Category Archives: Allgemein
New model Mercedes is make or break for Daimler
The German carmaker drove the next version of its flagship Mercedes off the forecourt …
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Evonik’s fundamental strengths come at a full price
The listing of the speciality chemicals company marks the largest German IPO since 2007. …
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German push to green power is brave but risky
Europe’s industrial leader wants to wean itself off nuclear power and fossil fuels, so …
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German women lose board battle. Maybe not the war
Angela Merkel narrowly stifled a mutiny among MPs who wanted to force women quotas …
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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 …
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BMW, VW and Daimler: similar and unequal
The leading German carmakers have ignored the most severe crisis of the European auto …
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German caution will make banking union stronger
Germany’s finance minister says that a pan-European bank resolution scheme requires changing the EU …
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German eurosceptics strong enough to nudge Merkel
A new anti-euro party is unlikely to make it into parliament in the 2013 …
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German minimum wage talk mostly symbolic for now
The country is one of the few in the EU without a minimum wage. …
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Bertelsmann faces 50 shades of digital challenges
The success of the “50 Shades” erotic trilogy boosted Bertelsmann’s 2012 profit. Yet the …
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