Shares in Germany's second-largest lender Commerzbank leapt Thursday as rumours that the government might soon sell off its stake set financial circles abuzz.
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A German economist has worked out how a cheap deal can make people ignore their personal convictions - and says his study debunks the idea that market forces can iron out unethical practices.
In the midst of the eurozone's worst-ever economic crisis, Germany's stock index scaled three successive record highs this week. Business daily <i>Handelsblatt</i> examined some of the top companies driving the impressive figures.
German President Horst Köhler on Tuesday admonished Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition for political infighting during tough economic times and said the global crisis showed markets needed stronger state regulation.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed US and British moves to bail out the troubled financial sector as undermining efforts to instill more transparency.