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Rift opens among Eurozone leaders over Germany’s insistence on austerity
October 8th, 2014
With new signs of economic trouble emerging, what has been a guiding European economic principle for several years is facing open revolt. As Europe confronts new signs of economic trouble, national leaders, policy makers and economists are starting to ...
Germany’s Merck To Buy Sigma-Aldrich For $17 Bn
September 23rd, 2014
Drugs and chemicals maker Merck KGaA agreed on Monday (22 September) to acquire US company Sigma-Aldrich for $17 billion in cash to boost its lab supplies business, the biggest takeover in the German group’s history. The deal helps Merck, ...
Germany’s €6bn mega-float puts London on notice
September 4th, 2014
Europe’s biggest online fashion player Zalando, a rival to Britain’s Asos, plans to raise more than €500m (£399m) to fund its expansion by listing a stake on the Frankfurt stock exchange. The announcement comes as London’s tech community launches ...
Germany approves RWE unit sale to Russian investor
August 22nd, 2014
Germany’s economy ministry will approve the sale of utility RWE’s (RWEG.DE) oil and gas unit DEA to a Russian investor despite tensions and sanctions between Russia and the West over the Ukraine crisis, two people familiar with the matter ...
Free Money for Germany is Bad News for Euro
August 21st, 2014
When investors are willing to lend money to Germany for two years for free, at a zero interest rate, you know the euro project is in trouble again. Germany yesterday sold 4.04 billion euros ($5.3 billion) of notes that ...
Germany Brings FATCA Law Into Force
August 6th, 2014
Germany’s Ministry of Finance announced that a law enabling the implementation of the United States’ Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has come into force. The ministry said that the FATCA-USA Implementation Regulation, known in German as FATCA-USA-Umsetzungsverordnung or ...
Germany Objects To Canada-EU FTA
July 30th, 2014
The outcome of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Canada has been cast into doubt following objections raised by Germany. According to German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, German government officials said that they could ...
Germany Proposes a Road Tax Aimed Primarily at Foreigners
July 8th, 2014
The German government announced plans on Monday to charge a road-use fee on all cars using roads and highways in Germany, a measure aimed at the foreign-registered cars that make an estimated 170 million trips to and through the ...
E.U’s economy is growing due to Germany and Italy manufacturing
May 2nd, 2014
Euro-area manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in three months in April on accelerating expansion in Germany and Italy, evidence the currency bloc’s recovery remains on track. A Purchasing Managers’ Index increased to 53.4 from 53 in March, Markit ...
UAE defies fintech slowdown with a 92% jump in funding — against a global plunge of 48%
January 26th, 2024
KEY POINTS Data from industry body Innovate Finance shows that global investment in fintechs sank to $51.2 billion in 2023, down 48% from 2022. Despite that, the UAE saw total investment soar 92%, thanks in part to more fintech-friendly ...
