‘Like horse trading’: Credit Suisse retail investors challenge UBS takeover

Fresh legal claim planned by group of almost 1,000 shareholders to rushed rescue in March

Italy waters down windfall tax on banks after market rout

Apparent backtrack to fifth of level of assets analysts had estimated follows fall in shares on Tuesday

Tui hails return to profit but warns of €25m hit from Rhodes wildfires

Tour operator reports first profitable April to June since before pandemic but says wildfire bill will come out of full-year results

Italy approves 40% windfall tax on banks for 2023 as profits soar

Proceeds from levy on interest rate income will be used to help mortgage holders and cut taxes

Small firms fear going bust as Amazon extends wait time for sale proceeds

Marketplace sellers in UK and rest of Europe say having to wait over a week means they will struggle to pay staff and loans

Full clean ahead: can shipping finally steer away from fossil fuels?

Electric ships, hydrogen, ‘air lubrication’ and even good old wind power are reducing emissions, but campaigners say true change will ‘take guts’

Brexit is the villain in accidental death of the economy

Like characters in Dario Fo’s farce, we complain about, but tolerate, the most damaging political scandal of our time

Is Germany’s great economy sinking into ‘slowcession’?

Key data this week will offer a hint as to whether the eurozone’s powerhouse can shake off recent stagnation

Oligarchs fret about their assets as UK fights to keep tabs on their spending

A small part of the Treasury is charged with regulating the spending of sanctioned individuals – but faces a mountain of paperwork and criticism that it is being too lenient

Bloomsbury USA president dies in speedboat collision in Italy

Adrienne Vaughan was on family holiday and reportedly fell overboard when speedboat collided with a sailboat

Why is Spain’s inflation so much lower than the UK’s? Because it stood up to business

The reliance on Bank of England rate rises alone can’t go on. In other countries, rent caps and excess profit taxes are working, says the IPPR’s Carsten Jung

The Brexit ‘red tape’ illusion has been exposed by the Tories’ CE mark climbdown

Despite claims over taking back control, UK is forced to comply with rules on which it has no say

Eurostar’s Gwendoline Cazenave: ‘Seamless border crossing isn’t science fiction’

As the rail operator cuts back routes, its boss is pinning her hopes on technology to get the post-Brexit queues moving

Jeremy Hunt oversaw signing of San Marino low-tax treaty backed by Tory donor

Exclusive: Maurizio Bragagni, who has given over £700k to Tories and £30k to chancellor, attended event

UK to retain EU safety mark in latest Brexit climbdown

Government bows to pressure from industry over costs of switching over to British marking