German Manager Magazine: EY analysis: Profit slump and job losses at top German companies 2025004623

The weak economic situation continues to make it difficult for Germany’s leading stock exchange companies. In the first nine months, the profit before taxes and interest (EBIT) of the 100 companies with the highest sales shrank to 102 billion euros – a decrease of 15 percent compared to the same period last year. This emerges… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: EY analysis: Profit slump and job losses at top German companies 2025004623

German FAZ: Verdi boss wants to keep companies free of right-wing ideas010383

Verdi boss Frank Werneke wants to keep companies in Germany as free as possible from right-wing ideas and AfD-affiliated forces. The “acid test” would be the works council elections in the spring, “where we will of course look closely to see whether AfD-affiliated lists or individuals are trying to conquer the company space for themselves,”… Continue reading German FAZ: Verdi boss wants to keep companies free of right-wing ideas010383

German FAZ: “I am passionate about the topic of ‘made in Germany’”010383

In her first two months at Opel, she rarely saw her desk, says Maike Seeber. After starting as plant manager in September, she spent almost every day in a different department. The forty-two-year-old says she was particularly impressed by the workforce at a time that seemed “not so rosy” for the automotive industry when looking… Continue reading German FAZ: “I am passionate about the topic of ‘made in Germany’”010383

German FAZ: From diesel fumes to charging stations010384

On Harrison Street in the middle of San Francisco, charging stations are in high demand in the early afternoon. In a former warehouse, just a few blocks from the financial district and Chinatown, twenty fast-charging stations are lined up, and hardly any of them are free. A Jaguar I-Pace, a Volkswagen ID.4 and several Mercedes… Continue reading German FAZ: From diesel fumes to charging stations010384