Steve Sedgwick

As tension over exchange rates grows and central bankers across the globe try to cool talk of a "currency war", Russia on Wednesday denied it was manipulating its currency.

The world's major luxury auto manufacturers have been bucking the trend, rolling out new models for the super luxury market at the 83rd Geneva motor show, against a backdrop of slumping sales in the mass market in Europe.

Cyprus’s finance minister, Michael Sarris, has told CNBC that talks with Russia are “looking beyond” a loan extension, adding to speculation that Russia could come to Cyprus’s financial aid.

Boxer-turned-politician Vitaly Klitschko claimed victory in Kiev’s mayoral elections but it was one of his rival candidates that raised the most eyebrows.

Two projects with U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil will be the two most important events for the global oil industry, said Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin who is under sanctions from the U.S. government.

The bluffer’s guide to the Paris climate talks

There is strong hope of a deal at the UN climate summit in Paris but hurdles still remain.

CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick on the investing “no brainers” that the market herd is missing.

The fall of Francois Bayrou's government in a confidence vote tasks France with naming its fifth prime minister in two years.

Part of the problem is having the adequate supply of infrastructure to bring other kinds of energy sources into Europe, according to Italgas CEO Paolo Gallo.