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Credit Suisse deal with US authorities may top $2B

By: CNBC.com staff

Monday, 12 May 2014 | 6:57 PM ET

New York state seeks hundreds of millions of dollars from Credit Suisse in a probe into potential tax evasion that could push a settlement with U.S. authorities over $2 billion.
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• Think the crisis is over? These firms say it's not Monday, 12 May 2014 | 6:45 AM ET

  

  More than half of European businesses are suffering as a result of late or non-payment of bills and invoices.
• After MH370 vanishes, Inmarsat offers free tracking Monday, 12 May 2014 | 6:16 AM ET

  

  U.K. satellite company Inmarsat is offering a free tracking service to all passenger airlines.
• Europe’s crisis not over yet: IMF’s Lagarde Monday, 12 May 2014 | 5:19 AM ET

  

  Europe is on the mend, but the economic crisis that has plagued the region since 2008 is not over yet, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde has warned.
• Murdoch's BSkyB confirms European pay TV talks Monday, 12 May 2014 | 3:09 AM ET

  

  U.K. broadcaster BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting) has confirmed reports which emerged over the weekend that it is looking to acquire stakes in Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland from 21st Century Fox.
• UK interest rates to rise from early-2015: CBI Monday, 12 May 2014 | 2:30 AM ET

  

  The UK business lobby group has upped its growth forecast for 2014, and expects interest rates to rise next year.
• UK fraud office steps up Barclays-Qatar probe Monday, 12 May 2014 | 1:42 AM ET

  

  Bob Diamond, John Varley and other senior members of Barclays' former management are set to be questioned under caution by the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office. The FT reports.
• Rebels declare victory in East Ukraine vote on self-rule Sunday, 11 May 2014 | 7:15 PM ET

  

  Rebels declared victory in a referendum on self-rule for eastern Ukraine, with some saying that meant independence and others a union with Russia.
• Ukraine referendum illegal, will not be recognized: EU Sunday, 11 May 2014 | 2:28 PM ET

  

  The European Union said it would not recognize the result of a referendum on self-rule held by pro-Moscow rebels in east Ukraine on Sunday.
• Publicis CEO: Merger off as 'equality impossible' Friday, 9 May 2014 | 11:27 AM ET

  

  Publicis CEO Maurice Levy has told CNBC that the decision to call off a $35 billion merger with U.S.-based Omnicom was "an issue of principle."
• Big week ahead in Pfizer's fight for AstraZeneca Sunday, 11 May 2014 | 11:11 AM ET

  

  Pfizer kicked off the most important week to date in its struggle to gain control of U.K. rival AstraZeneca.
• UK millionaires shoot up as households get richer Saturday, 10 May 2014 | 4:56 AM ET

  

  U.K. households are nearly £100,000 wealthier than a decade ago, according to a report by Lloyds Bank out on Saturday.
• Detergent pulled from shelves over Nazi 'code' Saturday, 10 May 2014 | 10:31 AM ET

  

  Procter & Gamble has apologized after stirring anger in Germany for unintentionally placing a neo-Nazi code on detergent packages.
• Pfizer fights back against AZ takeover critics Sunday, 11 May 2014 | 6:12 AM ET

  

  Pfizer has launched a fight back against critics of its proposed takeover of AstraZeneca, but did not make any fresh promises on jobs or investment.
• Merkel: Siemens-Alstom deal a 'corporate decision' Saturday, 10 May 2014 | 7:43 AM ET

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the tie-up between Siemens and Alstom would be, first and foremost, a c