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BusinessWeek April 30, 2009 Jack Ewing |
Learning Labor Market Lessons from Germany By reforming benefits and other programs, unemployment in Germany has increased only slightly. The U.S. could learn a thing or two. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 William Boston |
Germany: Getting Worse Before It Gets Better For now, Schroder's labor-market reforms have boosted the unemployment rate. |
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Ewing & Boston |
Germany: A Brighter Sun In The East Even as labor unrest builds, East Germany's economy is growing fast. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 John Rossant |
How Europe Could Grow Again The European experiment was supposed to deliver prosperity. It hasn't. But with less reform than you might think, a healthy new economy could emerge. |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Ewing & Matlack |
A New Deal in Europe? With labor's power flagging, serious reforms may be around the corner |
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Gail Edmondson |
Germany: Welfare Reform Won't Cut It Schroder needs to help business create jobs, not just slash the dole. |
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 Simon Kennedy |
Germany Reaps the Euro's Reward Despite voters anger, Germany's businesses have benefited from the common currency. |
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Jack Ewing |
A Glimpse Of Hope For Germany... Small signs of improvement are making optimists of some economists -- including the prestigious German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin. |
BusinessWeek February 17, 2010 Peter Coy |
Germany's Merkel: She's Got the Whole Euro in Her Hands Angela Merkel, the EU's most powerful leader, has to save Europe from itself. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Helge Berger |
Return to Form Germany's economy is again Europe's locomotive, but its export dependence is both a blessing and a curse |
BusinessWeek July 29, 2010 Vits & Randow |
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany With help from the government, German companies managed to save half a million jobs. Hiring new workers may prove difficult. |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Jack Ewing |
Germany: Revolt of the Young They're balking at the prospect of shouldering the financial burden of a fast-growing cohort of retirees. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Jack Ewing |
Germany: What's Paralyzing Reform The opposition's grip on the upper house is blocking any action on the economy |
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 David Fairlamb |
Europe's Pension Problem: Too Few Cradles, Too Few Graves Population trends are forcing drastic reforms in Europe, including reducing people's benefits |
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Germany: Looking For Scapegoats As Germany's economy reels, the politicians are demonizing private equity outfits. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Jack Ewing |
Luring German Investors Back Into The Pool German brokers hope a big new IPO will help restore confidence in its market |
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Impasse In Berlin The German election brought a stalemate. Now will reforms grind to a halt? |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Next, Scrap The Euro Europe's common currency and its trappings are retarding growth. |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Carol Matlack |
For Europe, Opportunity Knocks Why the votes against the EU constitution may strengthen Europe. |
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 |
A New Push For Reform In Germany Economists say Germany must deregulate its labor market to spur hiring, but easing job protections is a sensitive topic among Germans feeling insecure after years of rising unemployment. |
Finance & Development December 2010 Dao & Loungani |
The Tragedy of Unemployment Governments can do more to alleviate joblessness and its human costs. |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
Germany: Half-Hearted, but a Rebound Nonetheless Germany's recovery from recession will be slow and uneven, casting doubts on structural reforms and solutions to the rising budget deficit. |
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 David Fairlamb |
The Euro Zone: There Go The Brakes The decision to scrap strict spending limits may get growth going again. But it could also trigger bigger deficits. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Squeezed By The Euro Europe's single currency has not promoted growth. It has also failed to spark needed reforms and fiscal discipline. |
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Hard Politics, Soft Money Germany's current parliamentary campaign is awash in cash. But will it affect the result? |
Finance & Development December 2009 Hyun-Sung Khang |
Surviving the Third Wave After the financial and economic crises, a "third wave" is engulfing the labor market, leaving millions without work and changing the course of their lives. |
Knowledge@Wharton March 26, 2003 |
Europe's Budget Battles Argue for a Kinder, Gentler Fiscal Pact The euro's recent rise against the dollar disguises deepening strains in the fiscal foundations of the single European currency that argue for a rethink of the rules governing the finances of participating nations. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2010 Neil Faulkner |
What Germans Think About the Euro Crisis German confidence might fix the eurozone. |
Finance & Development September 2010 Ceyda Oner |
Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009. |
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Ewing & Matlack |
The Lazy Men of Europe No More? Longer working hours will help make Germany and France more competitive with lower-wage countries. |
The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
An ETF Uber Alles The iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund had an outstanding year in 2006, but to expect that to occur again in 2007 seems overly optimistic. |
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 John Rossant |
In Europe, Every Little Reform Counts A slew of modest economic policy moves in Germany and France may add up to brighter growth prospects for 2005. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Bennett Voyles |
Global Investors Play Offense in Germany Like value-style equity investors who buy stocks in reliable but out-of-favor companies, institutional commercial real estate investors have been finding relative bargains in Germany. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 David Fairlamb |
Europe's Shoppers Take A Holiday Weak retail sales threaten the Continent's fragile recovery. |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Ewing & Rossant |
Fiddling While Budgets Bulge Europe's leaders are using accounting tricks to fix deficits. That won't cut it. |
Salon.com September 1, 2000 Maura Kelly |
The ghosts of reunification Germany threatens to ban a far-right political party with skinhead ties following the murder of a Mozambican immigrant. |
BusinessWeek October 7, 2009 Jack Ewing |
The Apprentice: Germany's Answer to Jobless Youth Longstanding government programs that encourage companies to train young people are curbing Germany's pain, even during a global economic crisis. |
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Jack Ewing |
The Bell Tolls For Germany Inc. Cozy relations between business, banks, and labor are unraveling in Germany. |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 |
The Real Scandal At Volkswagen German state prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible fraud and corruption by managers and labor representatives at Volkswagen. |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 David Fairlamb |
Germany: Putting the Stability Pact in Peril Despite widespread expectations that Germany will breach the Stability & Growth Pact for a second straight year in 2003, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel says his tax cuts won't threaten efforts to keep the 2004 budget deficit below the 3% of gross domestic product limit. |
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Gail Edmondson |
Germany Inc.: Come Clean Or Else If German companies don't improve governance, new laws will force change. |
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
Germany: What If The Export Engine Stalls? The latest news on Germany's economy shows the recovery remains dependent on exports and not enough on domestic spending. But if oil prices remain high, it may be hard to fix that imbalance anytime soon. |
BusinessWeek November 25, 2009 Jane Sasseen |
The Slow Road to Jobs In recent recessions, employment has taken longer and longer to return. Why this lag may be the longest |
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Jack Ewing |
The Chinese Are Coming...To Germany Mainland companies are opening up shop -- and setting their sights on the manufacturing sector. |
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 David Fairlamb |
Banks Put The Squeeze On Euro-Zone Growth Cautious lenders are keeping interest rates up -- and making loans harder to get. That could stall an already slow recovery |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 |
Jobless In Detroit -- And Germany In Michigan, the problem is sclerotic corporate health-care, pension, and wage policies that are hugely expensive. In Germany, where the government controls these policies, the problem is national. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Morgan Housel |
3 Things Holding Back Jobs You Didn't Know About Digging past the headlines and into the nuance. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 John Maxfield |
Germany and the European Debt Crisis Because exports make up almost 50% of Germany's economy, proportionately more than any of its continental peers, the euro's decline has fueled the German economy more than any other. |
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Why Europe Inc. Is Jumping Ship Its booming multinationals see more profits in newer, less sclerotic economies than the Europe bogged down in an endless struggle to reform and grow. How much further this split develops cold have huge consequences for the region. |
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Jack Ewing |
Europe's Startups Are Showing Signs Of Life Germany is leading the way in trying to spur new business creation -- and it's paying off. |