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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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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 11:30 am ET
Throughout the Cold War, Germany was the steadfast trans-Atlantic ally — and France the perpetual skeptic. Paris snubbed NATO, booted allied soldiers off its soil and sought a privileged relationship with Moscow.
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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.
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Staten Island Advance - Tue Nov 3, 11:04 am ET
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday for her country's "sacrifice" in keeping forces in...
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New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 1:38 pm ET
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Mikhail Gorbachev retraced the steps of the first East German crowds surging to West Berlin 20 years ago.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 5:36 am ET
Germany will adhere to a European Commission demand to fix its public deficit by 2013, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday.
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Nasdaq - Thu Nov 5, 9:18 am ET
BERLIN (DowJones)--German Chancellor Angela Merkel told U.S. President Barack Obama in a telephone call that her government wants General Motors Co. to present its plan to restructure Opel "as soon as possible."
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Idaho State Journal - Tue Nov 10, 12:08 pm ET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech in the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. 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. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 12:22 pm ET
Tens of thousands thronged the route of the Berlin Wall on Monday for emotional celebrations to mark 20 years since its fall, but Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany still bears the scars of division.