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British central bank raises key interest rate

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The British central bank is continuing its fight against high inflation with another interest rate hike. The key interest...

Real wages fall at record pace due to high inflation

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Real wages in Germany fell at a record pace last year due to the highest inflation since the Federal Republic came into...

Exxon-Mobil takes action against excess profits tax

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The Exxon-Mobil group is defending itself against the EU's plan to siphon off particularly high profits that have accrued...

Inflation in Germany falls to 10.0 percent

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The inflation rate in Germany fell in November. As the Federal Statistical Office announced on Tuesday based on an initial...

Whatsapp plans revolutionary change for group chats

Whatsapp has recently been working more and more on improving the Messenger app. Especially since major security...

Coalition wants to facilitate immigration of job seekers

In the future, job seekers from abroad should be able to come to Germany more easily and legally. For this purpose, a...

US economy: Inflationary pressure eases slightly

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In the U.S., too, people are keeping their money together. They increased their spending in July by only 0.1 percent...

Turkey now imports twice as much oil from Russia

Turkey has more than doubled its imports of Russian oil this year. Imports have so far totaled an average of more than...

Even fish are now tested for the coronavirus in China

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Even fish caught in the sea have to undergo a corona test in China. Videos of fish being swabbed in the mouth with a...

Gas storage facilities are three-quarters full - experts warn against euphoria

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For weeks now, Russia has been supplying significantly less gas to Germany, and concerns are growing about an energy...

Threat of strikes continue to drive up gas prices

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Amid concerns about gas supplies to Europe, a strike by oil and gas workers in Norway could reduce its gas production by...

Bitcoin has not been worth much for a long time

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The original cryptocurrency Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since the end of 2020 at 26,591 US dollars on the Bitfinex...

Meta allows calls for violence against Putin and Russian military

The U.S. company Meta is partially relaxing its rules for Facebook and Instagram users to allow calls for violence against...

Gasoline price record - time for a tax cut?

The oil price has climbed to new heights: At times on Thursday, North Sea Brent cost 120 dollars a barrel (159 liters)....

Germany wants to close airspace for Russian aircraft

In the conflict with Russia, the German government is preparing to close German airspace to Russian aircraft. Federal...

E-Commerce : cheap purchases from China is over

On July 1, the biggest EU-wide VAT reform since the creation of the Single Market in 1993 comes into force. The reform...

Netflix growth slows

Netflix was considered one of the big winners of the Corona crisis. In the midst of the pandemic, the video service gained...

Facebook wants to lift block on media content

The Australian government has reached an agreement with Facebook in the dispute over media content on the platform. The...

Berlin remains top business location despite pandemic

The pandemic has Berlin in its grip - but the city remains an important part of German life. Last year, the state-owned...

The Trianon Startups International Forum was held in Moscow

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts hosted the second part of the Russian-French Trianon Startups Forum, where 30 French...
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State of Lower Saxony wants to get into the solar industry

Lower Saxony's Minister of Economics, Olaf Lies, wants to establish solar plant production in his state with state...

BASF cuts 2,600 jobs but plans to distribute profits

The chemical group BASF is cutting 2,600 jobs and closing roughly 10 percent of its production capacities at its main site...
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Inflation in the euro zone falls to 8.5 percent in January

Inflation in the euro zone has continued to fall. As the European statistics office Eurostat in Luxembourg announced on...
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Online shopping becomes a debt trap for many shoppers

The trend toward online shopping, which has been boosted by the Corona pandemic, brings with it a negative side: many...
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Executive Board bonuses cause dispute at Lufthansa

Managerial bonuses are often a subject of dispute, and Deutsche Lufthansa now has a conflict over bonus payments to the...
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84 percent inflation in Turkey

Prices continue to rise exceptionally fast across the board in Turkey. Goods and services became more expensive in...
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Government and opposition reach agreement worth billions of euros

In negotiations between the Venezuelan government and the opposition, both sides have agreed to invest frozen state funds...
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Binance blows off FTX purchase

The cancellation of the FTX.com acquisition, announced just a day earlier, pushed bitcoin near $16,000 on Wednesday. The...
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Airbus counters Boeing's billion-dollar loss

Guillaume Faury remains optimistic. The CEO of the European aerospace group Airbus is sticking to his targets of...
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German economy defies the crises

The German economy grew by a surprising 0.3 percent in the third quarter, adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, the...
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Operation could save 1.3 million tons of CO2

Continued operation of all three still-active nuclear power plants through March could save about 1.3 million metric tons...
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Real estate as retirement provision: Owners have an early advantage

Many people start putting money away at an early age. Often their parents, grandparents or godparents do it first, before...
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Euro continues to weaken against the dollar

The euro has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years and is settling below parity against the dollar. At 0.9909, the common...

Germans' corona savings cushions are melting away

According to the Ifo Institute, inflation is eroding the additional savings accumulated by Germans during the pandemic....
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Liquid gas from Canada will only be available on a large scale in a few years

Due to the possible drying up of gas imports from Russia, Germany is looking for alternatives. One of them: Canada. The...
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Bundesbank chief believes inflation could rise to ten percent

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel believes the end of the fuel discount and the nine-euro ticket could push the inflation...
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Israel and Turkey resume full diplomatic relations

After years of tensions, Israel and Turkey plan to fully resume diplomatic relations. Both countries have decided to...
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Gas surcharge will be 2.4 cents

The exact amount of the gas levy to rescue systemically important gas importers is now known: It will be 2.419 cents per...

China's exports rise by a surprising 18 percent

China's exports continued to perform unexpectedly strongly in July. Exports rose 18 percent in U.S. dollar terms compared...
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Oil production now suffers from long Covid

If we look at the development of the oil price over the past three months, we see parallels with the stock market in...
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What follows from iOS 16 for the iPhone 14

When Apple introduces the iPhone 14 in the fall, the also new operating system iOS 16 will also reach older devices. As...
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Relief over interest rate outlook boosts US stock markets

The U.S. stock markets on Thursday have strongly expanded the previous day's gains. According to stockbrokers, as on the...

Sri Lanka no longer services its debts

After months of crisis, Sri Lanka declared its economic collapse on Tuesday. Debt service on the entire $51 billion debt...

Youtube blocks Russian state media worldwide

YouTube is declaring war on videos and channel owners who deny the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The video platform has...

Russia threatens to stop Nord Stream 1 gas supply

After the start of the war against Ukraine, Russia openly threatened to cut gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1...

Visa and Mastercard temporarily suspend operations in Russia

Following in the footsteps of numerous other Western companies, U.S. credit giants Mastercard and Visa are also suspending...

Netflix stops production of Russian original series

The streaming service Netflix has stopped its productions in Russia in response to the attack on Ukraine ordered by...

VW Group stops Russia business

Volkswagen is suspending its Russian business because of the war against Ukraine. "Against the backdrop of the Russian...

Evergrande announces millions in on-time interest payment

Heavily indebted Chinese real estate group Evergrande has promised to pay millions in interest on time, betting it will...

Home office is a culture change that cannot be ignored

Are all workers back at work this Monday? Certainly not. But the obligation imposed on companies by lawmakers to allow...

Amazon achieves record profit

Amazon.com continues its rapid growth. The online retailer significantly exceeded expectations with its figures for the...

Apple presents the Turbo iPad

One can only speculate what would have happened if the already easily inflamed fanboys and fangirls had been able to...

Lufthansa expects a challenging summer

The Lufthansa Group is relying on the desire to travel after months in lockdown for the first step out of the crisis. The...

How Tiktok wants to better protect minors

The new year could have started better for Tiktok. At the end of January, a ten-year-old girl who had taken part in a...

German companies lagging digital peers

It's hard to imagine a typical workday in Germany without digital technologies from abroad. Video chats via Microsoft...

German exports slump sharply

The Corona crisis tore deep holes in the German export balance last year. Exports of goods slumped by 9.3 percent compared...

Billions for Europe's chip industry

The chip industry in Germany and Europe is apparently facing a wave of investment worth billions. After bottlenecks in the...

German Pandemic response creates record public debt

The poor financial handling of the pandemic has caused German public debt to reach record levels, with the highest...

Green gifts for Black Friday

Nordgreen's rise in the field of sophisticated and stylish consumer watches has been breathtakingly meteoric, which is...

Green results from the environmental 'LET'S DO IT' marathon

More than 1K trees and bushes were planted at Nornickel's annual corporate event aimed at turning regular employees into...