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Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) --The German economy may shrink by less than 5 percent this year, Ulrich Wilhelm, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief spokesman, told reporters in Berlin today. The government said Oct. 16 the economy will contract 5 percent in 2009.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Governments worldwide will need "coordinated exit strategies" as they emerge from the economic crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a conference Friday.
A panel of top German economists, which has slammed the country's huge public debt, says Chancellor Angela Merkel's new government should take back its "gift baskets" of tax relief, a German weekly reported.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Germany and France will support the same candidate to become the European Union's first president in the 27-member bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday.
Berlin - Germany plans to team up with France in the final choice of a leadership for the reformed European Union (EU), German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after a cabinet meeting near Berlin Wednesday. Though she did not mention any names, she said...
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany will press for an agreement on countering climate change at a UN conference to be held in Copenhagen. Merkel made her comments to reporters in Meseberg, outside Berlin, before a Cabinet meeting today.
(Adds comments by Merkel, vice chancellor; background.) By Andrea Thomas Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- The German government will hold a meeting with representatives from the country's businesses, banks and trade unions Dec. 2 on how to overcome the economic and financial crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- The German government will hold a meeting with representatives from the country's businesses, banks and trade union Dec. 2 on how to overcome the economic crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday.
Germany agreed Wednesday to extend by one year its mission in Afghanistan, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, as her foreign minister warned German troops will not be there forever.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks advanced for the first time in three days on speculation the global economic recovery may drive earnings growth. ThyssenKrupp AG and Salzgitter AG, Germany’s largest steelmakers, gained with metal prices.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- A binding, global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should be struck in the first six months of 2010, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday defended her new center-right government's planned tax cuts, saying they are needed to get the country out of the worst economic crisis in sixty years.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's most striking problem at the start of her new government is not the economy, an unpopular war or the opposition: it's a 66-year-old, 6-foot blonde in her own Christian Democrats, Erika Steinbach.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the appointment of the EU's two new top officials on Friday, saying she had full trust in EU President Herman Van Rompuy and foreign policy High Representative Catherine Ashton. The chancellor appr...
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’s concerned that “ambitions seems to be shrinking” for a planned U.N. accord to counter climate change next month.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Governments worldwide need to design "coordinated exit strategies" as they emerge from the economic crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a conference Friday.
Germany warned fellow European governments on Monday against offering financial aid to General Motors Europe in exchange for job guarantees, hours ahead of a meeting in Brussels to discuss the future of the company.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Germany will push for a quick and binding deal on greenhouse gas emission reductions to fight climate change, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
The German soccer federation is promising swift action against players, coaches and referees found guilty in the match-fixing scandal across Europe. The federation is pledging to work closely with authorities investigating what has been described as the biggest match-fixing scandal in Europe. The investigation so far has resulted in arrests in Germany and Switzerland.
German drugmaker Merck KGaA said Monday the company plans to invest euro150 million in a global research and development center in Beijing for its Serono drugs division.
