Disney looking to launch European TV channels The Times Of India | BERLIN: The US media and leisure group Disney wants to boost its European presence by launching new television channels to beam Mickey Mouse and friends into millions of homes, a press report said on Thursday. | "We see very large growth...
German teddy bear firm brings production back from China USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Barbara Sax, Getty Images The teddy bear is part of the "Knut collection" by German toymaker Steiff. Berlin (Reuters) — Steiff, the firm that has made teddy bears for more than a century, said Wednesday it planned to move produ...
Bosch launches offer for German solar specialist ersol The Times Of India | FRANKFURT: German engineering group Bosch unveiled on Friday an offer worth more than one billion euros (1.57 billion dollars) for shares in the solar energy group ersol. The public offer...
Infineon shares up over 5 percent on takeover talk The Boston Globe | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares in German chipmaker Infineon <IFXGn.DE> rose more than 5 percent on Friday, with traders citing unspecified takeover rumors. | At 5:23 a.m. EDT, Infineon traded 5.5 percent higher at 4.875 euros. It was the leadin...
World stocks slip again The Boston Globe | LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks slipped back towards this week's five-month low on Friday as oil prices near record highs kept inflation concerns alive a day after the European Central Bank raised interest rates. | The euro failed to benefit much f...
Euro zone rate rise signals ECB serious-policymakers The Guardian * Trichet repeats rate message on Dutch, Irish, Spanish and Italian TV * Weber: inflation risks materialising, ECB had to raise rates * Mersch: rate rise to curb domestic inflation, more cautious on growth By Krista Hughes FRANKFURT, July 4 (Reuters)...
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Audi has high hopes for new China plant Business Day BERLIN - Audi , the luxury car brand of Volkswagen , will build a production line at a VW factory in China as it seeks to double sales there within seven years. | "We hope to deliv...
UAE and Germany agree to increase trade ties Khaleej Times | DUBAI ' The 7th Session of the UAE-German Joint Commission on Economic, Trade, and Technical Cooperation held from June 09 to June 10, 2008, in Berlin, Germany, was concluded. Th...
Afghan donors wary as Karzai shops for more The Guardian | President wants another $50bn to help rebuild his country, but the international community is growing increasingly nervous about paying out | The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, ...
A greener July Fourth? San Fransisco Chronicle | All of us are looking forward to the annual July Fourth fireworks, with their glittering starbursts of red, blue and green. | But chemists are actually trying to make our annual fireworks extravaganzas much greener. A big fireworks show can release...
Economy: Record inflation prompts eurozone rate increase The Guardian | The European Central Bank raised interest rates in the 15-nation eurozone yesterday for the first time in 13 months to stem soaring inflation, despite mounting political opposition and increasing signs of a contracting European economy. | The move ...
ECB rules out policy bias after raising rate Gulf Daily News | FRANKFURT: European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB has no bias on future policy moves after it raised interest rates for the first time in over a year yesterday, taking them to 4.25 per cent from 4pc. | "The monetary ...
Need to know: HSBC; E.ON; Amstrad; Eurostar The Times | Economics | Mortgage equity withdrawal, when homeowners extract cash against the value of their property, fell in the first quarter to a seven-year low as the housing market slump deepened. The Bank of England said that equity withdrawal fell to £5 billion in the quarter, from nearly £14 billion a year earlier and £7.4 billion in the final quarte...
Frankfurt stock market index celebrates 20 years in business Turkish Press | A stock trader observes the developments on the stock market at the German Stock Exchange in the central German city of Frankfurt/M in March. Much has changed at the Frankfurt stock exchange in 20 years but as its Dax index celebrates the milestone it remains the barometer for German economic well-being. | (DDP/AFP/File) | Much has changed at the...
