With all eyes focused squarely on Germany's dismal PMI prints, which have been in contraction for over half a year, the investing public forgot that the US economy is similarly slowing down. And moments ago it got a jarring reminder when Markit...
One of the pillars of support that has helped propel European stocks higher in recent days was violently yanked this morning, when Bloomberg reported that Germany’s Bundesbank refuted repeated trial balloons by Spiegel, saying it doesn’t see a...
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Although ex-Assemblyman Dov Hikind no longer holds public office, the once-powerful Brooklyn lawmaker continues to spend heavily from his campaign accounts, including paying for trips to Germany and Texas, and covering insurance and lease payments...
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Axel Witsel has revealed he had an offer on the table from Manchester United before completing a switch to Germany. The 30-year-old moved to Westfalenstadion last summer...
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Migrants in Germany who return to Syria for holidays may lose their refugee status, according to German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
"If somebody, a Syrian refugee, regularly takes holidays in Syria, he cannot honestly claim to be...
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BERLIN (Sputnik) – Four people, including two Russian citizens, suffered severe burns as a result of a fire in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony, the NDR broadcaster reported on Wednesday.
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Boris Johnson arrived to Germany on Wednesday for his first foreign trip since becoming British prime minister, where British PM and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the possibility of Britain’s negotiated departure from the EU, despite...
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Donald Trump has again spoken out in support of Russia's readmission to the Group of Seven. American researcher and author Dr George Szamuely discussed what impact the US president's words could have on the rest of the G7.
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Dario Leone
Security, Europe
What comes next?
“The A400M is and remains a problem child,” Lindner pointed out in a statement.
Germany had wanted to downsize its fleet of A400M cargo planes since 2011 by selling 13 out of 53 of those aircraft...
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen trashed President Donald Trump for accusing Jewish people who vote Democratic of disloyalty, saying his comments were like “Germany in the 30s.”
The Tennessee Democrat was speaking on MSNBC Live with Hallie...
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Michael Peck
History,
And this is how.
The Germans honored this convention until 1915, and then switched to unrestricted submarine warfare in which ships would be sunk without warning. And the Germans sank plenty of ships, only to rescind it...
The importance of the G7 annual summit about to take place in France this weekend is often missed. Initially founded as an informal meeting to address the oil crisis of 1973, the G7 (with members Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United...
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Explaining negative interest rates is arcane, almost as if it were medieval times and peasants were so desperate to protect their few coins they own from brigands and warlords that they were willing...
Cosi, a new Berlin-based startup operating in the hospitality space with an alternative to boutique hotels and managed short-stay apartments, has picked up €5 million in seed funding pre-launch.
Leading the round are venture capital firms Cherry...
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Those who wish to leave their own country of origin in the European Union (EU) can currently do so without complications: with the right to freedom of movement, the EU offers its citizens unique conditions for migration. A study by the Universities...
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Market reaction to Italy’s Prime Minister resignation has rather been quiet. Yesterday, Italy-Germany government bond spread was moving lower, around 200 bps, and there was no sign of contagion to other...
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Berlin on Wednesday to kick off a marathon of tense talks with key European and international leaders as the threat of a chaotic no-deal Brexit looms. On his first foreign visit since taking office, he...
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Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough likened recent comments made by President Donald Trump over Jewish-Americans political “loyalty” to tactics used to attack Jews in the Soviet Union and Germany because they are “insufficiently...
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BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – Boris Johnson, the newly appointed prime minister of the United Kingdom, will arrive in Germany on Wednesday for an official visit to discuss Brexit with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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It's not quite a zero coupon perpetual sovereign bond just yet, but it will have to do for now.
Having already sold debt which pays zero interest (i.e., 0% coupon), in just a few hours, Germany will sell an ultra-long bond with a 0% coupon for the...