The Reluctant Superpower Wall Street Journal By ANDREW BROWNE | Beijing | The wooden treasure ships commanded by Admiral Cheng-ho, a Chinese Ming dynasty eunuch, were among the largest vessels ever built, nautical monsters that by some accounts carried nine masts. | Bigger by far than the ships of Christopher Columbus that set out decades late...
No Tears for a Weak Greenback The New York Times | Washington's policy, devaluing the U.S. dollar to increase U.S. exports, is clearly a "beggar-my-neighbor" policy. Yet no one's been complaining. | Why not? Because the world thinks the greenback's fall is good for global recovery. Even in Europe, the "neighbor" most "beggared" by the greenback's ...
The Reluctant Superpower Wall Street Journal By ANDREW BROWNE | Beijing | The wooden treasure ships commanded by Admiral Cheng-ho, a Chinese Ming dynasty eunuch, were among the largest vessels ever built, nautical monsters that by some accounts carried nine masts. | Bigger by far than the ships...
Liberty Global breaks into German market with Unitymedia deal The Times | Liberty Global, the US-based cable television operator controlled by the billionaire media mogul John Malone, is buying Unitymedia, Germany's No 2 cable operator, for $3 billion. | Liberty Global said it would pay $3.7 billion in cash and assume $2...
No Tears for a Weak Greenback The New York Times | Washington's policy, devaluing the U.S. dollar to increase U.S. exports, is clearly a "beggar-my-neighbor" policy. Yet no one's been complaining. | Why not? Because the world thinks the greenback's fall is good for global recovery. Even in Europe, ...
Liberty Global pays $3bn for German cable firm The Times | Liberty Global, the US-based cable television operator controlled by the billionaire media mogul John Malone, is buying Germany's number number two cable operator Unitymedia for $3 billion, giving it access to Europe's largest market. | Liberty Glo...
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Eurostar toasts 15th anniversary BBC News | Relations between Britain and France have had their strained moments over the years, but it is fair to say that the Eurostar railway service between London and Paris has been a g...
BMW October sales up 2 pct; Audi up 0.4 pct Houston Chronicle | FRANKFURT - German carmakers BMW AG and Audi AG said Monday their October sales improved as the global downturn showed signs of waning and demand for luxury cars improved. | BMW,...
Opel unions see autonomy as condition to talks The Guardian * GM must show cooperation, not confrontation -labour * Must offer same degree of freedom as Magna did -labour (Adds German economy minister) FRANKFURT, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Opel's to...
Volkswagen group October sales up 11 percent The State | FRANKFURT -- German car maker Volkswagen AG said Friday that its group deliveries were up 11 percent on the year in October, helped by strong increases in China and Brazil and a smaller rise in the U.S. | Volkswagen said the group delivered 557,300...
German growth confirms end of recession: Statistics Zeenews Frankfurt: German business activity expanded by 0.7 percent in the third quarter of 2009 from the previous three-month period, official data showed Friday as Europe's biggest economy emerges from its worst post-war recession. | The Desatis statistics...
Volkswagen group October sales up 11 percent Fresno Bee | - AP Business Writer E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | FRANKFURT -- German car maker Volkswagen AG said Friday that its group deliveries were up 11 percent on the year in October, helped by strong increases in China ...
German growth confirms end of recession: Statistics Zeenews Frankfurt: German business activity expanded by 0.7 percent in the third quarter of 2009 from the previous three-month period, official data showed Friday as Europe's biggest economy emerges from its worst post-war recession. | The Desatis statistics office also revised an initial estimate for the second quarter slightly higher, to growth of 0.4 pe...
