China finds a friend in Germany Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 China finds a friend in Germany | By Jian Junbo | SHANGHAI - China and Germany are moving toward a closer and friendlier partnership, a process that seemed highly unlikely just three years ago and which could provide Beijing with an influential ally on the wor...
Bayer's 2nd-quarter profit down 1.3 percent Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | BERLIN - Germany's Bayer AG saw second-quarter net earnings slip by 1.3 percent as a stronger revenue was offset by one-time charges for lawsuits and writing down a cancer drug. | The maker of pharmaceuticals, specialized plastics and farm products earned euro525 million ($6...
BP to sell German petrol station unit Aral: Report The Times Of India BERLIN: Cash-strapped British oil giant BP is looking to sell its German fuel station unit Aral for at least two billion euros ($2.6 billion), a German magazine reported on Saturday. | Wirtschaftswoche cited unnamed investment bankers as saying that ...
Reviving fiscal federalism Gulf News | It is an old debate, but tensions within the euro area have revived it: can a monetary union survive without some form of fiscal federalism? | This issue is of persistent concern for investors worldwide. Holders of European government bonds believe...
NZ taken for a spin NZ Herald By 4:00 AM Sunday Aug 1, 2010 Email Print | German chainsaw manufacturer Stihl is using New Zealand as a test market for its concept of a nationwide chain of franchised power tool retailers. | This country is the first place in the world the company ...
Boeing gets earful of 777 advice from a customer with clout Seattle Times | One Boeing customer may have more influence than any other outsider on the crucial decision facing the company this year concerning the future of its star wide-body, the 777. | Tim Clark, president of giant Dubai airline Emirates, wielded his clout...
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German 2010 GDP growth may be above 2%: Economy Minister DNA India | Berlin: The German economy will likely grow stronger in 2010 than the government had earlier expected, with GDP seen expanding by 2% or more, economy minister Rainer Bruederle sa...
Platitudes Create Rifts Between Berlin and Its Allies The New York Times | BERLIN — More than a century ago, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, bombastically half-commanded the world to heal itself through an infusion of so...
Euro hovers short of 2-month highs Herald Tribune | BERLIN - The euro hovered a little short of two-month highs against the dollar on Monday, despite a rating agency's downgrade for Irish government bonds, as concern persisted ove...
BP may sell German gas stations for $2.6 bn: Report The Times Of India VIENNA: BP Plc is seeking to sell its German petrol station chain Aral for around 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion), German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday, citing investment bankers familiar with BP's plans. | Wirtschaftswoche said Franc...
BP May Sell German Gas Stations for $2.6 Billion ABC News | July 31, 2010 | VIENNA (Reuters) - BP Plc is seeking to sell its German petrol station chain Aral for around 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion), German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday, citing investment bankers familiar with BP's plans. ...
Airlines Focus on Revival The New York Times | Early this month, Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the chief executive of Air France, invited Airbus and Boeing to offer proposals, with prices, for perhaps 100 mid-size, long-range aircraft in the extra-wide-bodied A350 and the Boeing 787 families, to be delivered over the coming decade. Related | Bumpy Ride Ahead for Air Industries (July 19, 2010) Acrimo...
Unholy trinity sets up bank failures Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 Unholy trinity sets up bank failures | By Chan Akya | Three discrete events over the past couple of weeks have confirmed the worst suspicions of non-Keynesians that governments remain not just beholden to banks around the world but positively scared of them. | Exhibit A is the cartoonish European bank "stress...
