It's been 10 years since British mobile operator Vodafone successfully acquired the German firm Mannesmann in a hostile takeover worth billions. But how did Vodafone end up on top? It was the era ...

A German court has acquitted Deutsche Bank chief executive Josef Ackermann and five other ex-members of engineering giant Mannesmann's board. They were charged over their role in approving bonus ...

A German court has ordered the retrial of Deutsche Bank chief executive Josef Ackermann and five other ex-members of engineering giant Mannesmann's board. An original trial last year cleared the six ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. December 1999: Vodafone of the UK chooses Christmas Eve for the launch of its initial €135bn offer for ...

Now attention is turning to the biggest of them all - Vodafone's £113 billion sterling (€185 billion) takeover of Mannesmann. This had looked smart compared with deals struck by rivals such as ...

The head of powerful engineering union IG Metall and the chairman of Deutsche Bank could be facing court charges related to large retirement and severance packages approved at Mannesmann during ...