Growth in cars delivered and revenue Operating return on sales before special items of 8.8 percent Audi CEO Rupert Stadler: “We are applying the earnings from our core business operations and develop strategic areas for the future” CFO Axel Strotbek: … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany
Tagged Audi 1H2016, automobiles, Axel Strotbek, Rupert Stadler
MUNICH, 04-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On 3 August 2016, the Supervisory Board of BayWa AG, Munich, unanimously voted to appoint Klaus Josef Lutz (58) as Chairman of the Management Board for an additional term of office until 2022. This decision extends Lutz’ existing … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Germany, International Trade, Management
Tagged BayWa AG, Klaus Josef Lutz
Total revenues rise by 21 per cent B2B E-Recruiting segment grows by 29 per cent EBITDA increases by 29 per cent, profits rise by 34 per cent HAMBURG, 04-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — XING AG, operator of the leading online business network … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Internet & Online, Investment, Technology
Tagged XING AG
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 03-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — As already announced in the issuance calendar for the third quarter of 2016, the Federal Government will reopen the 0 % bond of the Federal Republic of Germany of 2016 (2026) issued on 13 July … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment
Tagged Deutsche Bundesbank, Federal Government, Federal Republic of Germany
BERLIN, 03-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Decentralised energy solution enables reduction of both CO2 emissions and water consumption E.ON Connecting Energies is building a highly efficient on-site generation plant for Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) Gillette manufacturing site in Berlin. The plant will provide … Read the full press release
WIESBADEN, 02-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2015, the number of minors who were taken into care by youth welfare offices because of unaccompanied entry from abroad rose substantially. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that in 2015 roughly 42,300 children and … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Government, Society
Tagged 300 children crossed the border to Germany, 42, Destatis
WIESBADEN, 02-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The debt owed by the overall public budget (Federation, Länder, municipalities/associations of municipalities and social security funds, including all extra budgets) to the non-public sector amounted to 2,022.6 billion euros at the end of 2015. Based … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Financial, Germany, Government, Investment
Deutsche Post and DriveNow launch pilot enabling new customers to register completely online Customer identity and driving license verification in minutes with ID and driver’s license photos and short video clip POSTIDENT by Photo takes away the search for a … Read the full press release
Deutsche Post DHL Group exploits booming U.S. e-commerce business DHL eCommerce significantly expands capabilities for the worldwide cross-border e-commerce market, reaching $1 trillion by 2020 Renowned German soccer club FC Bayern Munich welcomes the Group’s increasing logistics service capabilities in … Read the full press release
BMW has been connecting driver and vehicle for years now with ConnectedDrive. With the launch of BMW Connected in August in selected European markets, BMW is bringing out an all-encompassing digital concept that provides a seamless services experience covering all … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom
Tagged BMW Connected, BMW Group, Dieter May
Operating profit before special items for the first six months up on the prior-year figure Volkswagen Passenger Car brand turns in a robust performance in the second quarter CFO Witter: “Group can build on its high earnings power“ Wolfsburg, 28-Jul-2016 … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged Frank Witter, Volkswagen Group
883,400 vehicles delivered in month of June – a rise of 5.1 percent Fred Kappler, Head of Group Sales: “Solid growth overall during the first half year is partly attributable to the strong performance in June.” Wolfsburg, 28-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany
Tagged Fred Kappler, Volkswagen Group
BRUSSELS, 27-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has released German energy firm E.ON from commitments to reduce long-term bookings on the German gas grid almost five years ahead of schedule. This is because, thanks to the successful implementation of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Germany, Government
Tagged E.ON, EU Commission, German gas grid
Hansaplast and the German Red Cross commit themselves to providing first-aid training to 50,000 children The new Plaster Mix from Hansaplast includes first-aid tips and an informative family book about the causes of accidents in daily life and ways to … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Healthcare, Non Profit, Society
Tagged Beiersdorf, first aid, German Red Cross, Hansaplast
Archaeologist from the University of Tübingen present a sophisticated tool carved from mammoth ivory that was used to make rope TÜBINGEN, 27-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Prof. Nicholas Conard and members of his team, present the discovery of a tool used to … Read the full press release
Having initiated the marketing partnership two months ago, Infront now secured a Naming Rights Partner for the German top-tier basketball league FRANKFURT, 25-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The German Basketball Bundesliga is to start the 2016/17 season with a new Naming Rights … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Marketing, Media, Sports
Tagged easyCredit, Infront Sports & Media, Naming Rights Partner, TeamBank AG, The German Basketball Bundesliga
Two new DFG Research Units at LMU, led by Professors Immanuel Bloch and Frank Fischer, respectively, focus on quantum many-body systems exposed to artificial fields, and on use of simulations in the teaching of diagnostic competences. MÜNCHEN, 22-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Munich physicists have developed a novel electron microscope that can visualize electromagnetic fields oscillating at frequencies of billions of cycles per second. MÜNCHEN, 22-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Temporally varying electromagnetic fields are the driving force behind the whole of electronics. Their … Read the full press release
KONSTANZ, 22-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Seit Donnerstag, 14. Juli, laufen die Dreharbeiten für acht Folgen der neuen Vorabendserie „WaPo Bodensee“ (Produzenten Kerstin Lipownik und Sven Sund, Saxonia Media) mit Floriane Daniel, Ole Puppe, Wendy Güntensperger, Simon Werdelis, Diana Körner, Sofie Eifertinger, … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Germany, Media
LEVERKUSEN, 22-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer said today that it is disappointed in Monsanto’s decision to reject its increased all-cash offer of USD 125 per share, which represents a 40 percent premium over Monsanto’s closing share price on May 9, 2016. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Investment, Management
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