Google Tries to Make a Name in Europe as Local Player
PARIS — Chiseled into the stone facade of the vacant Second Empire building at 8 rue de Londres here is the name of the French national railroad, a former occupant. Most recently, the site housed...
View ArticleMost German nuclear power plants off the grid
More than three-quarters of Germany's nuclear power plants were offline Saturday due to maintenance work or shutdowns ordered by the government after Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster,...
View ArticleGermany voices support for Lagarde’s IMF bid
Germany's finance minister on Saturday added to a chorus of calls for France's Christine Lagarde to become a new leader of the International Monetary Fund. Lagarde has emerged as a front-runner to...
View ArticleGreece: return to bond markets in 2012 unlikely
Greece's prime minister admitted for the first that his country might not be able to tap the markets for its borrowing needs next year as the head of the eurogroup urged the debt-ridden country to set...
View ArticleGermany’s Lufthansa issues profit warning
Germany's biggest airline, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, says it is scaling back its earnings forecast for this year amid economic uncertainty. The company said Tuesday that its target of increasing operating...
View ArticleOil rises to near $87 ahead of Fed policy meeting
Oil prices bounced back to near $87 a barrel Tuesday, supported by rising European stock markets and investors' hopes that a U.S.
View ArticleMerkel, Sarkozy To Meet up with Jan. nine In advance Of EU Summit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet up with in Berlin on Jan. nine, Sarkozy's business office declared Monday,...
View ArticleAthens and Berlin in spat over funds
Greek and German leaders wrangled publicly over Greece's plea for further assistanceComes as an index of business activity in the eurozone contracted for seventh month(Financial Times) -- Leaders in...
View ArticleBack to drawing board after Berlin halts BAE, EADS deal
BERLIN/LONDON Europe's two biggest aerospace firms will go back to the drawing board to find new strategies after Germany stymied the world's biggest arms and aviation company merger. Britain's BAE...
View ArticleBerlusconi warned not to target Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Berlin, Germany on January 12, 2011.Silvio Berlusconi prepares to run for prime minister for the sixth time since...
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