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Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes General Motors Co. ’s four Opel German factories face a good future after the U.S. company presented its restructuring plans, Reuters said.
Karlsruhe,Germany - German police have searched the homes of four alleged Chinese spies in Munich, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. A spokesman in Karlsruhe confirmed the quartet were under investigation for espionage. ...
Consumer confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, fell for the second month in a row amid fears of rising unemployment and a drop in income expectations, a closely-watched survey by the GfK market research group showed Wednesday.
Bundesbank Sees More Write-downs At German Banks
GM: Opel's main German plant to remain important; up to 9,500 job cuts in Europe
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- German banks may have to write off another 90 billion euros ($136 billion) on bad loans and securitization instruments, threatening profitability even as the economy recovers from recession, the Bundesbank said.
WIESBADEN, Germany -(Dow Jones)- General Motors Co. Wednesday said the Ruesselsheim plant of German unit Adam Opel GmbH is of great importance for the brand, particularly due to the technical development center.
GM: all 4 Opel plans in Germany have future, but up to 9,500 jobs to go across Europe
(JTA) — A nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable, Germany’s new Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on his first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
GM Europe is looking for help to restructure Opel, but the German economics minister said taxpayers should not be expected to play
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- German two-year government bonds declined on speculation the European Central Bank may increase the interest banks pay for some loans, curbing the amount of cash that may be invested in fixed income.
(Adds detail.) BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- The German government will extend programs that prevent broad layoffs by reducing work hours, Economics Minister Rainer Bruederle said Tuesday, but the extension should be clearly limited.
Berlin - Two threatened Opel automotive plants in Germany have been reprieved from the threat of closure, General Motors' (GM) European Chief Executive Nick Reilly said Tuesday. The 9,400 staff at the Bochum and Kaiserslautern plants in western Germa...
This report gives an in-depth analysis of the Germany biogas market and provides forecast estimates up to 2013. The research analyzes the key trends, major issues and growth opportunities in the Germany biogas market.
Berlin - Germany is to increase its development aid to Afghanistan by 52 million euros (78 million dollars), the German government said Tuesday. Afghanistan would receive a total of around 144 million euros in 2009, to help the government of Presiden...
Bonn, Germany - A 16-year-old girl who attempted to kill teachers and fellow pupils at her German co-ed high school was sent to youth prison Tuesday for five years. She was foiled when another girl observed her in the school toilets preparing her pis...
General Motors' top European official said Wednesday that all four Opel plants in Germany will remain open under a restructuring plan, leaving the threat of closure hanging over other facilities in Britain, Spain, Belgium and Poland.
A 22-year-old Scottsdale man who was working in Prague has vanished after a concert in Germany, and now his father is turning to social networking to find him.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- WestLB AG will receive as much as 4 billion euros ($6 billion) from the German government and shift a third of its assets into a so-called bad bank under a plan to save the country’s third-biggest state-owned lender.
Karlsruhe, Germany - German police have searched the homes of four alleged Chinese spies in Munich, interrogating three of them, federal prosecutorssaid Tuesday. A spokesman in Karlsruhe confirmed the group were under investigation for espionage. ...
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Programs to keep people employed by reducing work hours have helped prevent broad layoffs in Germany and will be extended, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
