| European Headlines
FT |
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| Dell’s $63 billion swoop for data storage group seals biggest technology deal. Move for EMC amid dotcom-level activity. Wider boom sees AB InBev up SAB offer.
WSJE |
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| Dell to buy EMC for $67 billion. Dell Inc. and private-equity firm Silver Lake buy data company EMC Corp. for about $67 billion in cash and stock, marking the biggest technology-industry takeover ever
INYT |
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| Turkey finds little unity in aftermath of bombings. Neither terror attack nor Nobel rallies nation facing an array of threats | |
| France | |
Les Echos |
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| Banks: the concerning American dominion.European banks argue that overregulation is of benefit to US giants. Seven years after the crisis, they strengthen their dominant role on financial markets. | |
| Germany
Frankfurter Allgemeine |
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| CDU–CSU wants to establish transit zones along the German border. This could be a “reasonable solution” to control the situation, said CDU General Secretary Peter Tauber.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung |
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| SPD against “camps” at the borders. Federal Minister of Justice Heiko Maas opposes CDU-CSU plans and says their transit zone project would send a terrible signal – and practically not be implemented. | |
| Italy
La Repubblica |
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| Pensions: divisions between unions and government. Civil union: still no agreement.The government and opposition parties were unable to reach an agreement on pensions and civil unions. In Rome, mayor Ignazio Marino finally accepts to resign
Il Sole 24 Ore |
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| Green light for Poste Italiane’s IPO, which should be listed on October 26th. The IPO for Poste Italiane started yesterday and goes until October 22nd. Its arrival on the stock exchange is scheduled for October 26th. “This is the largest quotation of the year in Europe” said President Francesco Caio | |
| Poland
Gazeta Wyborcza |
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| Kamiński’s CBA broke the law. District Court in Warsaw ruled that under Mariusz Kamiński’s term, Central Anti-Corruption Office (CBA) broke the law and did not respect the Constitution. This is the first such inquisitive verdict concerning the conduct of the Polish special services management. | |
| Spain
El Pais |
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| The EU asks Spain for a new stricter and more credible budget.Brussels suspects public accounts with electoral opportunism and asks for more budget cuts and less expenditure in order to meet deficit targets in 2016.
Expansion |
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| Repsol negotiates the sale of gas assets to EDP. The group will sell more assets than it had initially planned in order to maintain its rating. | |
| UK
The Times |
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| Failing hospital pays boss £1m a year to cut costs.“Mindblowing” salary should be spent on frontline services, say staff.
The Guardian |
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| Watson comes out fighting on Brittan claims.Deputy Labour leader hits back at PM and seeks apology for abuse victims.
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