Serbia's pro-European alliance is seeking a coalition deal with smaller parties after Sunday's presidential elections. Joanna Gorska from Exclusive Analysis has the outlook.

Richard Fletcher from The Telegraph takes a look ahead to what will be making headlines in business news.

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.

The Baltic Exchange for Capesize vessels and the Baltic Dry Index traded near record highs Monday on the back of strong Chinese demand for iron ore. Jeremy Penn, chief executive of The Baltic Exchange spoke to CNBC.

HSBC said Monday it made progress in downsizing its US mortgage book and tackling its bad debts. Leigh Goodwin from Fox-Pitt Kelton has analysis.

A tight UK mortgage market and disappointing data from industry and the high street could force the Bank of England to cut interest rate next month. Ken Wattret from BNP Paribas considers the outlook.

Old Mutual missed forecasts in the first quarter and warned that it could miss targets for funds under management for 2008. CNBC spoke to Jonathan Nicholls, CFO, Old Mutual Thursday.

Shares of Poland's Pekao traded lower Thursday as the bank's quarterly results disappointed investors. Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, CEO of Bank Pekao, spoke to CNBC.

Martin Wolf from the Financial Times takes a look ahead to what will be making headlines in business news.