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Obama in Berlin Our work is not yet done
From left, President Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit arrive at the stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate ...
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In Berlin Obama pays tribute to Berliners and Western values
Sumi Somaskanda, Special for USA TODAY BERLIN - President Obama told Berliners in a speech Wednesday at the iconic Brandenburg Gate that he was proud to pay tribute to a city that was divided for decades after World War II by a wall erected by the former totalitarian Soviet Union. "It is citizens who choose whether to be defined by a wall or whether to tear it down," Obama said. ...
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DreamWorks Animation signs TV deal with Germanys Super RTL
June 18--In the latest push to expand its television production business, DreamWorks Animation has signed a five-year deal to produce animated television shows for German broadcaster Super RTL. Under the deal, the creator of the "Shrek," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Madagascar" franchises will supply up to 1,100 hours of animated programming for Super RTL, the leading ...
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First Thoughts Obamas repeat performance in Berlin
Obama’s repeat performance in Berlin… President talks Afghanistan, NSA surveillance, and Syria in press conference with Germany’s Merkel… House passes abortion-ban measure… CBO says "Gang of Eight" immigration bill will lower deficit by nearly $1 trillion over 20 years… Boehner: "I don't see any way of bringing an immigration bill to ...
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Live video US President Barack Obama gives speech at Brandenburg Gate Berlin
BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 19: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive to speak to the media following bilateral talks at the Chancellery on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Obama is visiting Berlin for the first time during his presidency and his speech at the Brandenburg Gate is to be the highlight. Obama will be speaking close to the 50th anniversary of the ...
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50 years after JFKs Berlin speech
President Obama is to give a speech in Berlin on transatlantic alliance It comes on the eve of anniversary of JFK's famous Berlin speech Kennedy used the occasion to signal his solidarity with people of West Berlin Nicolaus Mills says JFK's overriding point was: When one is enslaved, all of us are not ...
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US internet snooping ends Germanys love for Obama
25/02/2013 17:04 CET Barack Obama has returned to Berlin for the first time as president of the United States, but the euphoria that greeted him as a presidential candidate in 2008 has long gone. The recent revelations about the US National Security Agency’s global electronic surveillance, where German citizens were monitored has caused fury across the country. Chancellor Merkel ...
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In Berlin speech Obama says todays challenges require same fighting spirit as Cold War-era
BERLIN - President Barack Obama is challenging Americans and Europeans not to become complacent even though the Cold War is over. Obama is speaking at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate nearly 50 years after John F. Kennedy's famous speech in the once-divided city. Obama says there's a temptation to turn inward now that barbed wire and concrete walls no longer separate East and ...
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German reps sowing partnerships
Two representatives from Germany's Agritechnica, the world's largest farming technology show, are hoping to fertilize business partnerships between farmers here and overseas."We've got a growing world population and by 2050 there is going to be nine billion people in the world, so how are these people going to be fed?," said Marlene Conlong, international media and ...
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Obama begins diplomatic visit to Berlin
Workers make last-minute preparations at the Brandenburg Gate on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin on June 18, 2013. Obama is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will later speak at the historic site where fifty years earlier, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David ...
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China eager for Iranian nuclear talks
The Chinese government expects peaceful nuclear negotiations will continue through multilateral dialogue with Iran, a government spokeswoman said. Iranian delegates joined officials from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany in a second round of nuclear negotiations in Kazakhstan in April but made few breakthroughs. February talks in Kazakhstan included efforts to ...
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Drug companies in Europe fined for pay-to-delay scheme
Antitrust regulators in Europe said they had fined several drug companies $195 million for conspiring to delay bringing a generic drug to market. The New York Times reported Wednesday the companies fined included Danish drugmaker Lundbeck and German pharmaceutical firm Merck. The European Commission's antitrust division said the companies formed an agreement in 2002 to delay producing a ...
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In Germany Obama Defends US Surveillance Programs
U.S. President Barack Obama listens as German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, June 19, ...
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In Germany Obama to Call For Fewer Nukes
U.S. President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after a news conference at the German Chancellery on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Berlin. Obama will speak at the Brandenburg Gate later in the ...
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German bank association backs European deposit scheme
Reuters © Juergen Fitschen, Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank AG speaks during an extraordinary shareholders meeting in Frankfurt April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Ralph ...
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Kennedys Ich Bin Ein Berliner and Reagans Tear Down This Wall Speech
I am proud to come to this city as the guest of your distinguished Mayor, who has symbolized throughout the world the fighting spirit of West Berlin. And I am proud to visit the Federal Republic with your distinguished Chancellor who for so many years has committed Germany to democracy and freedom and progress, and to come here in the company of my fellow American, General Clay, who has been in ...
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Obama Berlin speech Ich bin ein Berliner echoes through the ages – live
oGoal to cut 'deployed nuclear weapons by up to one-third'o US to host 2016 summit on securing atomic materialo Obama calls on Russia to 'move beyond Cold War ...
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Obama Speaks In Berlin 50 Years After JFK
President Barack Obama is in Germany where he will push for a reduction of the world's nuclear stockpiles. His speech in Berlin will include a proposal for a one-third reduction in US and Russian arsenals, the White House has said. The president will make his case during a speech at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. His address comes 50 years after John F. Kennedy's ...
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The view of Obama’s Berlin visit from the street
Editor's note: Marc Young is a Berlin-based freelance journalist covering President Obama's visit for Yahoo! News. Ever since John F. Kennedy made his legendary "Ich bin ein Berliner" address almost 50 years ago to the day, Berlin has been a place where U.S. presidents come when they have something important to say. In 1963, JFK set down a marker that America would not ...
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Berlin Looks a Lot Different to Obama in 2013 Than It Did in 2008
rockstar . Unfortunately, his reception this time is likely to be a lot different, despite what he said was being "a little more informal among ...
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German institutional market opens up
The German institutional market is opening up to non-German players as investors acknowledge that there is excellent investment expertise outside of Germany, despite the fact that German banks and asset managers have a global reputation, according to Olivier Lebleu, managing director EMEA of MFS Investment Management ...
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Fidelity International Real Estate Business expands into Germany
Fidelity International’s Real Estate Business is planning to expand into the Continental European market with the opening of a dedicated Fidelity Real Estate Business office in Munich. The new office, which is currently going through its regulatory notifications, will provide a strategic base for Fidelity’s director of European Real Estate, Keith Sutton. From here he will ...
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Mercer penetrates German market
IMercer has boosted its presence in the German pensions space with the acquisition of local player Hofer Vorsorge-Management, one of Germany’s leading actuarial and retirement consulting firms. The acquisition, effective from 1 January 2008, has increased Mercer’s German employee base to more than 500 and expanded its reach to five additional offices in Berlin, Karlsruhe, ...
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G-REITs open up German market
The German Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is finally on the market, following the German President Horst Kohler’s signing of the G-REIT law at the end of May. The new law – which will apply retrospectively from 1 January 2007 – was ratified by the German parliament in March but was not binding until this final stage of the process was complete. It is expected to ...
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Friends Provident targets Germany
UK life and pensions provider Friends Provident has entered the German market as part of a long-term development of business in continental Europe. Aiming to bring innovation and flexibility to Germany, the company has partnered with distribution and service business, Financial Partners Business (fpb) AG, to launch the Friends Plan range of pensions, which can be used for personal and ...
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Germany has leading role to play in climate change talks
Germany and Mexico co-hosted a global summit on climate change and some significant headway was made, but as the German Environment Minister pointed out, the most important issues remain unresolved. Germany is the regional power in Europe and just as it has played a leading role in dealing with the EU’s financial crisis, it will play a leading role in resolving climate change issues as well.
Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, commenting on the outcome of the 40-nation summit, told Germany news media that it had been “a contribution to making success possible again”, adding that the importance of the summit’s outcomes were significant because it laid the groundwork or foundation for further agreements on the most important issues. Read more
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