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Brussels Berlin lukewarm on Hollandes euro zone vision
Reuters © French President Francois Hollande reacts as he speaks to journalists in the courtyard after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Gonzalo ...
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Germany cool to Frances EU economy plan
Germany said Friday that French President Francois Hollande's proposal for a eurozone economic government was "interesting" but reacted coolly to his call for strengthened European budgetary ...
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Bieber To Lose Monkey To Germany At Midnight
Pop star Justin Bieber has until midnight to claim his pet monkey - or lose it to the Federal Republic of Germany. The singer's 17-week-old capuchin, called Mally, was seized by customs staff at Munich's Franz Josef Strauss Airport after he failed to produce the correct papers for the animal. The Canadian star was detained "for some time" while customs officials took ...
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Treveria and Hatfield clash over defaulted German loan
By Owen Sanderson Fri May 17, 2013 9:04am EDT LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - Special servicer Hatfield Philips has sought to reassure investors in the Talisman-6 CMBS worried about the future of the EUR360.4m Orange Loan, which has been in default since July 2012. The defaulted borrower, UK-listed property investor Treveria, published a notice on Tuesday stating that the Orange Loan claims could rank ...
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UPDATE 1-ECBs Asmussen Germany must reform or be sick man again
Fri May 17, 2013 9:03am EDT * ECB member says German growth to pick up in Q2 * Sees monetary policy staying expansive as long as needed * Asmussen wants all elements of banking union by mid-2014 By Annika Breidthardt BERLIN, May 17 (Reuters) - German ECB board member Joerg Asmussen German expects growth in his country to pick up in the second quarter but warned on Friday that Europe's ...
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Wax and mirrors Anish Kapoor opens show in Berlin
General view inside the main hall of the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum with the art work ' Symphony For A Beloved Sun' by Indian Artist Anish Kapoor in Berlin , Friday, May 17, 2013. The exhibition 'Kapoor In Berlin' will run from May 18, until Nov. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus ...
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Battle of the bulge on before-breakfast Berlin-bound jet
Not with each other, you understand, but with the excess hand luggage that we passengers have brought aboard. Two positive phenomena have combined on board the plane to produce a negative.First, budget airlines such as easyJet achieve "load factors" that conventional aviation thinking used to regard as unfeasibly high: through last winter, only 18 seats on the average 156-seat easyJet ...
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Conundrum of Czech and German GDP
The Czech and German GDP delivered weaker-than-expected results in the first quarter. Should we blame improved terms-of-trade? The Q1 Czech and German GDP releases disappointed many observers, who had expected a better number. Germany grew by only 0.1% q/q (consensus: +0.5%) while the Czech economy even fell by 0.8% (consensus -0.2%). However, in both the Czech and the German economy, the ...
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PM Netanyahu Meets with German FM Westerwelle
PM Netanyahu Meets with German Foreign Minister Westerwelle (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 17 May 2013), in Jerusalem, met with German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westrwelle. Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting: "It is always a pleasure to host you here in Jerusalem. You are a friend of ...
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Au pairs rules relax for non-German families
Foreign families will soon be able to officially engage au pairs from outside the European Union, as long as they speak German at home, as the government prepares to change the ...
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Bieber must pay for monkeys stay in Germany
German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey's two-month stay at a Munich animal shelter. A spokesman for Munich's customs office says the cost of care, food and vet visits for capuchin monkey Mally is several thousand dollars. Customs spokesman Thomas Meister says Bieber has until midnight Friday to claim the monkey seized by authorities March 28 when ...
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ECBS Asmussen says Germany to grow more strongly in Q2 than Q1
BERLIN | Fri May 17, 2013 6:51am EDT BERLIN May 17 (Reuters) - European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said on Friday German growth would pick up in the second quarter of this year but warned Europe's largest economy risked becoming the "sick man of Europe" again if it did not reform. Data earlier this week showed the German economy grew by 0.1 percent in ...
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Germany gives Justin Bieber until midnight to claim his monkey
Justin Bieber's Capuchin monkey 'Mally' sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, in this April 2, 2013 file picture. (Matthias ...
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German Stocks Drop as Williams Says Bond Buying May Slow
German stocks were little changed before U.S. data on leading indicators and consumer sentiment, and as a Federal Reserve policy maker said the central bank may reduce its monthly bond purchases as early as this summer. ...
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Update-Moodys has assigned provisional ratings to German auto loan ABS of BAVARIAN SKY S.A. Compartment German Auto Loans 1
Fri May 17, 2013 4:39am EDT BAVARIAN SKY S.A., Compartment German Auto Loans 1 For the full text of this story please click the following ...
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Fresenius eyes more hospital deals in Germany
FRANKFURT | Fri May 17, 2013 4:35am EDT FRANKFURT May 17 (Reuters) - German diversified healthcare group Fresenius will look for further takeovers to underpin its position as Germany's largest private-sector hospitals operator, its chief executive said. "We will strengthen our leading position in the German hospitals market with further acquisitions," CEO Ulf Schneider told ...
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German Bonds Set for Weekly Gain After Euro-Area Inflation Slows
inflation rate in the euro area fell to the lowest since February 2010, boosting demand for fixed-income assets. German 10-year yields dropped the most in seven weeks yesterday, while the two-year rate fell below zero for the first time since May 9, as the inflation report increased the prospects of more central-bank stimulus. European Central Bank Executive Board members Benoit ...
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Berlin girls golf seeking third straight state title
By CARL JOSEPHSONSTAFF WRITER Two straight state championships are tough to follow. Even one is pretty difficult to top. A three-peat is nearly unheard of in high school sports nowadays. Well that is something the Berlin girls golf team has its sights set on, but the Redcoats are going to have to keep working down the stretch if they want to make that a reality."I really believe that if ...
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UPDATE 1-SES earnings slip after German analogue switch-off
Fri May 17, 2013 3:17am EDT * Q1 core profit 321.2 mln euros vs Rtrs poll 329 mln euros * Keeps 2013 outlook * Revenue growth more in H2 with satellite launches planned BRUSSELS, May 17 (Reuters) - SES , one of the world's largest commercial satellite operators, suffered a decline in earnings in the first quarter after last year's switch-off of analogue transmissions to Germany. However ...
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German stocks - Factors to watch on May 17
FRANKFURT | Fri May 17, 2013 2:22am EDT FRANKFURT May 17 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index looked set to open 0.2 percent lower on Friday, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang & Schwarz at 0618 GMT. The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks: VOLKSWAGEN, DAIMLER, BMW VW indicated 0.4 percent ...
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Chef Killed Over Meal In German Restaurant
One of the realities of working in the food service industry is that sometimes you have to deal with dissatisfied, angry customers. Every server, cashier, or chef in the world could probably tell you horror stories about customers who have reacted poorly to a meal or service they found less than satisfactory. Almost never, however, do such incidents come to violence, and even more rarely do they ...
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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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