Angela Merkel - Economic Meltdowns

Fresh from the euphoria of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chancellor Angela Merkel pulled no punches Tuesday as she outlined the hefty challenges facing Germany.In her first major policy speech since being sworn in for ...

Germany's newly elected coalition got set for government on Saturday after three weeks of tough negotiations on a programme to guide the country out of its worst recession since World War II.Chancellor Angela Merkel won a second term in elections on September ...

Some rich Germans have launched a petition to call for the resumption of a wealth tax to help the country bounce back from an economic crisis, because, as one said, he had " "The text, posted on the Internet at www.appell-vermoegensabgabe.de, has ...

Germany is poised to recover faster than originally thought from a crippling recession, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, revising up a forecast for output this year in Europe's top economy.The economy will slump by four to five percent in 2009, compared ...

Angela Merkel set to work Monday on a new centre-right coalition after clinching a second term, but warned Germans of a hard road ahead to revive the sickly economy and rescue jobs.Merkel secured a new four-year mandate Sunday with election results allowing ...

World leaders focus on limiting bankers' pay, looking for ways to avoid new economic meltdownTurning from outright fear to cautious optimism, world leaders descended on the comeback city of Pittsburgh Thursday to debate how to nurture a recovering but still-wobbly global economy. ...

Among its many other sins, the greenback is a press hog. The world?s reserve currency, loved and loathed as it is, simply gets most of the ink these days. In that light many a U.S.-based commentator, not least your cynical Taipan Daily ...

Government figures out on Thursday showed Germany's worst postwar recession putting more and more people out of work in Europe's biggest economy, as the clock ticks down to September elections.Adding to Chancellor Angela Merkel's woes, labour office numbers revealed that the usual ...

Germany slashed its growth forecast Wednesday, predicting one of the worst recessions in the developed world with a crunching six-percent slump this year, but raised hopes of a recovery in 2010.In its new projections, the government of Europe's biggest economy said that ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a crunch economic summit Wednesday with businesses and unions amid a cascade of dire projections for output in Europe's largest economy.Merkel met 40 top business leaders, trade unionists and experts to thrash out ways to haul Germany ...

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Topic: Angela Merkel

Merkel back to work after Berlin Wall party

New German coalition gets set for government

Rich Germans start campaign for higher taxes

Germany more bullish on economic outlook

Victorious Merkel prepares new coalition

G-20 leaders focus on global recovery, banker pay

Europe Is Being Held Together With Duct Tape

Recession hits German labour market

German cuts growth forecast, predicts 6% slump

Merkel's economic summit overshadowed by dire data

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