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German companies lagging digital peers

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

It's hard to imagine a typical workday in Germany without digital technologies from abroad. Video chats via Microsoft Teams or Zoom, planning via Google Docs, using laptops and smartphones not made in Europe. In 2019, even the federal government had to admit to being "highly dependent" on the US company Microsoft. Even during the pandemic, states had to recognize that they rely heavily on cooperation with tech corporations such as Google and Apple, for example, to develop Corona apps. The...

Vladimir Potanin Joins Elon Musk in Quest for Brain-Computer Links

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Billionaire Vladimir Potanin will fund a new Moscow-based laboratory where Nobel prize winner Konstantin Novoselov will develop materials for use in brain-computer interfaces and other applications. The tycoon gave 500 million rubles ($6.8 million) to the Brain and Consciousness Research Center to create a lab studying and developing materials such as graphene, Potanin's Interros Holding said in a statement. Novoselov will head the lab that will be based at the Moscow Institute of Physics and...

Bavaria's economy falls victim to Corona

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The second Corona wave is slowing the Bavarian economy as the lockdown drags on. While there had been signs of a recovery in the autumn when not in lockdown, the quarterly economic index of the Bavarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BIHK) has now fallen significantly again. Currently 98 points mean a minus of 9 compared to the autumn. In summer, the index had reached 81, the lowest value in the pandemic. Despite the current restrictions, the companies surveyed assess their current situation...

German exports slump sharply

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The Corona crisis tore deep holes in the German export balance last year. Exports of goods slumped by 9.3 percent compared with 2019 to 1204.7 billion euros, according to the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden. It was the sharpest decline since the global financial crisis in 2009, when exports had fallen by 18.4 percent. The volume of imports fell last year by 7.1 percent to 1025.6 billion euros. Temporary border closures, logistics disruptions and supply chain disruptions at the start of...

Berlin remains top business location despite pandemic

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The pandemic has Berlin in its grip - but the city remains an important part of German life. Last year, the state-owned business development agency Berlin Partner completed 262 projects, creating a total of nearly 7000 new jobs. The companies it advised are planning investments of approx. 900million euros, with some 116 million euros in "third-party funding" for research and development. The sum is divided between 80 companies newly established in Berlin and support for 102 existing companies....

Billions for Europe's chip industry

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The chip industry in Germany and Europe is apparently facing a wave of investment worth billions. After bottlenecks in the supply of memory and control components to the automotive industry became so severe that customers such as Volkswagen had great difficulty sourcingparts of their production, numerous semiconductor manufacturers are now upgrading in this country as well. In the process, they hope for massive aid from the state. German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier was quoted on Wednesday...

German Pandemic response creates record public debt

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The poor financial handling of the pandemic has caused German public debt to reach record levels, with the highest absolute increase at the state level in North Rhine-Westphalia. The claim is that public debt in Germany has risen to record levels due to Corona costs. The federal government, states, municipalities and social security, including all extra budgets, were 2195.1 billion euros in debt at the end of September, according to the Federal Statistical Office. That is 15.6 percent, or...

Refitting your restaurant for outdoor dining: Takes from Amit Raizada

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

In many of America's largest and most gastronomically diverse cities, the last seven months have ushered in a fundamental--and possibly permanent--change to the restaurant industry. With COVID-19 cases still prevalent across the country, indoor establishments like hair salons, gyms, and restaurants have increasingly moved their services outdoors, creating new challenges possibilities for savvy purveyors. Restaurants of all shapes and sizes--from Michelin Star winners to strip-mall...

Immediate financial aid for small businesses

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The Bavarian State Government has set up an emergency aid program aimed at businesses and freelancers who have been faced with an existential economic imbalance and liquidity shortages as a result of the Corona crisis. Who is eligible to apply? Applications can be submitted by commercial companies with up to 250 employees and self employed/freelancers who have their business or work registered in Bavaria. Applicants must affirm that they are no longer able to meet their payment...

Green gifts for Black Friday

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Nordgreen's rise in the field of sophisticated and stylish consumer watches has been breathtakingly meteoric, which is fit for a brand which aims to leave its customer's breathless with anticipation.  Founded  as recently as 2017, the company's simplistic design and flair for understated elegance has quickly won it admirers from across the globe.  With a range of women's and men's watches and gift packages, there is sure to be a timeless piece in their range for even the most discerning...

Three benefits of automation in manufacturing

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

There're numerous benefits to automation that greatly outweigh the drawbacks. This is especially true in Germany, whereby automation is redefining the world of work in numerous and exciting ways. There are many positives to focus on that tend to be ignored when all the criticism and scepticism floods in, so it's time to shed light on the good side of things! Consequently, here're 3 benefits of automation in the manufacturing industry.   Level of reliability Most employees undoubtedly work...

Skilled labor shortage in Germany - new immigration law discussed in German Bundestag

June 25, 2025 • 12:00 AM

A comprehensive new law should attract foreign skilled workers to Germany. The coalition defended the planned "Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz" at the first discussion on Thursday in the Bundestag against criticism from the opposition. The German Minister of the Interior, Host Seehofer, stated: "The future of our business location, the prosperity and the stability of the social security systems depend very crucially on how well we succeed in securing the skilled workers base of companies and...

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