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Shareholders elect Plattner successor Punit Renjen to the supervisory board
Hasso Plattner (left) and Punit Renjen The Indian-American businessman Renjen is to replace the SAP co-founder Plattner in the coming year at the top of the supervisory board. (Photo: dpa)…
“Burning millions of Yeezy shoes is not the solution”
Bjorn Gulden The CEO of Adidas announced at the annual general meeting that he wanted to sell the Yeezy products that were still in stock. (Photo: dpa) Munich In the…
Activists disrupt annual general meeting with “birthday cake”
Wolfgang Porsche Activists threw cake at the chairman of the supervisory board of Porsche Holding at the Volkswagen annual general meeting on his birthday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Climate stickers prevented…
Mercedes collects electric interim goal – combustion engine remains important longer
Mercedes boss Ola Källenius The Swede had to postpone the interim goal of delivering half of the vehicles electrified by at least a year. (Photo: dpa) Vienna The switch to…
Car company in danger of falling: Mercedes climbs the margin summit
Ola Källenius The Mercedes boss presents the Maybach EQS SUV, a classy electric car. The Swede has taken a luxury course with the Swabian vehicle manufacturer. (Photo: Bloomberg) Stuttgart. Full…
Investors demand a fresh start at Bayer
Dusseldorf Norbert Winkeljohann, Chairman of the Bayer Supervisory Board, could hardly have paid the outgoing CEO any more respect: “Dear Mr. Bayer,” he called to Werner Baumann at the beginning…
Shareholder representatives refuse to discharge Conti chief supervisor Wolfgang Reitzle
Wolfgang Reitzel Shareholder representatives criticized the role of Continental’s chief supervisor. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The shareholder representatives of Deka hold the chairman of the supervisory board Wolfgang Reitzle to task…
Guidance raised – record figures for Siemens in the quarter
Munich After a strong start to the new fiscal year, Siemens boss Roland Busch has promised further growth to the shareholders who are pushing for further progress. “We take it…
Hedge funds explore Allianz against management
Bayer The chemical and pharmaceutical group is in the sights of investors who are demanding changes. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf, Frankfurt A possible Alliance of influential investors challenges the Bayer Group’s…
Allianz boss Bäte keeps falling out of character – and yet he is unassailable
Alliance boss Oliver Bäte has been at the helm of Europe’s largest insurer for more than seven years. (Photo: dpa, Bloomberg [M]) Munich In November, Oliver Bäte was in top…
Allianz boss Bäte keeps falling out of character – and yet he is unassailable
Alliance boss Oliver Bäte has been at the helm of Europe’s largest insurer for more than seven years. (Photo: dpa, Bloomberg [M]) Munich In November, Oliver Bäte was in top…
The VW boss is now doing it differently than Herbert Diess
Oliver Blume The new VW boss reorganized a lot in his first months in office – and showed himself to be decisive. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin In a tug-of-war at…
Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume promises more speed with electric strategy
Extraordinary General Meeting at Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume, Porsche Supervisory Board Deputy Hans Michel Piëch and Volkswagen Supervisory Board Chairman Hans Dieter Pötsch (from left) on the podium in Berlin.…
Endgame for German industry
Good morning dear readers, some readers have asked me, like my esteemed predecessor, to include occasional quotations from great poets and thinkers in the morning briefing. A reader even sent…
This is how the first 100 days of VW boss Blume went
Oliver Blume The new VW boss reorganized a lot in his first months in office – and showed himself to be decisive. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin In a tug-of-war at…
NGOs are demanding a radical transformation from the federal government
Dusseldorf In view of the forthcoming nationalization, Germany’s largest gas trader is increasingly becoming the focus of critical observers. In a few weeks, the existing Uniper shareholders are to approve…
Major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne insists on having a say at Lufthansa
Lufthansa aircraft in Frankfurt After the restart, many things are changing at Europe’s largest airline group. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Berlin Klaus-Michael Kühne, logistics entrepreneur and major shareholder of Lufthansa, is…
Major shareholder Klaus-Michael Kühne insists on having a say at Lufthansa
Frankfurt, Berlin Klaus-Michael Kühne, logistics entrepreneur and major shareholder of Lufthansa, is not satisfied with just a seat on the supervisory board of the airline group. He also insists on…
Investors have mixed feelings about Porsche’s IPO
Porsche logo Investment bankers are hoping that Porsche’s IPO will act as some sort of icebreaker. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt Despite the economic crisis, fears of inflation and market turbulence, the…
Investors have mixed feelings about Porsche’s IPO
Porsche logo Investment bankers are hoping that Porsche’s IPO will act as some sort of icebreaker. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt Despite the economic crisis, fears of inflation and market turbulence, the…