RISING RUSSIAN STARS With Russia finally winning the trust of investors, we pick the stocks to watch in 2006
COVER STORY:THE GREAT CONTRIVER Telecoms pioneer Declan Ganley has a gift for creating business opportunity. Is he Europe’s next billionaire?
EBLA 2006 The contenders for this year’s European Business Leaders Awards
A NEW FORMULA After decades of domination by Bernie Ecclestone, a breakaway group of car makers will this year challenge F1’s structure
ZUZANA REZNICKOVA The top Czech businesswoman talks about her life and work
PAPER TIGER Why Europe is essential to Konica Minolta’s office products division
B. IS FOR BUSINESS Agnès Troublé is the grande dame of French fashion and the driving force behind agnès b.
SPECIAL PROPERTY REPORT To coincide with this year’s MIPIM property event in Cannes, we look at the rejuvenated European property market, which is growing in the east and picking up in the west
COUNTRY REPORT: ROMANIA Strong growth is marred by corruption for this EU candidate
OUT OF THE GREEN, INTO THE BLACK Environmentally friendly power is popular, profitable – and underfunded
DON DINERO Santander’s Emilio Botín brushes off his troubles in the courts
FLEXIBLE FUTURES The new face of pensions
EGYPT EMBRACES THE MARKET Free trade advocates are opening up Egypt’s economy to investors
Western high-street stores flock to retail hub Budapest
EU fishing quotas affect the Danish fleet plus EU news
Albania challenges privatisation
Mittal expands empire, buying into Bosnia-Herzegovina steel
Macedonia awaits EU accession
European Dispatches
Energy news round-up
Double espresso: SKINethics
Business books reviewed
MEP Daniel Hannan’s EU view plus EU diary
FOOD AND DRINK: fancy wines, elegant eats
CULTURE: books and exhibitions reviewed
INVESTOR CLINIC: new funds
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS: video art
AVIATION: news from the world of private aircraft
SPAS: winter health breaks, winter skincare
MOTORING: luxury rides
TRAVEL: places to go, stuff to see
CNBC PAGES: an anchorman’s life plus CNBC Europe schedule
CLOSING BELL: gossip and stats
