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    • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
      Merck KGaA
      Merck shares fall after multiple sclerosis drug trial fails

      Evobrutinib failed to reduce relapse rates compared with teriflunomide, produced by rival Sanofi

      Merck chief executive Belén Garijo
    • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      VW says Xinjiang plant audit finds no evidence of forced labour

      German carmaker hired consultancy and local law firm to look into factory after complaints by investors and rights groups

      VW logos
    • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
      European business schools
      How a dancer stepped up to launch a start-up

      Study story: forced to give up dance training, Isabella Agdestein sought new challenges

      Isabella Agdestein, one fist under her chin
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      News in-depthTesla Inc
      Sweden’s Tesla strikes pit Elon Musk against European labour ideals

      Wave of action over US carmaker’s rejection of collective bargaining risks spreading beyond Nordic country

      Union banners outside Tesla’s service centre
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Volkswagen AG
      Volkswagen executives warn works council of job cuts

      Head of German carmaker’s flagship brand tells unions not enough profit being made to finance EV transition

      Volkswagen AG ID 3 electric vehicle
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Schaeffler AG
      Schaeffler raises Vitesco offer in response to shareholder opposition

      Billionaire family steps up move into electric vehicles with new bid valuing German rival at €3.8bn

      A worker handles steel roller bearings inside a Schaeffler factory
    • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
      German economy
      Germany faces threat of creeping deindustrialisation, warns steel boss

      Salzgitter CEO says steel and chemicals producers must commit to country, despite high energy costs

      An employee collects samples of molten iron in a blast furnace at a Salzgitter mill
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Thyssenkrupp AG
      Thyssenkrupp writes down value of steel business by €2.1bn

      German group’s shares rally as investors hope unit will be spun off

      A worker in a Thyssenkrupp steel furnace
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Rheinmetall AG
      Rheinmetall sales to double by 2026 bolstered by heightening geopolitical tensions

      Defence contractor is leading beneficiary of European governments’ rush to increase capabilities

      The headquarters of Rheinmetall in Germany
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Siemens AG
      Siemens warns on slowing sales growth even as it as delivers record profits

      Sales expected to be affected by flatlining China performance next year

      A worker assembling hub parts of a wind turbine at a Siemens Gamesa factory
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Special ReportDiversity Leaders
      Germany’s Infineon pursues layered line on diversity

      Mentoring and employee networks figure among chipmaker’s measures

      Two workers in protective clothing talking inside a chip-manufacturing plant
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Continental AG
      German car parts supplier Continental to cut thousands of jobs

      Group aims to save €400mn as it battles to remain competitive in electric vehicle era

      The Continental plant in Frankfurt
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      German economy
      Germany agrees tax subsidies for industry worth up to €28bn by 2028

      Deal to help shield country’s manufacturers from high energy costs likely to draw criticism from Brussels

      A worker stands near a blast furnace at a German metals plant
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      European companies
      Hapag-Lloyd hit by downward spiral in freight rates

      German group’s 9-month profits down almost 80% amid gloomy outlook for container shipping companies

      Containers being loaded on to a Hapag-Lloyd cargo ship
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Private equity
      Fresenius sells fertility business to KKR and GED Capital

      Sale of Eugin Group marks latest bid by private equity to capitalise on demand for fertility services

      Test tubes in a container used to freeze human eggs in an IVF laboratory
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      Scania to launch pay-per-use electric truck joint venture

      Swedish truckmaker teams up with German logistics start-up to roll out e-truck rentals

      A Juna e truck
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Automobiles
      David Einhorn urges Vitesco to reject offer from rival German auto group Schaeffler

      Hedge fund boss tells EV specialist not to accept bid from competitor that has ‘missed the boat’

      David Einhorn
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Tech start-ups
      Lidl owner co-leads $500mn deal to fuel German AI start-up

      Investment in Aleph Alpha involves equity injection, research grants and commitments to joint business development

      Aleph Alpha chief executive Jonas Andrulis
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      BMW
      BMW defies car market gloom with higher margins

      Strong demand for electric vehicles boosts German carmaker

      A worker cleans a BMW i7 xDrive60 electric car while it charges at a BMW dealership in South Africa
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Deutsche Lufthansa AG
      Strong demand for first-class air travel lifts Lufthansa

      German carrier reports third-quarter jump and gives upbeat forecast despite geopolitical uncertainty

      Lufthansa aircraft at airport
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      BASF SE
      BASF slashes investment budget on lower demand

      World’s biggest chemicals group says it has ‘more projects than money’ amid ‘stress’ in sector

      BASF signage on flags
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Wintershall DEA GmbH
      Wintershall Dea warns of European complacency on energy

      German energy group begins cost-cutting programme after expropriation of its Russian assets

      Mario Mehren
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      IG Metall
      German union boss takes the helm: ‘not everything will stay the same’

      Christiane Benner, the first female head of IG Metall, warns against the country’s ‘creeping deindustrialisation’

      Christiane Benner
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Automobiles
      Mercedes warns ‘brutal’ price war in electric vehicles has hurt profits

      German premium carmaker blames ‘subdued’ economy and ‘intensified pricing competition’ for setback

      Mercedes-Benz Concept CLA Class electric car on display at the Munich motor show in September 2023
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Porsche AG
      Porsche hits out at Brussels probe into Chinese EVs

      German luxury-car maker says country’s auto industry will ‘fight’ a tariff war

      Porsche 911 Dakar on display
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