Home office is a culture change that cannot be ignored

Are all workers back at work this Monday? Certainly not. But the obligation imposed on companies by lawmakers to allow their employees to work from home has ended with the expiration of the federal emergency brake. This means that the decision on where to work, is once again in the hands of bosses...
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E-Commerce : cheap purchases from China is over

On July 1, the biggest EU-wide VAT reform since the creation of the Single Market in 1993 comes into force. The reform...

German exports slump sharply

The Corona crisis tore deep holes in the German export balance last year. Exports of goods slumped by 9.3 percent compared...

Green gifts for Black Friday

Nordgreen's rise in the field of sophisticated and stylish consumer watches has been breathtakingly meteoric, which is...

Accelerate your goals for 2018

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Workshop Sunday March 4th 2018 from 9:30 to 17:30 Why it's important for your success to align your personal development...

Gennadiy Butkevych's ATB Discount Store Competes with Eastern European Retailers

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European Ambitions of Ukrainian Business: "ATB" Discount Store of Gennadiy Butkevych Will Compete with Eastern European...

Apple Hopes to Address Missteps With New iPhone

The fall of 2017 is going to be a big season in in the world of smartphones. Both of the major companies have new devices...

Topshop and Topman Coming to Munich

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The British fashion labels "Topshop" and "Topman" will open a shop in Munich this summer. The collections for women and...

A British Christmas, delivered to your door

A very British Christmas indeed
Sometimes you just can't beat the taste of home. And with the festive season upon us, what better time to enjoy a few of...

Eurozone emerges from recession

Eurozone exits recession following an unprecedented 18 months of economic contraction
The eurozone has finally emerged from recession following an unprecedented 18 months of economic contraction. Its GDP grew...

Call for change in German TV

Entertainment as business - it works
When stand-up comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld came up with the idea for a show about nothing at the end of the...

Allianz warns against D-Mark return

Munich - According to the insurer Allianz, a return of the D-Mark would cost Germany wealth and jobs. The result would be...

Bavarian companies beg for workers

September 1st is traditionally the first day to start apprenticeship in Germany. In the past, this was the time when...

Olympics 2022: bid to lose

Munich has already won one gold when it hosted the Olympics in 1972. Is it really prudent to bid on the 2022 Winter Games...

Bad weather makes for juicy sales

On Monday, many shops on the streets of Munich began their summer sales. Bad weather means that "% SALE" signs are...

Bavarian production rates drop

Bavaria's industrial production fell by 7.6 percent, according to data that has recently been released. Production of...

Want to climb out of a hole? First stop digging

Paul KrugmanEnd This Depression Now! Norton, 2012. A popular joke went viral recently about a Wall Street hedge fund...

Apple to pay $60 million

Over 55 million iPads have been sold
Guangzhou - In the dispute over the brand name iPad, the U.S. technology giant Apple Inc. is to pay 60 million U.S....

China becomes most important trade partner of Bavaria

China is Bavaria's biggest trade partner. Photo Courtesy of: http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com
For the first time China is the most important trade partner of Bavaria declared Bavarian Minister for Economics Martin...

German led bailout: Act IV

We think we know how it ends because we have seen this play before. And we are in all likelihood correct. The government...

MAN and Rheinmetall together form a new company

German auto parts and weapons maker Rheinmetall AG and truck manufacturer MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG said Tuesday they were...
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Facebook wants to lift block on media content

The Australian government has reached an agreement with Facebook in the dispute over media content on the platform. The...
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German companies lagging digital peers

It's hard to imagine a typical workday in Germany without digital technologies from abroad. Video chats via Microsoft...
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Billions for Europe's chip industry

The chip industry in Germany and Europe is apparently facing a wave of investment worth billions. After bottlenecks in the...
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German Pandemic response creates record public debt

The poor financial handling of the pandemic has caused German public debt to reach record levels, with the highest...

Germany Seeks Software Engineers

The German Government has published a list of job vacancies aimed at non-EU citizens. Working in Europe is the dream of...

Guard Your Eyes Jealously

In August 2017, it happened that I met my pre-primary school teacher deep down in my cradle village in central Uganda....

SEO Tips 2018

Ranking high is very important in digital marketing. It allows you can stay relevant and gain competitive advantage. SEO...
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German Engineering Skill Shortage Hits Hard

Currently the situation on the German labor market is eminently good. The unemployment rate is dropping and the number of...

Who Needs Engineers? Germany Does!

Germany enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world, with its cities consistently ranking highly in various...

Will Brexit's Impact on the UK Casino Industry Affect Europe

On 29 March 2017, British Prime Minister Theresa May, invoked an article of the Treaty on the European Union in the...
English Garden tunnel

English Garden Reunited

Munich's city council has unanimously approved the concept for a tunnel which is to reunite the southern and northern part...
Website Development and Software Engineering

The Growth of Website Software Engineering: Node.js, AngularJS and Ionic3

Rarely, in any field of human endeavour, has the landscape changed so dramatically and so consistently, over such a short...

Trading signals on Forex

Currency trading on the Forex market has its own important features and rules which each player should follow. The...
taking care of business means taking care of money

Finance best practices for startups

I believe every person has at least once considered the option of opening their own business. It may be for a variety of...
Eco-friendly accessories in Munich

Don't imitate: recycle and innovate

You are what you wear. A phrase, containing in itself more than a combination of yellow skirt, pattern t-shirt and funky...
German business confidence slips, yet again

Drop in German business confidence

German business confidence has dipped again to its lowest level in almost two years, according to Ifo, the Munich-based...
InterNations prepares for 7th birthday party in Munich

InterNations Prepares for 7th Birthday

The 181st Oktoberfest isn't the only anticipated event in Germany this September. InterNations, the world's largest...
Aerospace & arms merger of BAE and EADS in doubt

German government stalls plans for aerospace & arms merger of BAE and EADS

As British BAE and German/French aerospace and arms firms rush their plan to merge by October 10th, the German government...
BMW and Toyota to develop a fuel cell vehicle

BMW and Toyota to develop a fuel cell vehicle

MUNICH (awp international) - BMW and Toyota will jointly develop a fuel cell-powered vehicle by 2020. The two car...
Amazon Kindle--- days numbered?

Amazon and the eBook story

Recent kindle releases have shown Amazon's eagerness to battle it out with Apple and Samsung on the tablet market. Amazon...

Impressive stats for Munich tourism

Already a tourist destination for other Germans and people around the world, Munich's tourism figures for the first half...

Renewable Energy reaches 25%

The German Association for Energy and Water Management (Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft) has announced...
Austerity measures drag Europe ever backwards.

Under the Hellas boardwalk

A public sector bloated by corruption and cronyism, practices for which Greece has been ridiculed, can also be found in...
VW has big plans for MAN SE

Honeymoon over for MAN and VW

Three months after the consummation of the friendly takeover of MAN SE (MAN Truck and Bus) by VW (Volkswagen) the real...

Could the financial crisis be extending to Germany?

The financial crisis that has hit Europe has for a long time not quite affected Germany. However, major companies such as...

Last lap at Nürburgring

Germany's most famous race track announced last week that it was going bankrupt. Anyone who knows about German motor...
Americans have a lack of 'work-life' balance due to myriad reasons. Photo: smh.com.au

America shows again it 'loves to work'

There was a film in 1969 called "If Today's Tuesday, this must be in Belgium", a comedy centered on a group of travellers...
June through July is Munich's high season for high end shopping thanks to Burqa-clad women from the Gulf States. Photo: foreignpolicy.com

Munich's Christmas music is in July, not December

There is a symphony being played right now in the high street in Munich and many other quarters throughout the city. The...

Spanish bulls' final run

(subheading)The German public is running out of patience for seemingly endless bailouts (subheading end)   Recently the...

Battery research charged up with 32 million euros

A partner project between the Technical University of Munich and the German Battery Manufacturer VARTA Microbattery GmbH...

Eight tips for BEFORE you travel

Whether you have travelled extensively, or this is your first trip abroad, here is a quick list of things you should...

BMW to invest more than 300 million EUR in the UK

Munich, dpa - BMW wants to expand its UK plants in the next three years with a further 250 million pounds (315 million...

Munich loses battle for the seat of the European Patent Court

Brussels - The new EU patent court gets its seat in Paris, while Munich and London have to settle for field offices. In...

Financial Crisis Reaches Munich

Financial crisis arrives in  Munich: according to an article in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung the city debtor and insolvency...
Facebook has been in the news often recently, not all of it positive

Manipulations of an Artful Dodger

Anyone paying attention to the news the last week is aware of Facebook's IPO (initial public offering), and the uproar...

Europe has to decide: cut or spend

Germany may be fighting a losing battle, economically, with Europe and some of the weaker countries, and for the first...
Net neutrality hangs in balance

Net-neutrality

The Netherlands is the first European country to pass legislation in favour of net neutrality. What does this mean? The...

Shell and Petronas get Iraq Oil Field

Oil company Shell and Malaysia's state-owned Petronas oil company signed a contract on Sunday to work on Iraq's giant...

German Federal Statistical Office industrial news

German industrial orders returned to weak growth in November as increasing domestic demand in Europe's biggest economy...

AOL plans to close German and French offices

US Internet company AOL announced on Tuesday, 12.01.10 that it intends to close its French and German offices as part of a...