Brazilian group sweeten offer to buy Chiquita

Cutrale and Safra raise offer but analysts say Fyffes deal will still go ahead

Stocks fall on global economic concerns

Iseq makes worst three-day run since July 2012

Shareholders in legal threat to Chiquita-Fyffes merger

Lawsuit by Alabama firemen’s pension fund seeks to injunct deal

Fyffes’s chief in US to petition over merger

McCann in talks to persuade Chiquita to stick with $1bn merger plan with Irish firm

Chiquita and Fyffes offer EU concessions for $526m merger

European Union regulators are concerned the proposed tie-up may reduce competition

Brazilians formally engage with Chiquita

Bid threatens to scupper Chiquita proposed $1 billion merger with Fyffes

Banana battle enters a critical phase

What chance of a grand bargain where all three parties explore a Brazilian bid?

Fyffes and Chiquita go on banana merger offensive

Firms strongly defend their prospective merger from Brazilian rivals Safra-Cutrale

Brazilians appeal to Chiquita shareholders to stymie merger

Lobbying campaign by Cutrale and Safra goes over heads of Chiquita board

Fyffes and Chiquita: the wedding’s still on

Announcement of potential savings sends a message to Brazilian suitors

Fyffes banana merger expected to face second bid threat

Brazilians have firepower to scupper Fyffes’s Chiquita merger

The Irish-based banana distributor is unlikely to get drawn into a war for its US rival, following a rival bid backed by the Safra Group