Oil companies will face the full force of the law if they manipulate prices, Britain’s energy minister said as the European Commission demanded that more firms provide information as part of its probe into oil pricing.

Google is offering major concessions on how it displays search results in Europe to meet concerns it might be abusing its dominant market position, the European Union’s competition body said today.

MasterCard Inc faces an EU anti-trust probe into bank fees on foreign card payments such as when tourists go shopping in the 27-nation bloc.

Several banks under investigation for suspected rigging of euro interest rates are co-operating with EU anti-trust regulators in the hope of lower fines, according to two sources.

The troika arrives back in Athens this morning with pressure mounting on the Greeks to speed up reforms as German politicians re-ignite the idea of kicking them out of the eurozone.

A lot of fingers in one pie, is how analysts are describing the complex issues surrounding the attempted purchase of Aer Lingus by Ryanair.

Google faces an anti-trust complaint at the European Commission after a French shopping-comparison website said the world’s largest search engine may have abused a dominant position.