corporations in Germany

Euro strength can pressure shares of European exporters as a stronger euro can reduce revenue and earnings made overseas by such companies. The euro's decline came after widely watched German sentiment survey from think tank ZEW said its economic sentiment index fell to 5.1 in March, its lowest ...

Online gambling company 888 may cash in its chips in Germany following a clampdown on internet betting firms. A German court dealt 888 and rivals a blow last week when it ruled it was illegal for online gambling sites to operate in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg. The FTSE 250 company has an ...

On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Merkel's government is seeking to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in Germany basically from scratch to ... Moreover, German companies are participating in Russia's controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, an expansion of an existing route for gas to flow from ...

Tencent is the company behind WeChat, mobile payment service WeChat Pay, WeBank, TenPay and countless of products. “On the other hand, when you look at Allianz, it's one of the most traditional finance companies in the world and also from Germany,” he continued. “It is a traditional brand that also ...

A moving company employee has been arrested after allegedly stealing at least $37,000 in goods from U.S. military families moving out of their homes in Germany, German police said Monday. The suspect, who police have identified as 43-year-old male, worked for a moving company contracted to move ...

With several German companies planning to spin-off and float divisions, they'd do well to use plastics maker Covestro as a model. ... maker Covestro, which was only formed in 2015 when chemicals giant Bayer hived off its materials division, will join the DAX index of Germany's top 30 listed companies.

BUENOS AIRES (Alliance News) - Germany will seek joint G20 action to tighten the taxation of digital companies at a meeting of the group of 20 major ... Scholz, who is also the vice chancellor of Germany, spoke to dpa before the meeting, which will bring together finance ministers and central bankers from ...

We were actually shocked one year ago when CleanTechnica heard from an Audi exec that the Volkswagen Group board was still debating whether to build a battery factory in Europe (probably Germany if so) or continue to buy batteries from an outside company as its EV business picked up. Why were we ...

Company officials say 222 employees will be hired at the new supply plant by the end of 2019. Al.com reported the ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently, just 16 months after the company announced it would build the plant in Bibb County. Steve Jordan, President of M?llerTech's North American ...

The company added: "E.ON would transfer to RWE most of E.ON's renewables business." The agreement is considered a major restructuring of Germany's energy market and comes in the wake of Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2011 decision to abandon nuclear power and focus on renewable energy ...

Germany's economy minister on Saturday suggested tightening the rules on foreign investment, following concern over Chinese influence on European firms. Last month it emerged ... China's increasing interest in German companies has sparked unease in Europe's biggest economy. The distrust is all the ...

German coal companies recently filed a lawsuit against the European Commission to overturn stricter emission rules. Now, environmental organizations have ... "It's not just about lignite plants in Germany, the standards apply to all big power plants in the whole of Europe," he told DW. "The coal lobby's case ...

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Companies in English-speaking countries tend to have one board, whose chairman is often also the chief executive officer. Employees, meanwhile, have little to no say in strategy. The company's fiduciaries must act only in the interests of their main “stakeholders”, which are their shareholders. At German ...

Dramatic takeovers by Chinese companies in Germany have fueled the debate on the limits of investment freedom, with authorites inspecting all ... Chemnitz' flagship company Cotesa, which produces fiber-reinforced components for use in long-haul aircraft, found the investment they desperately needed.

Companies that do not adequately explain why they are not adhering to the government's set goal of 30 percent females in senior management and on boards could be punished with fines of up to €10 million, or 5 percent of a company's annual turnover. Stiff fines, even for major multinational corporations ...

From being the third largest sales market for German products, the UK had now slipped to fifth place, with total trade with the British – the combined total of imports and exports – amounting to €121.5 billion euros last year. The report predicts that the downward trend will probably increase, with companies ...