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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.
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.
BERLIN - 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "reliable concept" for the future of its subsidiary Opel.
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.
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.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her new government's top priority is overcoming the effects of the economic crisis -- but she warns they will intensify before the situation improves.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union congratulated Peter Mueller on being voted in as prime minister of Saarland state today. Mueller heads a coalition of his CDU, the Free Democratic Party and the Greens, the first such alliance in Germany’s 16 states.
Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed the courage of easterners who helped bring down the Berlin Wall as the city celebrated the 20th anniversary of the events that marked the end of the Cold War and the beginning of a reunited Germany.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at a meeting Monday with Angela Merkel, Germany's first chancellor from the former communist East.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel called it the “most joyful day in German history.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy drove from Paris to witness it, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it helped build trust.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel lashed out Tuesday at giant US carmaker General Motors, saying it would have to bear most of the cost of restructuring its troubled European Opel offshoot. Speaking to parliament, Merkel said GM has not been i...
BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel led a gathering of world leaders in Germany's capital yesterday for a celebration of the night 20 years earlier when the Berlin Wall fell.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that she expects the country's economic situation and the consequences of the global economic crisis to worsen in the coming year. Citing the prospect of rising unemployment, Merkel said The prob...
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday the giant US carmaker General Motors would have to bear the main burden of the cost of restructuring its troubled European Opel offshoot. Speaking to parliament, Merkel said that the Detroit-based...
