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Detroit News - Wed Nov 11, 12:50 pm ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled this week that General Motors Co. might have to rely on its own resources to restructure its Adam Opel GmbH subsidiary.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Tue Nov 10, 5:43 am ET
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "reliable concept" for the future of its subsidiary Opel. GM last week called off the planned sale of Germany-based Opel to car parts maker Magna and Russian lender Sberbank.
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International Herald Tribune - Tue Nov 10, 2:48 pm ET
In her first policy speech since being sworn in for a second term, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the worst effects of the global financial crisis would hit Germany next year.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 7:21 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel said the global economic crisis will weigh on Germany “for the foreseeable future” and her government’s success depends on boosting growth with tax cuts.
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Sun-Sentinel - Tue Nov 10, 7:34 am ET
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Tuesday for the U.S., China and India to make substantive pledges of action against global warming in order to prevent the failure of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 10:46 am ET
Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed the courage of East Germans who helped topple the Berlin Wall as leaders converged on the German capital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of an event which marked the end of the Cold War.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 11, 5:42 am ET
President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed Chancellor Angela Merkel to Paris Wednesday to honour the fallen of World War 1, the first time a German leader has taken part in a French Armistice Day parade.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 10, 6:09 am ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed General Motors Co. on Tuesday to present a "reliable concept" for the future of its European unit Opel, adding that GM should produce most of the funding. GM last week called off the planned sale of a majority of Opel,... GeneralMotors - Opel - Germany - Angela Merkel - Russia
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 3:26 pm ET
Fresh from the euphoria of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chancellor Angela Merkel pulled no punches Tuesday as she outlined the hefty challenges facing Germany.
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WGN TV Chicago - Mon Nov 9, 8:49 am ET
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany as she visited what was once a fortified border crossing on Monday — retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 7:06 am ET
Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen must produce a substantial agreement, and failure would set back by years efforts to fight global warming, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
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The Washington Times - Mon Nov 9, 12:44 pm ET
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity. Within moments of a confused announcement on Nov. 9, 1989, that East Germany was lifting travel restrictions ...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 5:31 am ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "reliable concept" for the future of its subsidiary Opel.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 11, 6:35 am ET
Paris - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy used the occasion of Wednesday's Armistice Day commemorations in Paris to promote closer ties between their two countries. We owe it to the people of Europe, to the people ...
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INO News - Wed Nov 11, 4:12 am ET
(RTTNews) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she would attend the crucial United Nations climate-change summit in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, scheduled for December 7-18, to present a successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012, if the U.S., China and India revealed their negotiating positions.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 11, 4:35 am ET
Paris - Chancellor Angela Merkel is traveling to Paris Wednesday to commemorate the soldiers who fell in World War I - the first ever German head of government to do so. On Monday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy had traveled to Berlin to celebrate ...
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 6:38 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Chancellor Angela Merkel’s new government will observe a European Commission call to start cutting the budget deficit even as it seeks to grant tax relief.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 10, 2:25 pm ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Tuesday for the U.S., China and India to make substantive pledges of action against global warming in order to prevent the failure of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen. "A failure of the world climate conference...
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FOX 11 Tucson - Wed Nov 11, 4:18 am ET
PARIS (AP) — France is commemorating the end of World War I hand-in-hand with the country vanquished in the so-called "great war" as German Chancellor Angela Merkel joins President Nicolas Sarkozy to remember the fallen — and to celebrate peace.
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Houston Chronicle - Tue Nov 10, 8:43 am ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed General Motors Co. on today to present a “reliable concept” for the future of its European unit Opel, adding that GM should produce most of the funding.