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Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve and a well-known specialist on interest rate policy, has been roped in as a consultant by the operator of the world’s biggest bond fund, the Allianz-owned Pacific Investment Management,...
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Most visitors to Germany’s reunited capital wouldn’t recognise it as such, but there is still a bit of original Berlin Wall left standing in the...
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Germany’s Bundestag had just legalised a right of terminally ill patients to voluntarily reject a use of a life support system while being in an unconscious state,...
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To many on the outside, Germany looks like a big, rich country enjoying the benefits of being Europe’s largest economy. Inside, Germans know that looks can be...
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While President Obama has chosen a deliberately measured response to the contested Iranian election, European leaders have been far less restrained in their comments....
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With everything being miniaturized these days, it only leaves projectors as a doodad still waiting to shrink further. I am not saying that this projector prototype is...
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As trash is increasing from year to year, it has been a worry for many countries. According to an article written in Foreign Policy magazine which covered the trash...
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It is always good to know more, be it in any relevance and such augmentation can be a pleasure if assisted by technology. Imagine a head-mounted display that would...
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Surrounded by the barbed wire of Buchenwald concentration camp, Barack Obama laid a white rose on a memorial to the 56,000 people murdered there by the Nazis yesterday....
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When U.S. President Barack Obama visits Germany this Thursday and Friday, he is likely to get a reception as warm as the demonstration of sympathy he enjoyed in July...
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Built by two German engineers, the Elmoto is a zero-emission electric bike. A 2kw motor powers the bike for up to 65km on a full charge, allowing a top speed of 45kmph....
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a rare public rebuke of central banks, suggested the European Central Bank and its counterparts in the U.S. and Britain have gone...
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Unmanned aerial vehicles are of prime importance with the security risks increasing across the globe. Drones like the mini-UAV developed by German-based AirRobot could...
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The European Union’s legislature, accustomed to toiling in obscurity, will be thrust into a rare spotlight next week as its elections gauge voter anger and the...
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Sixty-nine per cent of people questioned said they had been horrified by the “condescending tone” some Germans took with locals.
The poll, conducted by...
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Authorities in the states of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia have ordered retailers to stop selling the beverage.
The consumer ministries in the two states confirmed...
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BMW drivers in Germany will be able to view current precipitation in any part of the country simply by using the automaker’s new “precipitation radar,” which BMW...
made popular May 22 2009
Van Gogh and Gauguin forged a deep friendship
during the two years they lived and painted, sharing a place in Arles, in the south of France.
The two had built the...
made popular May 20 2009
Crazy how the gadget geeks can think at times! It is good to devise tracking systems for touring foreign natives in your country, but we really don’t think that you...
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An OLED or light emitting diode, based on the phenomenon of electro phosphorescence, emits light when voltage passes through it. It consists of organic material that...
made popular May 15 2009
The students of Kingston University have designed a bike to demystify all myths related to low speed of green vehicles. Six of Kingston University’s final -year...
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Insurer Allianz SE on Thursday reported a euro3.1 billion ($4 billion) fourth quarter loss, citing heavy costs related to its recently sold banking unit Dresdner Bank.
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Insurer Allianz SE said Friday the company will launch a new internal consulting division to better assess the current financial crisis.
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EU regulators on Friday cleared German insurer Allianz SE to buy Commerzbank’s asset management unit.
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Insurer Allianz SE reported a 2 billion euro loss Friday after it said that the value of its investments declined and it wrote off the value of its Dresdner Bank unit...
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The New York Giants and New York Jets ended naming-rights talks with a German insurance company that once had ties to the Nazis.
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German insurer Allianz SE said Friday first-quarter net profit fell 65 percent due to difficult market conditions as it wrote down $1.3 billion tied to the U.S....
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Insurer Allianz SE says it expects more write-downs in the first quarter of 2008 amid ongoing turbulence on international financial markets.Allianz head Michael...
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Insurer Allianz SE said Thursday fourth-quarter profit slipped by nearly 52 percent from a year ago, dragged down by a drop in its banking business along with lower...
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