German court shoots down postal minimum wage The Guardian * Court upholds previous rulings, says minimum wage illegal * Deutsche Post competitors unlikely to rush market-analysts * Deutsche Post shares up 0.8 percent, little changed on news * TNT shares up 1.3 percent, off high (Adds details, share price) L...
German rebound boosts eurozone industrial orders Breitbart | Employees clean new cars at the BMW plant in Leipzig, eastern Germany in 20... | New industrial orders shot up by 2.7 percent in November across the 16 countries that share the euro, thanks to a German rebound, massively revised figures showed on M...
A look at economic developments around the globe Newsvine A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ___ | HONG KONG — China will slow its massive lending spree and step up monitoring of banks as it tries to prevent speculative bubbles in real est...
Leaders Prepare For Disappointment in Europe Wall Street Journal By TERENCE ROTH | LONDON -- With warnings of another slowdown in the euro-zone economy and powerful head-winds in the U.K., policy makers this week appeared to be preparing consumers and investors for disappointment. | Juergen Stark, a member of the ...
ECB's Stark: growth could slow in H1 but no double-dip The Guardian * ECB's Stark sees weaker H1, but no double-dip recession * No rule changes for Greece * Sees first positive signs on Greek budget plans * Some banks rely on support measures (Adds quotes on Greece, combines stories) By Sarah Marsh LEIPZIG, Germany, ...
Turkish PM storms off in Gaza row BBC News | Earlier the Turkish Prime Minister had made an address himself, describing Gaza as an "open-air prison". | When the audience applauded Mr Peres, he said: "I find it very sad that people applaud what you said. You killed people. And I think that it ...
Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and add 10 uranium enrichment plants over the next year in a nuclear expansion sure to stoke tensions with the West. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, looks on while attending a news conference in Tehran September 29, 2009. (REUTER...
