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Daimler puts foot on accelerator in China
Feb 01, 2013 14:23 EST
German automaker Daimler unveiled plans Friday to boost its position in the fast-growing Chinese market by acquiring BAIC for 640 million euros, a 12-percent stake in the country's fifth-biggest car group.
Merkel says Germany needs European market
May 19, 2012 08:15 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that Germany's economic health depends on that of the European Union, even though exports to the region are at a 20-year low.
German tax collectors volunteer for duty in Greece
Feb 25, 2012 10:47 EST
BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 160 German tax collectors have volunteered for possible assignments in Greece to help the struggling Mediterranean country gather tax more efficiently, the Finance Ministry in Berlin said on Saturday.
Air Berlin to keep turning cost-cut screw: report
Dec 10, 2011 17:07 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German loss-making airline Air Berlin <AB1.DE> aims to trim costs by up to 250 million euros (£213.6 million) per year, a German magazine reported, which would be one fourth above its official savings target for 2012 of 200 million euros.
Air Berlin to keep turning cost-cut screw - report
Dec 10, 2011 11:37 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German loss-making airline Air Berlin <AB1.DE> aims to trim costs by up to 250 million euros (£213.6 million) per year, a German magazine reported, which would be one fourth above its official savings target for 2012 of 200 million euros.
GM, BMW to cooperate on fuel cells: magazine
Dec 10, 2011 09:38 EST
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW and General Motors plan to join forces on the development of fuel cell technology, German weekly business magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported, citing industry sources.
Yahoo! to bid for Bundesliga soccer rights: report
Dec 03, 2011 09:38 EST
VIENNA (Reuters) - Yahoo! Inc plans to bid for rights to show online highlights of German Bundesliga soccer matches in the 2013/14 season, its head of German operations told a magazine.
Hochtief plans multi-million Canada, India takeovers
Oct 15, 2011 11:26 EDT
The biggest German construction group, Hochtief, plans to make acquisitions in Canada and India totalling hundreds of millions of euros, boss Frank Stieler said in an interview published Saturday.
German private banks call Greece bankrupt: magazine
Oct 15, 2011 11:18 EDT
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's private banks called for euro zone policymakers to finally accept that Greece is insolvent and also pressed for rules that would force lenders to set aside capital on their balance sheets for government bonds, a magazine reported.
Sarkozy, Merkel vow swift action on eurozone debt
Oct 10, 2011 00:06 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed a response to the eurozone debt crisis within weeks, insisting they were united on plans to shore up Europe's banks.
'Time is short' for euro debt solution: Cameron
Oct 09, 2011 19:32 EDT
Prime Minister David Cameron warned that "time was short" for eurozone leaders bidding to solve the debt crisis and urged them to adopt a "bazooka" approach, in an interview published in Monday's Financial Times.
Sarkozy, Merkel vow swift action on eurozone debt
Oct 09, 2011 16:30 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Sunday a response to the eurozone debt crisis within weeks, insisting they were united on plans to shore up Europe's banks.
Merkel-Sarkozy summit to focus on shoring up banks
Oct 09, 2011 05:49 EDT
The leaders of France and Germany, the eurozone's top economies, hold a summit here Sunday to find common ground on a plan to recapitalise banks amid rampant fears of a crippling credit crunch.
Leaders meet on crunch weekend for European banking
Oct 08, 2011 16:33 EDT
French and German officials were scrambling to put together a compromise agreement on recapitalizing major European ahead of Sunday's meeting between the two countries' leaders.
Sarkozy meets IMF chief on Europe debt crisis
Oct 08, 2011 11:50 EDT
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde had talks in Paris on Saturday with President Nicolas Sarkozy on a crunch weekend for the European debt crisis.
Italy's rating downgrade 'may speed up austerity plan'
Sep 24, 2011 11:50 EDT
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Saturday he hoped that a recent downgrade of Italy's debt would spur Rome to speed up implementing its recently adopted austerity measures.
Greece needs decade to get competitive: German finance minister
Sep 24, 2011 08:31 EDT
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a magazine interview published on Saturday that Greece would not be able to return to capital markets next year and would need a decade to make its economy competitive.
Merkel underlines 'no' to eurobonds, for now
Aug 21, 2011 10:09 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined on Sunday that she opposes eurobonds, which would pool the 17 eurozone nations' debt, but left the door open to a change in policy at a later date.
Bayer chief warns firms may leave Germany over energy costs
Aug 06, 2011 13:23 EDT
The head of German chemicals and drugs giant Bayer warned Saturday that major companies may consider leaving Germany over rising energy costs linked with Berlin's decision to abandon nuclear power.
German managers 'keep phones in biscuit tins'
Jun 27, 2011 12:09 EDT
A German chemicals company said on Monday its managers have begun keeping their mobile phones in biscuit tins during meetings in order to guard against industrial espionage.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GmbH |
| Editor-in-chief | Roland Tichy |
| Founded | October 1995 |
| Language | German |
| Circulation | 186,096 (2006) |
| ISSN | 0042-8582 |
| Official website | www.wiwo.de |
