Author Archives: Olaf Storbeck
New model Mercedes is make or break for Daimler
The German carmaker drove the next version of its flagship Mercedes off the forecourt …
Filed under Allgemein
Evonik’s fundamental strengths come at a full price
The listing of the speciality chemicals company marks the largest German IPO since 2007. …
Filed under Allgemein
German push to green power is brave but risky
Europe’s industrial leader wants to wean itself off nuclear power and fossil fuels, so …
Filed under Allgemein
German women lose board battle. Maybe not the war
Angela Merkel narrowly stifled a mutiny among MPs who wanted to force women quotas …
Filed under Allgemein
RTL is a gamble on the future of old-fashioned TV
Bertelsmann is reducing its exposure to TV by selling a chunk of RTL. The …
Filed under Allgemein
BMW, VW and Daimler: similar and unequal
The leading German carmakers have ignored the most severe crisis of the European auto …
Filed under Allgemein
German caution will make banking union stronger
Germany’s finance minister says that a pan-European bank resolution scheme requires changing the EU …
Filed under Allgemein
Inflation fear shouldn’t constrain monetary policy
Central banks have more room to manoeuvre than inflation hawks think. Even temporarily excessive …
Filed under Monetary Policy
German eurosceptics strong enough to nudge Merkel
A new anti-euro party is unlikely to make it into parliament in the 2013 …
Filed under Allgemein
German minimum wage talk mostly symbolic for now
The country is one of the few in the EU without a minimum wage. …
Filed under Allgemein, Labour Market
