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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 10, 6:04 am ET
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...
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Rocky Mount Telegram - Tue Nov 10, 5:41 am ET
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "rel...
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 10:35 am ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel called it the “happiest day in German history.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy drove all the way from Paris to witness it, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it helped build trust.
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New York Post - Tue Nov 10, 6:56 am ET
BERLIN -- As her country celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany. Merkel visited what was o...
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 8:21 am ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet backed tax cuts of 6.1 billion euros ($9.1 billion) in 2010, steps pledged before the Sept. 27 election to spur growth after the deepest economic recession since World War II.
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The Huffington Post - Mon Nov 9, 2:53 pm ET
What's Your Reaction? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Berlin on Monday for the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall. But before the celebrations began, she held bilateral talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel--and fashion faux pas !--the two women dressed almost identically.
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Deseret News - Mon Nov 9, 10:20 am ET
Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany as she...
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WTHR Indianapolis - Mon Nov 9, 10:50 am ET
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.
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The Wenatchee World - Mon Nov 9, 2:35 pm ET
BERLIN — 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 today — retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell. The Bornholmer Strasse bridge was the first crossing to open on Nov. 9, 1989, following a confused announcement that East Germany was lifting ...
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The Garden City Telegram - Mon Nov 9, 2:28 pm 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 today -- retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell.
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The Champaign News-Gazette - Mon Nov 9, 11:25 am ET
BERLIN (AP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other luminaries at what was once a fortified border crossing – retracing her steps on the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall fell. The Bornholmer Strasse bridge was the first crossing to open on Nov. 9, 1989 following a communist official's confused announcement that East Germany was lifting travel ...
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Nasdaq - Mon Nov 9, 6:47 am ET
(Adds details.) BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet Monday approved economic stimulus measures for 2010 worth some EUR8.4 billion, said a person familiar with the government's action.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 7, 5:49 am ET
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a personal account of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, which she called the luckiest day of recent German history, in a video broadcast released Saturday. The chancellor, who grew up in ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 9, 8:35 am ET
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Monday for more cooperation between nation states and the transfer of power to multilateral organizations such as the UN, in a speech ahead of anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall. T...
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 8, 12:51 pm ET
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel riled her coalition partners with plans to further delay a decision on tax cuts demanded by the Free Democratic Party, Handelsblatt reported.
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Art Daily - Sun Nov 8, 11:42 pm ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tours an exhibition during the opening of the new museum of German history Villa Schoeningen in Potsdam November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Bernd Settnik/Pool.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 10, 7:05 am ET
Munich - Troubled German state bank BayernLB warned Tuesday that it will post a more than 1-billion-euro (1.5-billion dollar ) loss this year as it battles mounting risk provisions at its Austrian offshoot. Germany's second biggest state bank said th...
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 10, 5:59 am ET
KREFELD, Germany----InterfaceFLOR, a leading manufacturer of carpet tiles, is the first US company ever to win the German Sustainability Award. Lindsey Parnell, president and CEO EMEAI, received the award for “Germany’s most sustainable recycling” in person.
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International Herald Tribune - Mon Nov 9, 4:48 am ET
My first reaction was stunned disbelief.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 7:43 am ET
German investor sentiment slumped again in November, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday, signalling that a sharp recovery in Europe's biggest economy could be running out of steam.