(Bloomberg) -- UniCredit SpA spoke with German officials about building a stake in Commerzbank AG before Berlin began selling its shares in the firm earlier this month, adding to the confusion around ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Commerzbank says its role as a key lender to the swathe of "Mittelstand" midsize companies that drive Europe's top economy is grounds to resist UniCredit's overtures. But ...

MILAN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz slammed as "an unfriendly attack" UniCredit's move to become the biggest investor in rival Commerzbank with a potential 21% stake, marking ...

MUNICH/FRANKFURT/MILAN (Reuters) -Just days before UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel set his sight on a takeover target in Italy, more evidence emerged of fierce resistance to his interest in German flagship ...

FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - UniCredit has stepped up preparations for a potential bid for Germany's Commerzbank by drafting in investment bankers including a former top German official, three people ...

MILAN/BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany cranked up its opposition on Wednesday to UniCredit's raid on Commerzbank at the same time as a big investor in the German lender called for talks, which are being ...

German finance minister Christian Lindner has no further plans to sell off Berlin’s remaining 12 per cent share of Commerzbank, the country’s second-largest lender, after Italy’s UniCredit bought a ...

Italian lender UniCredit's "very aggressive, very opaque" bid for Commerzbank has been criticized by Germany's Finance Minister Jörg Kukies, who stressed that hostile takeovers don't usually work. "In ...

UniCredit hits resistance from German corporate elite over Commerzbank bid Orcel shifts focus to Banco BPM with a 10 bln euro offer Commerzbank takeover now seen as in doubt Fears in Germany over ...