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Tom Sims

Frankfurt am Main

Senior Correspondent at Reuters

Journalist with Reuters based in Germany. Former NYT, IHT and WSJ. [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | marketscreener.com | Tom Sims

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Building permits for apartments in Germany fell 2.3% in February from a year earlier, statistics office data showed on Thursday, underscoring the fragility of the nation's troubled property industry. The drop is a setback following two consecutive months of increases that provided some hope of a recovery after three years of declines. Germany's property sector, which began to shrink in 2022, is undergoing its most severe slump in decades.

  • 1 week ago | jp.reuters.com | Matthias Inverardi |Tom Sims

    ドイツの独禁当局、連邦カルテル庁は14日、イタリアの銀行ウニクレディトの独コメルツ銀行株式取得計画を承認した。(2025年 ロイター/Dado Ruvic/Illustration) [デュッセルドルフ/フランクフルト 14日 ロイター] - ドイツの独禁当局、連邦カルテル庁は14日、イタリアの銀行ウニクレディト(CRDI.MI), opens new tabの独コメルツ銀行(CBKG.DE), opens new tab株式取得計画を承認した。これによりウニクレディトはコメルツ銀行株式を30%弱保有することができる。欧州中央銀行(ECB)も今年に入り、計画を承認していた。 ウニクレディトは昨年秋、ドイツ政府保有のコメルツ銀行株を取得。コメルツ銀買収に意欲を示し最終的に29.9%の保有を目指すとしていた。 一方、単独路線を志向するコメルツ銀行は、独禁当局の認可は基本的な状況を変えるものではないとし、「ウニクレディトは引き続きコメルツ銀行の株主である」と述べた。...

  • 1 week ago | gurutrade.com | Matthias Inverardi |Tom Sims |Miranda Murray |Emelia Sithole-Matarise

    Move was expected Follows ECB approval and UniCredit's interest in tie-up Commerzbank has sought to remain independent DUESSELDORF/FRANKFURT, April 14 (Reuters) - Germany's antitrust authorities on Monday approved UniCredit's plans to own just under 30% of Commerzbank, removing a further obstacle to the Italian lender's ambition to take over its German competitor.

  • 1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Miranda Murray |Tom Sims |Emelia Sithole-Matarise |Matthias Inverardi

    DUESSELDORF/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's antitrust authorities on Monday approved UniCredit's plans to own just under 30% of Commerzbank, removing a further obstacle to the Italian lender's ambition to take over its German competitor.

  • 2 weeks ago | msn.com | Tom Sims

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