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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 prospering but unions suffering
FRANKFURT, Germany – Germanys top trade unionist, Michael Sommer, looked out on a May Day crowd of workers and told them that a proposed labor flexibility plan wouldnt create a single job. Ten years later, the plan is law. Joblessness is close to a two-decade low and employment has increased by more than 3 million. Its unions whose numbers are diminishing. As more and more employees ...
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France must tackle deficit Bundesbank chief
BERLIN -- France has a special responsibility as a eurozone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on ...
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The Left Party A party of German imperialism
The class character of political parties and tendencies finds sharpest expression in foreignpolicy. Based on this criterion, there can be no doubt that the Left Party is a pro-imperialistparty. Along with all other bourgeois parties it supports German imperialism in itsincreasingly aggressive pursuit of its geo-strategic interests. This is made abundantly clear in a foreign policy statement ...
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Inside ‘Nazi town’ How far-Right activists in East Germany are building an enclave of extremism
Policemen stand in front of right extremists taking part in a neo-Nazi demonstration on May 1 in Berlin. The echoes of the Third Reich are quite deliberate in Jamel, Germany — a tiny collection of red brick farmhouses fringed by forest, dozens of villagers describe themselves as Nazis and a majority turns out to vote for the far Right. Jamel is for some the tip of the iceberg; an ...
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A Facebook message led Augsburg student to key role in a Reese...
Recent Augsburg College graduate Kuoth Wiel has a key role in "The Good Lie," which is already being positioned as an Oscar contender for next year. The role was her first attempt at acting. (Photo by Angela Livieri, courtesy of Kuoth Wiel) Kuoth Wiel had a very busy spring. While most of her fellow Minnesotans were busy grousing about the weather, Wiel, 24, spent April and May: ...
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Bicyclist 15 dies from New Berlin accident
A 15-year-old bicyclist struck Saturday afternoon by a vehicle in New Berlin has died, police said. The Greenfield girl was crossing Sunny Slope Road from the New Berlin Recreation Trail when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle heading south around 4:30 p.m. She was taken to Froedtert Hospital, where she died Sunday. The girl's name was not released. Speed and alcohol are not ...
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Carnival of Cultures parade kicks off in Berlin
More than 4,000 revelers representing the ethnic communities from some 80 countries and regions in Berlin took part in the annual parade on Sunday, showcasing the cultural diversity and affluence of the German ...
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Wolfsburg win maiden German Womens Cup
VfL Wolfsburg remain in the hunt for a historic treble after defeating 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 3-2 to clinch the German Women's Cup for the first time in their ...
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Germany on collision course with Brussels over solar panel row with China
Germany's vice-chancellor and economy minister put Berlin on a collision course with Brussels by warning that imposing anti-dumping duties on solar panels ...
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Musical world celebrates Wagners 200th birthday
BAYREUTH, Germany--Opera houses the world over are scrambling to pay tribute to Richard Wagner, the controversial German composer often referred to as Hitler's favorite, who would have turned 200 this ...
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Keep the change say Germans alarmed by European plan to scrap copper coins
Desperate to save pennies as the economic crisis continues to bite, the European Union is mulling over phasing out one and two cent coins after it emerged that they cost more than their face value to ...
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Hey British moaners Germans want to be more like us | Stephen Evans
Aaron Barschak had not only walked through security but he had climbed on stage next to the prince. The accounts got ever more colourful (and perhaps fanciful). It was said that the "comedy terrorist" had been directed by a policeman through Windsor Castle: It's just down there, Sir, first on the left.In America, this would have been a matter of great seriousness. The news anchors ...
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Germany urges implementation of historic agreement normalizing Serbia-Kosovo relations
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, center, waves at Nikola Tesla airport in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Germany’s foreign minister says Serbia should start with the implementation of an agreement normalizing ties with Kosovo to advance in its bid to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Darko ...
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ADNEC to participate at IMEX 2013 in Frankfurt
WAM ABU DHABI, 19th May, 2013 (WAM) -- The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) today announced its participation at the upcoming IMEX 2013 in Frankfurt from May 21- 23. ADNEC's participation forms part of its on-going strategy to position Abu Dhabi as a premier international meetings destination by attracting the world's leading meetings, conferences and exhibition events ...
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Germany struggles to defend its reputation
By Andy Eckardt and Carlo Angerer, NBC News BERLIN – Germans are world-famous for their efficiency, a stereotype both mocked and admired by their economically ailing European neighbors.But this hard-won reputation is now under threat after a catalog of calamities affecting major construction projects.Perhaps worst of all is what should already be the main airport for the capital, Berlin, ...
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Cannes Alexandra Maria Lara Joins All-Star Cast for German Kids Book Adaptation
) will direct the movie for Fox International Productions, the studio's German production unit. The book from Andreas Steinhofel tells the story ...
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Germans blame euro zone crisis for Eurovision debacle
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting. Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won the event, watched by around 125 million people across Europe, with 281 points while German act Cascada was 21st ...
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German minister calls EU move on China solar grave mistake
Reuters © Germany's Vice Chancellor and Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Philipp Roesler attends the second day of an extraordinary FDP Party meeting in Nuremberg May 5, 2013. REUTERS/Kai ...
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Godolphin eye third German Guineas
Godolphin's Tawhid heads a strong British contingent in the German 2000 Guineas at Cologne on Monday. Saeed bin Suroor's charge won the Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury as a juvenile and while he only finished fourth in the Craven on his return, that form was boosted by Dundonnell's win at Newmarket on Saturday. Mickael Barzalona takes the mount but Bin Suroor, who saddled Farhh to ...
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Iran hangs two spy suspects
Two Iranian nationals accused of spying for Israel and the United States were executed in Tehran at dawn Sunday, the prosecutor's office in Iran said. Mohammad Heidari was accused of collecting classified information and providing intelligence to Israel's Mossad agency, Iran's Press TV reported. The network said he allegedly received large sums of money from the Israeli spy ...
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Bayreuth Festival chief dampens hopes on Hitler letters
Katharina Wagner, who co-runs the legendary Bayreuth Festival dedicated to the works of her great-grandfather Richard Wagner, dampened hopes Sunday that letters between Adolf Hitler and the Wagner family could be published. In an interview in the Sunday edition of the Tagesspiegel newspaper, Katharina reiterated her pledge to hand over the private papers of her father, Wolfgang Wagner, to the ...
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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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