Tag: Corona
Pfizer is doing well despite the corona losses – Uber is increasing its revenues sharply
Erste Group grows significantly at the start of the year At the beginning of the year, Austria’s largest financial institution, Erste Group, made strong operational gains while risk costs remained…
Pfizer is doing well despite corona losses – BP earns more than expected
Wacker Chemie with a slump in profits – bottom out? At the Munich-based specialty chemicals group Wacker, the boom has ended for the time being. Sales fell in the first…
Central banks are partly to blame for inflation
The British economist Charles Goodhart recognized in the 1970s that “as soon as a government tries to control certain financial indicators, they become useless as indicators of economic trends”. The…
China’s exports are growing at an unexpectedly strong rate
Qingdao container port China’s exports post a surprise increase in March after five months. (Photo: dpa) Beijing China’s exports rose unexpectedly. Exports in March jumped 14.8 percent in US dollar…
“Adaptation must not become the maxim of action”
Berlin Mr. Renn, several crises are now superimposed. The pandemic wasn’t over yet when the Russian attack on Ukraine came, which also turned into an energy crisis. And the climate…
Inflarx’s Covid drug approved in the US – stock rises sharply
Niels Riedemann The founder and CEO of Inflarx sees hope in the drug for seriously ill Covid patients. (Photo: InflaRx) Frankfurt An approval success that many investors no longer expected…
RKI boss Lothar Wieler was indispensable during the corona pandemic
Lothar Wieler The former RKI President will leave the institute. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin After eight years, Lothar Wieler is leaving the Robert Koch Institute on Friday. He moves to…
The Corona explainer leaves an institute with an uncertain future
Berlin After eight years, Lothar Wieler is leaving the Robert Koch Institute on Friday. He moves to the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam. Anyone who asks about Wieler’s balance sheet…
Italy wants to renovate a football stadium with EU money – that’s crazy
Italy Giorgia Meloni leads the government in Rome. (Photo: IMAGO/ANP) Italy is the biggest beneficiary of the Corona reconstruction aid. There are good reasons for this, after all, the country…
Italy uses corona aid for stadium construction – EU stops payment
AC Fiorentina Stadium How does the modernization of the 1930s building fit into the guidelines of the Corona reconstruction fund? (Photo: UEFA/Getty Images) Brussels, Rome The “Artemio Franchi” stadium dates…
Bosch-Siemens feels the end of the Corona boom – new boss Metz demanded
BSH dishwasher factory in Dillingen The company also relies, but not only, on premium products. (Photo: BSH) Munich Matthias Metz has been at the helm of Europe’s largest home appliance…
The long hangover after lockdown parties – Johnson is fighting for political survival
London Boris Johnson hasn’t been Prime Minister for almost a year, and yet the 58-year-old cast a spell over Great Britain again on Wednesday: Johnson had to cross-examine a parliamentary…
China’s industry is slowly picking up steam again in 2023
China container port At the end of 2022, the government in Beijing lifted the strict mobility restrictions that had increasingly slowed production and consumption. (Photo: dpa) Beijing The Chinese economy…
Airlines and rail: Massive increase in complaints
Board at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Thousands of connections had to be canceled last year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Complaints from consumers about airlines and Deutsche Bahn have increased massively in 2022. This…
Farewell to the holiday dream? Travel is becoming more and more expensive
Good morning dear readers, Have you already decided where you want to go on vacation this year? Should it be a dream holiday in Bali, a trip through New Zealand…
New dispute about Covid 19
Good morning dear readers, It’s been almost exactly three years since a virus changed the world. Around seven million people have died worldwide in connection with a coronavirus infection, and…
Conflict between China and the US over the corona virus escalates
US President Joe Biden Tensions between the United States and China have recently increased again. (Photo: AP) Brussels, Washington There is rare harmony on Capitol Hill in Washington these days,…
Conflict between China and the US over the corona virus escalates
US President Joe Biden Tensions between the United States and China have recently increased again. (Photo: AP) Brussels, Washington There is rare harmony on Capitol Hill in Washington these days,…
Laboratory accident or not? The origin of Corona remains a mystery
Geneva, Washington It happened at the end of 2019. At that time, infections with the new corona virus first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan. At least two laboratories…
Jens Spahn sells villa worth millions
Jens Spahn with husband Daniel Funke The total expenditure for the villa is said to have amounted to 5.5 million euros. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin The purchase of a luxury…