Redeeming the Berlin Conference and Bismarck WorldNews.com Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | As German President Horst Koehler visits South Korea in preparation to host the G-20 Summit in November, and while Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel presses for new international sanctions against Iran, both might want to recall the Berlin Co...
Merkel wants new definition of economic growth The Guardian BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Europe needs a new definition for economic growth, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday ahead of a special European Union summit on economic growth strategies next week. In her weekly podcast Merkel said Europe does not have dynamic growth and called for a joint...
`Oldies' in kidnap trial Hong Kong Standard Four disgruntled pensioners faced a German court yesterday, accused of tying up, kidnapping and holding hostage their financial adviser after sustaining heavy losses in investments in the US property market. | //--> Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | ADVER...
Asia takes film battle to Berlin Hong Kong Standard Asian movies will take pride of place this week at the 60th Berlin Film Festival, one of world cinema's top showcases, as new pictures by Roman Polanski and Martin Scorsese make their premieres. | //--> Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | ADVERTISEMENT | As...
Market Frenzy Over Greece Is Disturbingly Familiar The New York Times | PARIS - The feeding frenzy in bond markets over highly indebted southern euro zone states recalls the runs on European currencies in the 1990s, before the euro was created. | European governments eventually surmounted that challenge with a sustaine...
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Germany raises 2010 growth outlook to 1.4 pct Syracuse | (AP) - BERLIN - The German government has raised its economic growth forecast for this year to 1.4 percent from 1.2 percent. | The government said Tuesday that it expects healthy...
No deal on Airbus A400M but talks to resume soon Daily Star Lebanon | Saturday, January 23, 2010 | - Powered by | BERLIN: Crucial negotiations between EADS (European Aeronautic and Space Company) and seven customer nations over the future of the tr...
Pressure Mounts for Deal for Airbus Military Plane The New York Times | BERLIN - Military officials from the European countries with orders to buy the Airbus A400M military transport plane tried and failed again Friday to resolve differences over how...
German tax cheat gets $10M in damages from bank Kansas City Star More News | A court has ordered a former subsidiary of Liechtenstein's LGT bank to pay over euro7.3 million ($10 million) to a client for failing to inform him that his confidential details had been stolen and handed to authorities, thereby harming h...
Shares of Germany's SAP slip 2.5 pct after CEO quits; questions about its future linger Hartford Courant FRANKFURT (AP) — German software maker SAP AG's stock slid 2.5 percent Monday, the day after CEO Leo Apotheker unexpectedly resigned and was replaced with a pair of co-chief executives. | The company's stock closed at euro32.56 ($44.53) even as...
Shares of Germany's SAP slip 2.5 pct after CEO quits; questions about its future linger Star Tribune | FRANKFURT - German software maker SAP AG's stock slid 2.5 percent Monday, the day after CEO Leo Apotheker unexpectedly resigned and was replaced with a pair of co-chief executives. | The company's stock closed at euro32.56 ($44.53) even as the wide...
Europe Shares Rise After Weak Day in Asia The New York Times | European stocks markets rose modestly Monday as speculation of a pickup in corporate deals helped offset earlier losses in Asia. | Markets in the United States are closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. | The FTSE 100 in London was 39.84 points, or 0.73 percent with shares in International Power leading the advance - up 5 percent -...
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Star Tribune | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: | ___ | ATHENS, Greece — Greece will follow an austerity program to cut debt "to the letter," Prime Minister George Papandreou promised as the European Union readied plans to tightly monitor Athens' performance and possibly demand more cu...
