Tag: Corporations
Five corporations dominate the stock market – analysts see potential
Madrid skyline, BBVA Tower (left) The performance of the leading Spanish index lags behind compared to other European indices. (Photo: imago images/Zoonar) Madrid Spain’s leading share index is special in…
Traffic light gives the Cartel Office drastic powers
Berlin First blockade, then marathon negotiations, then agreement. The model for laws of the traffic light coalition also applies to competition law. Shortly before 2 a.m. on the night of…
Europe’s largest corporations achieve record results
Profit makers Apple and Shell Europe’s largest publicly traded companies have closed the gap to the US over the past year. (Photo: Unsplash [M]) Dusseldorf Europe’s corporations presented themselves as…
Japanese corporations are enforcing marriage for all
Tokyo The Japanese government struggles with equality for same-sex civil partnerships. On Friday, a parliamentary committee with the votes of the governing coalition and two opposition parties approved a law…
Are large corporations migrating from Switzerland because of the minimum tax?
Zurich Rarely has the anticipation of a big windfall been so subdued: the introduction of the OECD minimum tax of 15 percent means that the Swiss federal state and cantons…
The ECB is going into the cloud – also with US corporations, and that is causing discussions
ECB headquarters The central bank wants to move more applications to the cloud. (Photo: Blatterspiel/Jan Huebner) Brussels, Dusseldorf When modernizing its IT, the European Central Bank (ECB) wants to move…
US corporations are lagging behind German companies in research and development
Dusseldorf There are numbers that give cause for concern with regard to Germany as a business location: The five most research-intensive US companies invested a total of 189 billion euros…
Greed inflation myth? What can be learned from the margins of large corporations
inflation The margins of large corporations provide interesting insights. (Photo: dpa, Reuters, Imago [M]) Dusseldorf Inflation, which has been high since the Ukraine war, is reducing the trading margins of…
Greed inflation myth? What can be learned from the margins of large corporations
inflation The margins of large corporations provide interesting insights. (Photo: dpa, Reuters, Imago [M]) Dusseldorf Inflation, which has been high since the Ukraine war, is reducing the trading margins of…
How crisis-resistant are Germany’s corporations?
Balance sheets of the Dax companies Most German companies are well prepared for crises. (Photo: Reuters, Getty) Dusseldorf The 100 Dax and MDax companies earned almost 130 billion euros net…
Activist hedge funds prefer to target German corporations
burning day After talks with Brenntag management failed, the hedge fund Primestone Capital announced that it would nominate its own candidates for the Supervisory Board for the Annual General Meeting…
Experts now see great potential in these 11 large corporations
Ups and downs in the stock market European stocks are considered cheap compared to US stocks. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Frankfurt For many years, the stocks of the tech giants from…
Activist hedge funds prefer to target German corporations
Spring weather in Frankfurt am Main After a period of relative calm in the corona pandemic, attacks by activist shareholders are picking up steam again. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The dispute…
Rising interest rates put corporations in a tight spot
ECB Tower in Frankfurt The turnaround in interest rates introduced in mid-2022 is causing turmoil in Germany’s companies. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The interest rates, which have been rising rapidly since…
Rising interest rates put corporations in a tight spot
ECB in Frankfurt The turnaround in interest rates introduced in mid-2022 is causing turmoil in Germany’s companies. (Photo: imago images/Jan Huebner) The interest rates, which have been rising rapidly since…
An advertising ban for unhealthy food misses the mark
Ferrero sweets Minister Cem Özdemir wants to restrict advertising for unhealthy food. (Photo: IMAGO/MiS) Two things are indisputable: sweets are the most advertised foods in Germany. And every sixth child…
Biden praises private investments in e-mobility – but some large corporations are missing from his list
The White House has now published a list of dozens of electric mobility announcements by companies. The message seems to be: Look, these big companies are participating. But not all…
Biden praises private investments in electric mobility – but not all large corporations are on his list
The White House has now published a list of dozens of electric mobility announcements by companies. The message seems to be: Look, these big companies are participating. But not all…
Corporations are buying their own stock for a trillion dollars
share buybacks Apple (middle) has bought back the most shares in the past year. Among the Dax companies, Linde (right) was the front runner. Mercedes also recently announced a multi-billion…
Corporations are buying their own stock for a trillion dollars
share buybacks Apple (middle) has bought back the most shares in the past year. Among the Dax companies, Linde (right) was the front runner. Mercedes also recently announced a multi-billion…