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BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Jack Ewing |
How Germany Inc. Is Loosening Up In the past two years Germany's major corporations have been focusing on what they do best and unloading the rest. |
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Gail Edmondson |
Daimler's Fumbles Are Firing Up Europe's Shareholders Finally, investors are becoming angry enough to throw their weight around |
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Germany's Merkel: Thatcher Lite? German businesses had hoped for a tougher plan from the chair of the Christian Democratic Union, though many believe Angela Merkel has more reforms up her sleeve. |
BusinessWeek May 30, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Pushing Around Germany Inc. As foreign hedge funds raise the pressure on boards, CEOs are running scared. |
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 |
"Mercedes is Job No. 1" German shareholder activist Jorg Pluta has some strong ideas on the direction DaimlerChrysler should be heading. |
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 November 15, 2004 Gail Edmondson |
Cut Labor's Clout On German Boards Supporters of co-determination say it has brought Germany unparalleled labor peace over the past three decades. But an increasing number of employers say the price paid in soaring labor costs and postponed restructuring has been too high. |
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? |
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Edmondson & Welch |
Dark Days At Daimler Jurgen Schrempp leaves behind a Mercedes beset by quality and profit woes. Now, Dieter Zetsche must take drastic measures to save the marriage with Chrysler -- or engineer a breakup. |
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Germany: Looking For Scapegoats As Germany's economy reels, the politicians are demonizing private equity outfits. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Laura Cohn |
A Little Fund With Big Demands The little-known British hedge fund, The Children's Investment Fund Management has moved to the forefront of a new breed of restless shareholders in Europe. |
CIO April 1, 2003 John Blau |
IBM Invades Germany An outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services should save Deutsche Bank around $1 billion in annual operating costs. What's more, it could prompt other German companies to follow. |
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Jack Ewing |
German Execs Must Make Sacrifices, Too They've gotten big raises lately -- not necessarily warranted by their companies' performance. Let German chief executives get fat paychecks -- as soon as they deserve them. |
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Edmondson & Kerwin |
DaimlerChrysler: Stalled Was the merger between Daimler and Chrysler a mistake? Many say yes -- and call for Schrempp's head. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Edmondson et al. |
Daimler: Now For The Next Repair Job The pressure is on to deliver a radical fix at DaimlerChrysler Corp.'s 37%-owned Japanese unit, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. but pumping more money into the ailing company may not be the answer. |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Gail Edmondson |
Has Deutsche Bank Lost Its Way? Having failed to find a merger partner, Chief Executive Josef Ackermann plans a radical makeover. Investors are skeptical |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Ewing & Matlack |
A New Deal in Europe? With labor's power flagging, serious reforms may be around the corner |
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. |
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Impasse In Berlin The German election brought a stalemate. Now will reforms grind to a halt? |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Automaker Threatens to Try New Tactics Intense global competition may force DaimlerChrysler to adopt American labor strategies. The contrast between the company's relatively free hand in the U.S. and its labor troubles in Germany is striking. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 David Fairlamb |
Deutsche's Dilemma As earnings and shares surge, the bank's top execs are headed for court. |
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 January 9, 2006 Jack Ewing |
A Property Market On Ice How Deutsche Bank has chilled German real estate funds. |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Jack Ewing |
The Selling Of Germany's Would-Be Chancellor A Berlin ad agency is helping Angela Merkel in her campaign for Chancellor. |
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 August 26, 2010 Kirchfeld & Simmons |
Anshu Jain: Deutsche Bank's Next CEO? Deutsche Bank increasingly pitches itself as a global financial institution, but it may not be ready to appoint a non-German-speaking CEO. |
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Jack Ewing |
A Specter Is Haunting Europe: The Left Can Europe's long-splintered traditional Left come back as a real political movement? |
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 March 14, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Lone Star Germany: Ravenous For Bad Debt Private equity firm Lone Star is thriving by buying up Germany's troubled loans. |
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Rich Smith |
1,001 Teutonic Nights Investors, get to know Germany: Allianz... E.ON... Deutsche Bank... |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Dave Mock |
Deutsche Telekom's Crumbling Monopoly With the company in the midst of major reforms, significant risk still exists for investors. Deutsche Telekom cut its earnings forecast for 2007 again in January, citing the brutal competitive environment. |
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Gail Edmondson |
Showdown In The Ruhr Valley A new wave of layoffs looms in Germany's industrial heartland, and unions are mobilizing for battle. |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Jack Ewing |
In Dutch At Deutsche Bank Pressure may force Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann to resign. |
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 July 5, 2004 |
Revving Up Germany's IPO Market Germany's Postbank was successfully floated on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on June 23, but only after owner Deutsche Post slashed the share price and the size of the offering. |
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 December 15, 2003 Jack Ewing |
What's Ricke's Next Trick? Finishing the turnaround he started at Deutsche Telekom won't be easy. |
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Now, Merkel Is In Her Element She's a weak campaigner, but Germany's new Chancellor is a skilled Reichstag tactician. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Jurgen Schrempp DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Jurgen E. Schrempp said to expect the extraordinary from the merger of Daimler Benz and Chrysler, but things have gone badly. |
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 May 3, 2004 Gail Edmondson |
Hyundai And DaimlerChrysler: Driving In Different Directions? The Korean carmaker seems set on ending the partnership -- which could work to DaimlerChrysler's advantage |
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 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 May 10, 2004 Jack Ewing |
Wanted: European Buyout Targets Private equity deals are picking up on the Continent -- but is a surge really ahead? |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Germany: The Deadlocked Republic? Whether barely-reelected Gerhard Schroeder can now find a way to extract his country from the quicksand of economic stagnation is another challenge that will keep Germans on the edge of their seats in the months to come. |
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Germany: A Migration Of Loyalty The country's working class appears ready to abandon the Social Democratic Party ideals if it means jobs. |
BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Cremer & Reiter |
GM's Fast Turnaround Slams into the Euro Crisis With its budget tight after the Greek bailout, Germany rethinks helping to rescue Opel. |
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 4, 2010 Carol Matlack |
A European Tour for U.S. Labor American unions are taking the fight for U.S. workers to European employers' home turf. |
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 Stanley Reed |
Europe: Not Too Wild, Not Too Mild European stocks should see respectable growth - and even outperform the S&P 500. |