Category: German Press

German FAZ: Why the battery factory in Heide still has a chance.

The Swedish start-up Northvolt should break the supremacy of the Asian battery suppliers for electric cars-but this hope disappears too. On Wednesday, Northvolt applied for bankruptcy in Sweden because the money was no longer sufficient for a tax payment. Intensive negotiations with possible investors, also forced by a renovation procedure under US law (Chapter 11),… Continue reading German FAZ: Why the battery factory in Heide still has a chance.

German FAZ: Alexa+: The strategic implications for Amazon and Anthropic008903

FAZ+Amazon Echo device: Alexa+: The strategic implications for Amazon and Anthropicvon Marcel Weiß12.03.2025, 06: 50 reading time: 7 min. Image description The time has come. With Alexa+, Amazon presents a voice assistant to fulfill what Alexa had already promised to launch more than ten years ago. At that time, Jeff Bezos wanted to build a… Continue reading German FAZ: Alexa+: The strategic implications for Amazon and Anthropic008903

German FAZ: Alexa+: The strategic implications for Amazon and Anthropic008903

FAZ+Amazon Echo device: Alexa+: The strategic implications for Amazon and Anthropicvon Marcel Weiß12.03.2025, 06: 50 reading time: 7 min. Image description The time has come. With Alexa+, Amazon presents a voice assistant to fulfill what Alexa had already promised to launch more than ten years ago. At that time, Jeff Bezos wanted to build a… Continue reading German FAZ: Alexa+: The strategic implications for Amazon and Anthropic008903

German FAZ: Federal judges negotiate works council remuneration008905

A decision by the Federal Labor Court is expected in the dispute over adequate remuneration for exempt works councils in March. This was announced by court president Inken Gallner at her annual report in Erfurt. Nationwide, the amount of the remuneration of exempted employee representatives in the Volkswagen Group had taken care of a decision… Continue reading German FAZ: Federal judges negotiate works council remuneration008905

German FAZ: False Teeth008904

FAZ+AI-generated commercial: false teeth12.03.2025, 06: 54 reading time: 2 min. Bild description Folding out of a plenty of sloping advertising films for lacalut toothpaste smile on “people from a hundred years”. None of them have ever lived because they were generated with artificial intelligence. Go to source

German FAZ: To which Volkswagen now hopes008903

Volkswagen is upheaval, the employees blown a rough wind in the face. Shortly before Christmas, they agreed to a “Future Volkswagen” plan that provides for the reduction of 35,000 jobs in this country. “We continued to get ourselves in a competition form,” says Group boss Oliver Blume with a view to the past year: “Made… Continue reading German FAZ: To which Volkswagen now hopes008903

German Manager Magazin: Palantir: CEO Alex Karp achieves $ 1.9 billion through stock sales004026

Alex Karp (57), head of the software company Palantirhas earned more money from stock sales since the beginning of last year than all other tech CEOs in the USA, with the ecxeption of Mark Zuckerberg, as the “Financial Times” (FT) reported. The CEO, known for its unorthodox appearances and provocative sayings, had sold Palantir shares… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Palantir: CEO Alex Karp achieves $ 1.9 billion through stock sales004026

German Manager Magazin: Mercedes-Benz: Jason Hoff becomes the new North America boss004028

Mercedes Benz Jason Hoff has appointed the newly created North America boss. Hoff, currently head of the quality management of Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans, is thus in the strategic direction of the car manufacturer in the USA be responsible, as Mercedes-Benz announced on Tuesday. “This new position will ensure continuous growth and increased synergies in… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Mercedes-Benz: Jason Hoff becomes the new North America boss004028