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Siemens wins largest ever contract in the Gulf
- Shuaibah Water and Electricity Company, Riyadh, has awarded Siemens Power Generation in partnership with South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries a contract for the turn-key construction of a steam plant connected to a water desalination plant.
- Friday, December 30 - 2005 at 12:21 |
German business confidence leaps to a five year high
- With the year 2005 drawing to a close, there are increasing signs that Europe's largest economy is coming out of the woods at last. German business confidence in December rose to its highest level in more than five years according to the IFO Institute in Munich, a leading German think tank.
- Tuesday, December 20 - 2005 at 11:01 |
Deutsche Bahn buys BAX Global
- Germany's all-dominating national rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG has confirmed the 100% purchase of BAX Global Inc. in Irvine, California, a unit of security group Brink's Co., for an undisclosed sum of up $1.2 billion. The closing is expected in a few weeks time.
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, November 24 - 2005 at 15:59 |
Widespread scepticism over Germany's coalition
- The 130-page agreement hammered out by Angela Merkel's conservative CDU and the social democrat SPD that will form the basis for Germany's new 'Grand Coalition' government after November 22 has drawn withering criticism from all quarters of German industry and commerce.
- Germany: Tuesday, November 15 - 2005 at 14:57 |
Dire warnings from Germany's Five Wise Men
- The government-appointed panel of independent economic advisers nicknamed the 'Five Wise Men' have issued a gloomy forecast for the country's sputtering economy. In their widely regarded annual report, the experts do not see any indications of a turn-around of the sluggish performance of the Europe's largest economy.
- Germany: Saturday, November 12 - 2005 at 10:41 |
Container Ports: Will Dubai overtake Hamburg?
- The news of a potential bid by Dubai Ports World assisted by Deutsche Bank for Britain's 183 year-old shipping icon P&O currently worth £2.3 billion, has focussed international attention on the immense resources of the leading Middle East ports operator.
- Germany: Tuesday, November 08 - 2005 at 15:33 |
The German patient: a slow and painful recovery
- Germany's six leading economic research institutes have urged the new Federal Government to start a far-reaching austerity programme and overhaul the social welfare and tax systems of the country.
- Wednesday, October 26 - 2005 at 08:52 |
Cautious optimism about Merkel's team
- One thing seems to be clear: there will never be a dull moment at the cabinet table to be presided over by the designate German chancellor Frau Angela Merkel.
- Tuesday, October 18 - 2005 at 15:50 |
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