Germany
Job Losses Weigh on US Consumers; Concerns Mount in Britain
July 24, 2009Many Americans appear to be too worried about earning money and keeping their jobs to feel good about the world's largest economy. A widely watched index of U.S. consumer sentiment, the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, declined in...
German train drivers threaten strike
October 22, 2007German train drivers are threatening to strike unless they receive a 31 percent pay hike, it was reported Sunday. The drivers delayed a strike originally threatened for Monday, saying they could strike Tuesday or Wednesday if negotiations with German...
Russia, Germany back Nord Stream pipeline
October 16, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday Moscow was on track to build a controversial $12 billion natural gas pipeline to Germany from Russia. Russia intends to complete the trans-Baltic Nord Stream pipeline, controversial for both environmental...
Analysis: Shell offers a bounty in Germany to Rosneft
September 20, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor According to Russian and German media reports, Royal Dutch Shell offers its stake in Germany’s largest oil-industry complex, MIRO, to Russia’s Rosneft, in return for Shell “access...
Germany says cap cell-phone roaming rates
January 24, 2007BERLIN, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Germany is proposing European Union countries limit cell-phone roaming fees customers pay, a move the industry opposes as unnecessary. The proposal by Germany, the largest EU country and its current president, could speed...
German court opens insolvency proceedings against BenQ
January 02, 2007Munich (dpa) - Insolvency proceedings have been opened against the German cellphone operation of Taiwanese electronics maker BenQ Mobile, a Munich court said Tuesday. The move came a day after insolvency administrator Martin Prager announced the failure...
German automakers expect record 2006 US sales
January 02, 2007New York (dpa) - German automobile makers are projecting record sales of 900,000 vehicles for the year just ended - a year that marked steady setbacks for Detroit's domestic producers. But with economic growth slacking off in the US, the outlook for...
Metro closes 15 former Wal-Mart outlets in Germany
December 29, 2006Dusseldorf, Germany (dpa) - Germany's biggest retailer, Metro, said Friday it would close 15 of the loss-making former Wal-Mart hypermarkets it took over earlier this year from its US rival. Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, bowed out of the...
German business confidence surges in December
December 19, 2006Berlin (dpa) - German business confidence surged towards a record high in December, the closely-watched ifo survey released Tuesday showed, as optimism grows that Europe's biggest economy will be able to withstand next year's expected global economic...
TUI shares slump as travel giant sets out cost-cutting plans
December 15, 2006Hamburg (dpa) - Shares in Europe's biggest travel group TUI AG slumped more than 4.0 per cent Friday after the German-based company announced a major shakeout in its key tourism business, big job cuts and moves to slash debt. The group said it planned...
