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[14-06-2012 16:08]: Germany
Volkswagen sales 7.8% driven by demand from China, U.S.
Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker, increased group sales 7.8 percent in May to 763,800 vehicles, driven by demand from China, the United States and eastern Europe, Reuters reported.
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[14-06-2012 16:04]: Germany
Merkel: limits to German economic strength
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that the eurozone crisis would dominate next week's G20 summit but warned world leaders that her powers to act were limited. Read
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[13-06-2012 16:42]: Germany
Energy firms want billions for nuke exit
German power suppliers are suing the government for €15 billion in damages over the decision to abandon nuclear power, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Read
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[11-06-2012 15:42]: Germany
Trade surplus drops as eurozone crisis bites
German exports and imports fell sharply in April as Europe's biggest economy begins to feel the effects of the long-running eurozone debt crisis, data showed on Friday. Analysts said the monthly data were worse than expected. Read
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[11-06-2012 15:06]: Germany
More young people going bankrupt
Germany's robust economy has reduced the number of private bankruptcies in the first quarter of the year -but the number of young people going bankrupt has jumped by over a third, new statistics show. Read
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[11-06-2012 15:04]: Germany
Germany welcomes Spain's bid for help
German central bank chief Jens Weidmann on Sunday welcomed Spain's decision to seek a eurozone lifeline of up to €100 billion for its stricken banks. Read
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[06-06-2012 16:16]: Germany
Drop in foreign demand hits industrial orders
Industrial orders in Germany fell more sharply than expected in April, hit hard by a drop in foreign orders, new data showed on Tuesday. Read
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[06-06-2012 16:14]: Germany
Moody's downgrades several German banks
US credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded several German banks on Wednesday, including the country's second biggest Commerzbank. Read
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[05-06-2012 15:50]: Germany
Merkel offers 'trader tax' for Fiscal Pact support
The German government is planning to introduce the much mooted and sometimes feared "financial transaction tax" by another name – to win opposition support for the Fiscal Pact, a press report said on Tuesday. Read
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[05-06-2012 15:47]: Germany
Euro crisis hits DAX index hard
The stock market index DAX, which represents Germany's 30 biggest companies, felt the sting of Europe's economic fears on Monday, when it dropped below 6,000 points for the first time in five months. Read
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[01-06-2012 11:44]: Germany
Unemployment down but 'cracks showing'
Headline unemployment in Germany declined further in May, shrugging off the eurozone debt crisis, although there are signs the downward trend is slowing, official data showed on Thursday. Read
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[01-06-2012 11:42]: Germany
Deutsche Bank CEO steps down
Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann officially stepped down on Thursday, ending a decade-long reign as head of Germany's biggest bank during which he repeatedly courted controversy. Read
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[25-05-2012 15:28]: Germany
BMW 'stopped Swiss buying its cars abroad'
German automaker BMW said on Thursday it would appeal a Swiss fine of 156 million francs (€130 million) imposed for not letting Swiss people buy its cars abroad - to take advantage of the strong franc. Read
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[23-05-2012 17:19]: Germany
Central Bank: there is no 'Plan B' for Greece
The European Central Bank is not working on any alternative plan to Greece staying in the single currency a top official said on Monday, dismissing ideas that a “Plan B” was in development. Read
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[15-05-2012 16:06]: Germany
Germany wards off recession with moderate growth
Germany's economy has successfully rebounded from end-of-2011 contraction, posting a surprising increase in gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of this year. Read
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[15-05-2012 15:33]: Germany
German investor confidence tumbles
German investor confidence fell sharply in May, following five straight months of increase data showed Tuesday, while a poll of Financial analysts showed growing concern about the eurozone debt crisis. Read
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[10-05-2012 16:59]: Germany
Eurozone business outlook brightens says Ifo
The German Ifo economic research group has said business confidence in the 17-nation euro area improved markedly in early 2012, although uncertainty remains high. Other economic data show different readings. Read
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[09-05-2012 17:00]: Germany
German export machine defies crisis, picks up speed in March
Although recession has engulfed their main markets in Europe, German firms in March exported more than ever before in a single month. With imports similarly at a record high, Europe's biggest economy helps others, too. Read
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[30-04-2012 15:45]: Germany
German retailers wriggle out of sales dent
Retailers in Germany have rebounded from a weak start into the new year with a marked rise in revenues in March. Private households are expected to spend even more in the months ahead due to wage hikes.
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[27-04-2012 16:15]: Germany
German consumer confidence clouding on rising fuel prices
For the second consecutive month, fuel price worries have hit Germans' willingness to spend, market research firm GfK has found. Inflation fears overshadow a stable outlook for the labor market. Read
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[26-04-2012 10:46]: Germany
Merkel: eurozone needs growth as well as cuts
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated on Wednesday that the eurozone needed economic growth as well as deficit-cutting measures. Germany continued to register slight growth, while the UK slipped into recession. Read
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[25-04-2012 11:54]: Germany
German labor costs rise more slowly than in the rest of the EU
In the past decade, German workers have seen their wages increase much more slowly than their counterparts in the rest of the 27-nation EU, the German statistical office has said.
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[20-04-2012 15:24]: Germany
German economy retains confidence in crisis
Business confidence in Germany beat expectations to rise again in April, underlining the resilience of Europe's biggest economy to the long-running debt crisis, data showed on Friday.
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[20-04-2012 11:52]: Germany
German research centres face huge back-tax bill
Germany’s top scientific research centres could be slapped with a multimillion-euro tax bill after it emerged that they had wrongly claimed special tax status for years.
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[19-04-2012 17:23]: Germany
German think tanks see economy on the competitive edge, defying recession
Germany's economic institutes see 2012 growth a notch higher than forecast last year on the back of robust domestic consumption and unprecedented competitiveness. Expansion is even set to accelerate next year. Read
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[17-04-2012 17:29]: Germany
German economic sentiment picks up, think tank says
Investor optimism in Germany has risen for the fifth straight month, a closely-watched survey by a research institute reports. The business community expects the economy to gain even more momentum in the future.
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[16-04-2012 11:24]: Germany
Soros: Germany should bail out the euro
A new approach to saving the euro is needed and Germany should finance it, George Soros, the star investor and hedge fund manager told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
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[11-04-2012 12:26]: Germany
German exports on the road to recovery
Recent German export data shows Europe's biggest economy may be on the road to recovery. Growing economic potential in the developing world could be beneficial to Germany. Read
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[05-04-2012 11:48]: Germany
Europe looks for a way out of the crisis
The euro crisis keeps dominating the headlines. But the EU is facing problems far greater than just the current financial turmoil. And the solutions are not getting any easier. Read
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[05-04-2012 11:17]: Germany
Rising gas prices threaten small businesses
Prices at gas stations are hitting new highs almost every day. It's irritating to private consumers, but it can mean the end of the line for some small businesses - especially taxi companies. Read
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