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Risk to Global Economy: China's Real Estate Bubble Threatens to Burst
Even Xu Shaoshi, China's minister of land and resources, fears that the real estate market could undergo a "total correction" in the third quarter -- although, he adds, it will ...
China, USD, Qi Yunbu, CNY, Tianjin, All keywords...
spiegel.de
1 month ago
2.
Finding Swimming Pools with Google Earth: Greek Government Hauls in Billions in Back Taxes
The so-called troika of the European Union (EU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB) has been in the country again since Monday of last week. ...
Greece, Nikolaos Logothetis, Athens, Google, Ioannis Kapeleris, All keywords...
spiegel.de
1 month ago
3.
The World from Berlin: Full Employment Could Be in Germany's Future
"Before the Merkel government went in to summer recess, they were faced with harsh criticism. Among the deficits and failures pointed out were a butchered stimulus package, sending mixed signals ...
Germany, Rainer Br, Merkel government, Federal Employment Agency, Berlin, All keywords...
spiegel.de
1 month ago
4.
A Meaningless Report: Europe's Stress-Free Stress Test Fails to Make the Grade
As expected, the two said that Germany's banks had passed the Europe-wide stress test with flying colors: "German banks prove to be robust and resilient," was how they put it ...
Europe, Hans-Werner Sinn, German federal government, Bank, Franz-Christoph Zeitler, All keywords...
spiegel.de
1 month ago
5.
Running for the Door: German Giants Flee Wall Street
Named for the law's co-sponsors, Paul Sarbanes, a Democratic Senator from Maryland, and Michael Oxley, a Republican Congressman from Ohio, the law tightened accounting practices to prevent companies from cheating ...
New York Stock Exchange, Deutsche Telekom, Retreat of German, Allianz, New York, All keywords...
spiegel.de
1 month ago
6.
Auto Industry Grumbles: German Car Makers Fear US Trade Sanctions
German Economics Minister Rainer Brüderle recently ruled out German government aid for Opel, leading to GM withdrawing all requests for aid from European public finances in its attempt to restructure ...
United States, SPIEGEL, Opel, Washington, Europe, All keywords...
spiegel.de
1 month ago
7.
The Four Horsemen of the Acropolis: An Old Battlefront Returns in War on Euro
When the court in Karlsruhe dismissed their suit, they became the objects of malicious insults. Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, a member of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), called them ...
Wilhelm Hankel, Germany, Joachim Starbatty, German Federal Constitutional Court, Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider, All keywords...
spiegel.de
2 months ago
8.
Prospering at the Expense of Others?: Germany's Export Boom Has Trade Partners Stewing
Today the company is inundated with orders. BMW alone orders 140 transmissions a day, even through Getrag can only manage 120 per day. "Week after week, I sign requests by ...
Germany, Getrag, USD, United States, China, All keywords...
spiegel.de
2 months ago
9.
The Party's Over: Zapatero Tries to Cure Spain's Economic Hangover
Zapatero spent two years wrestling with unions and business owners over the reforms. No agreement was reached, and Zapatero paid a high price for his trouble. The soft-spoken man, once ...
Spain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, ABC, Madrid, Europe, All keywords...
spiegel.de
2 months ago
10.
Moving the Markets: Europe Looks to Break US Ratings Monopoly
But even if the ratings agencies have taken a beating since the financial crisis, an alternative rating system is not yet in sight. Credit ratings are still an important decision-making ...
Spain, United States, Brian Coulton, Moody's, Fitch, All keywords...
spiegel.de
2 months ago
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SPIEGEL Interview with CEO of Deutsche Bahn: 'I Never Thought the Job Would Be Easy'
Print E-Mail Feedback 05/22/2010 'I Never Thought the Job Would Be Easy' Photo Gallery: 14 Photos DPA CEO of Deutsche Bahn, R� Grube, spoke to SPIEGEL abo
SPIEGEL, Deutsche Bahn, Grube, Heidi Klum, Head, All keywords...
spiegel.de
3 months ago
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Geithner in Europe: US and EU Oceans Apart on Fiscal Policy
Paul Volcker, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve and an economic adviser to US President Barack Obama, also argued recently that Europe should focus on encouraging growth rather than ...
Germany, Timothy Geithner, United States, Wolfgang Schle, Europe, All keywords...
spiegel.de
3 months ago
13.
'We Should Not Let Nostalgia For Newspapers Cloud Our Thinking'
'We Should Not Let Nostalgia For Newspapers Cloud Our Thinking' In a SPIEGEL interview
SPIEGEL, Facebook, The Washington Post, IPad, Editor, All keywords...
spiegel.de
3 months ago
14.
The Hollow Euro: Specter of Inflation Haunts Europe
All of that has changed since last week. Under the mounting pressure of waves of speculation against the euro, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has allowed herself to be talked into ...
Germany, Pro Aurum, Robert Hartmann, European Central Bank, Bank, All keywords...
spiegel.de
3 months ago
15.
The Mother of All Bubbles: Huge National Debts Could Push Euro Zone into Bankruptcy
His opposite number, Poul Thomsen, the Danish chief negotiator for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is currently something of a chief debt inspector in the virtually bankrupt Mediterranean country. He ...
Greece, Athens, International Monetary Fund, Poul Thomsen, Giannis Panagopoulos, All keywords...
spiegel.de
4 months ago
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