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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Dec 3, 2:27 am ET
PARIS -- As political and military leaders across the globe pondered President Obama's announcement of his Afghan strategy, European allies offered a mixed response on Wednesday, with some of the biggest contributors to the NATO coalition withholding promises of immediate troop reinforcements.
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 2:21 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The compensation settlement between Siemens AG and nine former management board members in the wake of a bribery scandal signifies a fundamental change in German corporate governance, according to Siemens Chairman Gerhard Cromme, the Financial Times reported.
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HispanicBusiness.com - Thu Dec 3, 2:12 am ET
Cape Town (dpa) - Football's world governing body FIFA Wednesday confirmed the seeded teams for the World Cup draw on Friday. World champions Italy, European champions Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, Germany, Argentina and England join hosts South Africa as seeded teams for the draw.
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International Herald Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 2:10 am ET
The German industrial conglomerate unveiled a better-than-expected operating profit for its fourth quarter and proposed a flat dividend of 1.60 euros per share.
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 2:08 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Hannover Re , Germany’s second-biggest reinsurer, is forecasting higher premiums and profit at its trade-credit and surety unit next year as the market rebounds from claims related to the global economic slump.
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:01 am ET
Revellers heading to the German capital for New Years Eve may want to go to the Brandenburg Gate at midnight.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 2:00 am ET
MUNICH & BONN, Germany----Cinterion Wireless Modules, the global leader in cellular machine-to-machine communication modules, and Deutsche Telekom AG, announced today they signed a strategic partnership to collaboratively manage M2M customer projects and promote the sustainable development of the M2M marketplace.
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 2:00 am ET
Heidelberg Instruments, GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany, a leading supplier of direct write laser lithography systems, announced the repeat order for an advanced maskless lithography system by Toyo Precision Parts MFG. Co., Ltd, Japan. This system will be used for production of photomasks used in discrete semiconductors, encoder disks, MEMS, liquid crystal displays, electroluminescence and PDP.
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Burbank Leader - Thu Dec 3, 1:57 am ET
Newly minted Cub Scout Roman Moreno was having the patches stitched onto his uniform when he sensed that Bear, his rescued German shepherd, had gone missing.
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Jefferson City News Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 1:53 am ET
This year, visitors can help Hermann residents celebrate the city's German heritage by participating in a host of yuletide events in December. The Christmas season officially was launched last Friday with the Children's Lantern Parade.
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 1:51 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. seeks 2.7 billion euros ($4.1 billion) in government aid as part of the restructuring of its Opel unit in Europe, Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing a document GM submitted to the German Economy Ministry.
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Nasdaq - Thu Dec 3, 1:47 am ET
MUNICH -(Dow Jones)- Siemens AG (SI), the German industrial conglomerate, Thursday posted a fourth-quarter net loss due to a write-down, and said it expects operating profit at its core business to fall in the current 2010 fiscal year.
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Coppell Gazette - Thu Dec 3, 1:38 am ET
World War I, also known as the "Great War," was officially concluded on the 11th hour of the 11th Day of November at 11 a.m. in 1918 between the Allies and Germany.
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The Indianapolis Star - Thu Dec 3, 1:36 am ET
"The Diary of Anne Frank" is the story of a Jewish girl whose family hid from the Nazis during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It's a dramatic world apart from the light comedies often associated with high school drama.
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Journal Inquirer - Thu Dec 3, 1:31 am ET
Award-winning master pastry chef Roland Schneider demostrates how to quickly and easily bake delicious apple strudel, Black Forest cake, and Linzer torte at the South Windsor Library Wednesday, April 15 in celebration of our Germany heritage through the World of Words program.
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The Arizona Republic - Thu Dec 3, 1:24 am ET
The Scottsdale father of 22-year-old Devon Hollahan is in Germany this week working with local police and U.S. State Department authorities to find his missing son, a Saguaro High and University of Arizona graduate who went missing after a concert in Frankfurt on Nov. 20.
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Harmony Central - Thu Dec 3, 1:19 am ET
Sinevibes is happy to announce Roland synthesizer training courses to be held in Hamburg in summer 2010. It is a great opportunity for all Roland musicians who really want to be unique and sound like no one else.
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The New Canaan News - Thu Dec 3, 1:07 am ET
The New Canaan Police Department aims to reinstate its long disbanded Police K9 Program by adding a German Shepherd to its force in September.
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Indiana Daily Student - Thu Dec 3, 1:05 am ET
Menahem Pressler, an IU distinguished professor, has played concerts all over the world, but none were as significant as his performance at the Magdeburg Opera House on Nov. 22.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Dec 3, 12:55 am ET
Siemens AG, emerging from the biggest corruption scandal in German corporate history, reached a settlement with managers, including two former CEOs accused of failing to halt a culture of