Shares in Finmeccanica fell Tuesday as the Italian aerospace and defense company agreed to buy US military contractor DRS Technologies for $4 billion. Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini, CEO of Finmeccanica, spoke to CNBC.

David Stubbs from RICS, Lionel Barber from the Financial Times and Matthew Sharratt from Bank of America consider the outlook for the UK economy as the country's inflation continues to rise.

Societe Generale beat expectations with its first-quarter earnings Tuesday and Credit Agricole announced plans for a rights issue. Alain Tchibozo from ING Securities has analysis of the French banks.

Turkey's leading mobile company, Turkcell reported a 78% rise in first-quarter net profit last week, continuing to rise in a slow market. Sureyya Ciliv, CEO of Turkcell, talks about the opportunities in the telecom market.

UK defense and services company VT Group beat forecasts with a 20% rise in underlying full-year profit. Paul Lester, CEO of VT Group, discusses the company's earnings and possible Ministry of Defense contract.

TUI Travel trimmed its pre-tax loss for the first half of 2008 and says it is on track for merger synergies. Peter Long, CEO of TUI Travel, spoke to CNBC about the outlook.

Online recruitment in Europe declined slightly in April, on the heels of record growth in the first quarter. Hugo Sellert from Monster Worldwide has a breakdown of the findings.

Dutch mail logistics group TNT launched a fleet of 100 "green" vehicles Monday. CNBC's Jo Webster went for a test drive and spoke to Peter Bakker, CEO of TNT.