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5 days ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Friederike Heine |Matthias Williams
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's federal cartel office on Monday expressed concern about Amazon's use of so-called price control mechanisms, saying in a statement that "this could constitute an abuse under the special provisions for large digital...
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1 week ago | 
businesslive.co.za | Friederike Heine |Christoph Steitz
Berlin/Frankfurt — Volkswagen is holding “fair” and “constructive” talks with the US government on tariffs and wants to make further investments in the country, CEO Oliver Blume told German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Several foreign companies have announced new US investments in response to President Donald Trump's import tariffs, but German carmakers have been more cautious about committing more resources to what is their biggest export market.
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1 week ago | 
gurutrade.com | Friederike Heine |Christoph Steitz |Rachel More |Ludwig Burger
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, May 26 (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp on Monday said it would be separating its automotive, materials trading and green technologies divisions in the coming years, in the German conglomerate's latest restructuring push.
The move will open up the three divisions to external ownership, Thyssenkrupp said, adding it would remain a majority owner in each of the businesses in any future set-up.
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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Friederike Heine |Maria Martinez |Maria Martínez |María Martínez |Thomas Seythal |Aidan Lewis
BERLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - The German economy grew significantly more in the first quarter than previously estimated due to good economic developments in March, according to a second estimate published on Friday.
The economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter, the statistics office said, revising a preliminary reading of 0.2%.
Germany's sluggish economy has not grown at that pace since the third quarter of 2022, when it expanded by 0.6%.
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Mimosa Spencer |Friederike Heine |Barbara Lewis
Chinese watch sales weakened by country's property crisis
Richemont relatively resilient as caters to ultra wealthy
Luxury sector as a whole expected to decline this year
PARIS, May 16 (Reuters) - Cartier owner Richemont reported a slightly better-than-expected 7% rise in quarterly sales on Friday as brisk luxury jewellery business in the United States partly offset weaker demand for watches in Asia.
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3 weeks ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Timm Reichert |Tomasz Janowski |Friederike Heine |Tom Sims
WIESBADEN (Reuters) -Commerzbank's chief executive and hundreds of employees voiced support for the German lender's standalone strategy as its shareholders met on Thursday, stepping up efforts to fend off advances of Italy's UniCredit.
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Tom Sims |Friederike Heine
FRANKFURT, May 12 (Reuters) - German commercial property prices rose 2.3% in the first quarter, the VDP banking association said on Monday, marking a second consecutive quarter of modest gains after years of declines.
The increase was bigger than the 0.5% gain in the fourth quarter of last year, which was the first quarterly increase since the first half of 2022 as the country's real estate sector grappled with its worst crisis in decades.
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1 month ago | 
cnnbrasil.com.br | Friederike Heine |Dmitry Antonov
O partido de ultradireita Alternativa para a Alemanha entrou com uma ação nesta segunda-feira (5) contestando a decisão de semana passada da agência de inteligência doméstica de classificar o partido como uma organização extremista. O porta-voz do tribunal administrativo de Colônia falou que a ação judicial e uma petição de emergência correspondente haviam sido apresentadas, e que ambas seriam analisadas assim que a agência de inteligência doméstica BfV confirmasse que havia sido notificada.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Miranda Murray |Friederike Heine
BERLIN, May 5 (Reuters) - Investor morale in the euro zone recovered more strongly than expected in May after U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs caused sentiment in the bloc to nose-dive last month, though it still remains at a low level, a survey showed on Monday.
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1 month ago | 
timesofisrael.com | Sarah Marsh |Friederike Heine
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