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- Germans to Take New Look at Opel Deal
- By Alexander Huebner and Maria SheahanFRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - Germany's new government will take a fresh look at the planned sale of carmaker Opel to Canada's Magna MGa and may consider dropping its support for the deal, a member of the trust overseeing Opel said."The new government will take another...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Weekend Round-Up
- Sunday Times Hedge fund heroines outdo men in City Mina Gerowin and Leda Braga are two of a small group of women holding their own in this male-dominated area of investing. But it's an uphill struggle with many women finding it hard to flourish in this testosterone-fuelled arena. Speaking...
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- G-20 Dispute Economic Crisis
- Representatives from 20 nations have convened outside London in order to address the fiscal crisis. But, as Mark Phillips reports, there are major disagreements about the road to economic recovery.
- Videos 2009-03-15
- G20 Summit Analysis
- Katie Couric speaks with noted British economist Vincent Cable, who offers his assessment of the G20 summit of world leaders who convened to address the massive economic crisis.
- Videos 2009-04-02
- Leaving London Satisfied
- Although most G20 leaders, including President Obama, didn't get everything they wanted, they got what they all wanted most: progress towards ending the global recession. Chip Reid reports.
- Videos 2009-04-02
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- Merkel put on the defensive over nuclear power
- When German voters go to the polls on Sunday the fate of the country's nuclear power industry will be hanging in the balance.Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is campaigning to reverse a decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2021 if her favoured centre-right coalition option takes power.Nuclear power...
- External links 2009-09-22
- Chancellor challenger Merkel calls for new start for Germany
- BERLIN AFP — German opposition leader Angela Merkel hailed Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's call for parliament to be dissolved after a confidence vote, saying the country needed a new government. "We welcome your call," Merkel said in her reply to Schroeder's speech to the Bundestag lower house of parliament. ...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Merkel vows to reverse 'downward trend' in Germany
- BERLIN AFP — Incoming chancellor Angela Merkel has called for Germans to tighten their belts to help reverse the country's "downward trend". A day after striking an agreement for a power-sharing government which she will lead, Merkel defended her future programme which is built on tax rises and warned...
- Research articles 2005-11-12
- Angela Merkel's very private husband has Germans guessing
- BERLIN AFP — Angela Merkel calls him a "great guy" and the Germans are inevitably calling him "Mr Merkel", but the new chancellor's scientist husband Joachim Sauer is a mystery to most and determined to keep it that way. Sauer's refusal to share the spotlight with his wife marks...
- Research articles 2005-11-23
- Merkel, facing Iraq hostage crisis, charts course for Germany
- BERLIN AFP — Angela Merkel made her first speech to parliament as German chancellor, facing an urgent test over a kidnapped German woman in Iraq and the long-term challenge of reviving the country's moribund economy. Merkel began the address with a tough message for the captors of aid worker...
- Research articles 2005-11-30
- Merkel strikes personal note in New Year's wishes to Germans
- BERLIN AFP — Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a personal call to Germans to dare to achieve more in the new year, and said her new government would set the best example. "What can be accomplished in a year?" Merkel asked, in traditional New Year's Eve remarks to be broadcast...
- Research articles 2005-12-30
- Fashion dame Westwood says she could sharpen Merkel's image
- BERLIN AFP — Avant-garde British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood would reportedly like to dress conservative German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential," the 65-year-old Westwood said...
- Research articles 2006-01-26
- German police probe security camera spying on Merkel flat
- BERLIN AFP — Federal police are probing the secret filming of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's home by a museum security camera for several years as a major security breach. The mass-market Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported in a front-page story at the weekend that a security camera filming 24...
- Research articles 2006-03-27
- Merkel announces massive investment in German energy research
- BERLIN AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country's big energy companies had pledged billions of euros of investment in the sector in coming years to help Germany reshape its energy policy. "The business world has promised to invest 30 billion euros in infrastructure and new plants by...
- Research articles 2006-04-03
- Bush to host Germany's Merkel in May
- WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House early next month, Bush's spokesman said in a statement. "The president will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House on May 3, 2006," the statement said, noting that,...
- Research articles 2006-04-12
- Merkel seeks transatlantic economic partnership between EU, US
- FRANKFURT AFP — Germany wants to make a "transatlantic economic partnership" between the European Union and the United States top priority during its six-month presidency of the EU, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in a newspaper interview. Merkel told the Financial Times that her ambition was to create a single...
- Research articles 2007-01-02
- Merkel to seek Bush backing for Mideast peace, closer trade ties
- BERLIN AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek US President George W. Bush's backing this week for a fresh Middle East peace drive and bolstered trans-Atlantic economic ties under her EU presidency. Merkel will fly to Washington Thursday in her first trip abroad since assuming on January 1 the...
- Research articles 2007-01-03
- Russian president's dog interrupts Putin–Merkel talks
- SOCHI, Russia AFP — President Vladimir Putin's dog Koni has made an unusual appearance here during talks between the Russian leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The labrador sauntered into the meeting room in front of reporters at Putin's residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi and sat at...
- Research articles 2007-01-21
- Merkel laments long road to equality for German women
- BERLIN AFP — Angela Merkel, Germany's first female chancellor, said Tuesday the country had a long way to go before women had a fair shot in politics and business. Merkel called it a scandal that there was not a single woman on the board of a company in the...
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- Germany's Merkel in Israel for Mideast talks
- JERUSALEM AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the current EU president, was to hold talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday, aiming to keep up efforts to revive stalled Middle East peace talks. Merkel held talks behind closed doors with Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert late Saturday, after...
- Research articles 2007-03-31
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