Person: Steinbrueck

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world

Germany goes to the polls as Merkel bids for third term

Chancellor Angela Merkel is strongly favoured to win a third term at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy as Germans vote in a national election..

world

Merkel prepares for knife-edge election in Germany

business

Election is vote on euro, says Merkel

world

Merkel and rival clash on eurozone in German election debate

business

Merkel leaves aid for Athens option open

world

Hungary meets German pressure with Nazi taunts

Canadian firm to rescue Opel

A top-level meeting in Germany approved a plan today for Canadian car parts firm Magna to rescue Vauxhall parent General Motors’ European arm.

Sat, 30 May, 2009

Brown and Obama hold pre-summit rescue talks

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks in Downing Street today with US president Barack Obama on the eve of the crunch G20 summit to rescue the world economy.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2009

Bush calls in candidates over $700bn bail-out

President George Bush is bringing presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain into negotiations on the proposed $700bn rescue of Wall Street.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2008

Hedge funds warning

Germany’s finance minister warned against expecting a fast agreement on how to make hedge funds more transparent as he hosted a meeting of his Group of Eight counterparts outside Berlin.

Sat, 19 May, 2007

World finance chiefs to discuss global economy

Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven industrialised economies gathered today to take stock of global economic health amid worries that a US slowdown may stifle global growth.

Sat, 16 Sep, 2006