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The Australian Solar Institute and Germany’s national research centre for aeronautics and space are to share resources in developing solar technologies. Under a memorandum of understanding signed by Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr in Berlin last week the ASI and Germany’s Deutches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) will collaborate to [...]
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Australian fashion stationery label kikki.K has been nominated for the Retail Innovation award at the World Retail Awards, to be held in Germany in April. Nominated by trend analysts and forecaster Worth Global Style Network (WGSN), kikki.K has the personal backing of WGSN’s managing director Asia-Pacific Julie Harris, who said the nomination is well deserved. [...]
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The Australia dollar opened higher this morning on the back of a rise on equity markets and a lift in German business confidence. At 07:00 (AEDT), the dollar was trading at $US0.8919/24, up 0.39 percent from Friday’s close of $US0.8885/89. CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said the dollar had been boosted by further improvement in [...]
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The re-election of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is a vote for “courageous reform”, according to the German Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The association’s president Hans Heinrich Driftmann believes Merkel will push through corporate tax cuts and other contentious changes. Merkel’s new coalition partner, the business oriented Free Democrats (FDP), is likely to [...]
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International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has warned that the world has not yet fully recovered from the global economic crisis, despite positive signs from various countries around the world, particularly Europe. Strauss-Kahn said some leaders were being too complacent: “In the minds of too many — not only regular people but also top [...]
...read moreThe number of businesses filing for bankruptcy in Germany has risen almost 15 percent in the first two quarters of this year, by annual comparison. The German Federal Statistical Office reported that more than 16,000 companies filed for bankruptcy between January and June this year, a rise of 14.8 percent compared with the same period [...]
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According to the federal statistics office, Germany’s trade surplus soared by 12 percent in July with exports gaining 2.3 percent from the previous month.
...read moreEuropean Union finance ministers are hoping to boost the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) resources to aid countries suffering from the global economic downturn.
...read moreGerman consumers are confident the economy will continue to grow, a new survey reveals.
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China has officially overtaken Germany as the world’s largest exporter so far this year, according to figures released by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Exports from China reached a total value of US$521.7 billion for the first half of 2009, edging out Germany, which had exports worth US$521.6 billion over the same period. WTO chief [...]
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