre-tax profits for its UK arm in the first half of this year.

Global life and material sciences company Royal Dutch DSM has sold its wholly-owned subsidiary DSM Energy to Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) for an enterprise value of Ôé¼285 million, it was announced today.

Biotechnology group Amgen has signed a deal with UK pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), it was announced yesterday.  Thousand Oaks, California-based Amgen will team up with GSK to jointly commercialize Amgen's hotly-anticipated experimental osteoporosis drug denosumab in Europe and emerging markets. The deal marks a significant move into primary care drugs and international markets for Amgen, which is attempting to increase sales following criticism for over-pricing.

First-quarter net profits for Irish airline Ryanair have leapt a massive 550 per cent on the back of lower fuel prices, it announced yesterday.

US biotechnology group Amgen has signed a deal with UK pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), it was announced yesterday.

First-quarter net profits for Irish airline Ryanair have leapt a massive 550 per cent on the back of lower fuel prices, it announced yesterday.

US and Canadian courts are expected on Tuesday to approve Ericsson's $1.1 billion bid for most of the core wireless assets of Canadian telecoms equipment company Nortel Networks.  The deal, which includes NortelÔÇÖs profitable CDMA wireless equipment operations and its next-generation long-term evolution (LTE) assets, will gain Swedish firm Ericsson important CDMA contracts with network operators Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular, Bell Canada and Leap Wireless.

US and Canadian courts are expected on Tuesday to approve Swedish firm Ericsson's $1.1 billion (Ôé¼770 million) bid for most of the core wireless assets of Canadian telecoms equipment company Nortel Networks.