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 ...
A Star Abroad Burns Out at Home Wall Street Journal By ALASTAIR BARR | Lionel Messi is probably the top sportsman in the world right now: unless you ask fans in Argentina where the soccer star was born and grew up in a town called Rosario, roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) north-west of Buenos Aires. | After helping his club, Spain's FC Barcelona, win most of the top awards in 2009, Mr. Messi was n...
