News Germany Business: Germany's businesses want Berlin to walk its talk
Germany's new ruling coalition under Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been in power for just over 100 days. Merz campaigned on a pro-business, pro-economic growth platform. Business leaders are still ...
News Germany Business: Germany wants commitments by Italy's UniCredit in Commerzbank deal
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil is demanding firm commitments from Italy's UniCredit in the long-running takeover battle for Commerzbank, German government sources said on Tuesday. Following a meeting with UniCredit chief executive Andrea Orcel, Klingbeil set out several conditions, including that Commerzbank remain a publicly listed company headquartered in Frankfurt, be able to expand its business with small and medium-sized companies, and continue to make key decisions in Germany.
News Germany Business: German business confidence rises to 3-year high
German business confidence improved in September despite high energy prices, with the ifo business climate index rising 1. 1 points to 89.
News Germany Business: Germany's NRW and Türkiye's DEIK sign deals to deepen bilateral business ties
The forum produces a formal cooperation agreement alongside eight separate deals between Turkish and German companies.
News Germany Business: 'Made for Germany' business initiative aims to invest €850bn by 2028
The "Made for Germany" business initiative aims to invest more than €850 billion ($968 billion) in the country by 2028. The initiative reported that 147 companies and investors have joined the scheme ahead of a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and Economics Minister Katherina Reiche.
News Germany Business: Germany: Quitting Russian oil by late summer is ‘realistic’
Germany says it’s making progress on weaning itself off ... Get ready for your week with the week’s top business stories from San Diego and California, in your inbox Monday mornings.
News Germany Business: Russia is demanding payment for natural gas in rubles, and it could push Germany — Europe's largest economy — into an economic crisis
Germany has activated an emergency plan to cope with disruptions to its natural-gas supply. Europe's largest economy is heavily reliant on Russia for natural gas. Germans would have to ration natural ...
News Germany Business: SAP: Germany's best — and only — tech giant celebrates 50 years
Over the last half century, Germany's lone tech giant has become the most-used business software in the world. Now SAP wants to tackle digitalization at home.
News Germany Business: Nearly 300,000 refugees from Ukraine recorded in Germany
Almost 300,000 refugees from Ukraine have been registered in Germany as of Friday, according to Germany's Interior Ministry.
News Germany Business: Germany is preparing to ration its natural gas supply if a standoff with Russia over ruble payments escalates further
Russia accounted for 55% of Germany's natural gas imports in 2021, and 40% in the first quarter of 2022.
News Germany Business: As Berlin Fashion Week Begins, So Does Contest to Be Germany’s Top Industry Event
Berlin Fashion Week starts Monday. But behind the scenes there have been shocking announcements, unfaithful partners, millions in state funding and plenty of scurrilous gossip.
News Germany Business: Australia's Fortescue set to supply green hydrogen to Germany's Covestro
Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group said on Monday it intends to sign a long-term deal to supply German chemicals maker Covestro AG with "green hydrogen" and its derivatives.
