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600 raids in Europe for date-rape drug
AP - German investigators say raids have been carried out on 600 homes in Austria, Switzerland and Germany seeking chemicals used to produce an illicit date-rape drug.
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AP - German investigators say raids have been carried out on 600 homes in Austria, Switzerland and Germany seeking chemicals used to produce an illicit date-rape drug.
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Rabbit ripper
Why Germany's bunnies cannot sleep easy
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Why Germany's bunnies cannot sleep easy
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Siemens cutting 17K jobs worldwide
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Tuesday it will cut 16,750 jobs, or 4.2 percent of its global work force, to streamline operations and slice nearly $2 billion in costs in the face of a slowing economy.
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FRANKFURT, Germany -- Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Tuesday it will cut 16,750 jobs, or 4.2 percent of its global work force, to streamline operations and slice nearly $2 billion in costs in the face of a slowing economy.
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First Industrial Realty Trust Expands Into Germany and Hires Oliver Drecker as Country Director
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German trade surplus shows sharp drop in May: DestatisAFP - Germany's trade surplus fell in May by much more than expected to 14.4 billion euros (22.6 billion dollars), provisional data released on Wednesday by the national statistics service Destatis showed.
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Schumacher Takes Tour's Fourth Stage
CHOLET, France - Stefan Schumacher of Germany took the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, and now says everything else is a bonus. He knows his early lead won't last. "Everybody dreams of this jersey," Schumacher said yesterday. "It's...
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CHOLET, France - Stefan Schumacher of Germany took the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, and now says everything else is a bonus. He knows his early lead won't last. "Everybody dreams of this jersey," Schumacher said yesterday. "It's...
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WPP offers $2.2 billion to buy Taylor Nelson Sofres
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Advertising giant WPP said Wednesday that it will offer 173 pence in cash and 0.1889 of a new WPP share to buy media buying agency Taylor Nelson Sofres . The offer values TNS at 1.1 billion pounds ($2.2 billion), or 260.60 pence a share, based on WPP's closing price of 464 pence on July 8. WPP expects cost synergies of at least 52 million pounds a year from before tax by 2011, in addition to incremental revenue opportunities, from the deal. Total cash costs to achieve these synergies is not expected to exceed 52 million pounds. WPP said that it believes the deal will enhance earnings enhancing in the third full year following completion. TNS has already agreed to merge with Germany's GfK . WPP said that its offer provides "superior value and greater certainty" than the proposed TNS-GfK merger. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Advertising giant WPP said Wednesday that it will offer 173 pence in cash and 0.1889 of a new WPP share to buy media buying agency Taylor Nelson Sofres . The offer values TNS at 1.1 billion pounds ($2.2 billion), or 260.60 pence a share, based on WPP's closing price of 464 pence on July 8. WPP expects cost synergies of at least 52 million pounds a year from before tax by 2011, in addition to incremental revenue opportunities, from the deal. Total cash costs to achieve these synergies is not expected to exceed 52 million pounds. WPP said that it believes the deal will enhance earnings enhancing in the third full year following completion. TNS has already agreed to merge with Germany's GfK . WPP said that its offer provides "superior value and greater certainty" than the proposed TNS-GfK merger. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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Declaration of Leaders Meeting of Major Economies on Energy Security and Climate Change
We, the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States met as the world's major economies in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan, on 9 July, 2008, and declare as follows:
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We, the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States met as the world's major economies in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan, on 9 July, 2008, and declare as follows:
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Fact Sheet: the Major Economies Leaders Meeting
Today, 17 leaders of the Major Economies held an unprecedented summit in Toyako, Japan, to advance shared objectives of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, contribute to ongoing negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and identify actions to be taken immediately. Leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, Indonesia, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States issued a Declaration that:
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Today, 17 leaders of the Major Economies held an unprecedented summit in Toyako, Japan, to advance shared objectives of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, contribute to ongoing negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and identify actions to be taken immediately. Leaders of Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, Indonesia, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States issued a Declaration that:
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German relishes moments with yellow jersey
Stefan Schumacher of Germany took the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, and now says everything else is a bonus.
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Stefan Schumacher of Germany took the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, and now says everything else is a bonus.
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