United Internet lowers annual forecast: network failure at 1&1 and higher bills
MONTABAUR – The internet and telecommunications group United Internet has slightly lowered its expectations for the full year following the temporary outage of its subsidiary 1&1’s mobile network. Sales are expected to be 6.4 billion euros, the company announced late Friday evening. The company had previously expected 100 million euros more. This would still be an increase on the 6.2 billion euros in the previous year. However, analysts are currently expecting the old forecast to be achieved.
Media: Beier to replace Füllkrug at BVB
DORTMUND – According to media reports, Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund is interested in signing national soccer player Maximilian Beier. The 21-year-old from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim is said to replace Niclas Füllkrug in the offensive, although his departure from Dortmund has not yet been officially confirmed.
Sky: Lille wants BVB striker Moukoko
DORTMUND – Youssoufa Moukoko is reportedly about to move from Borussia Dortmund to France: Olympique Marseille and OSC Lille are said to be interested in the international football player. The TV broadcaster Sky claims to have heard of a round of talks with the Lille president, the sports director and Moukoko’s advisors.
Transfer complete: Dortmund signs Brazilian Couto
DORTMUND – Borussia Dortmund has signed the Brazilian Yan Couto. As the Bundesliga club announced, BVB agreed with Manchester City to loan the full-back until June 30, 2025. “In the event that certain sporting criteria are met in the coming season, all parties have also agreed on a permanent transfer following the loan period,” Dortmund announced.
Tesla leaves schedule for expansion in Grünheide open
GRÜNHEIDE – Protest, production shutdown, problems on the market: US electric car manufacturer Tesla is driving in Germany this year despite growing resistance. The company is sticking to its expansion plans for its only European factory in Grünheide near Berlin. But due to the difficult market situation, the timetable is completely open. “We firmly believe that the market will pick up again. It is certainly a question of how quickly and when,” plant manager André Thierig told the German Press Agency. But he stressed: “We will not spend several billion on expanding the factory without the signals being very clear that the market is asking for this.”
Schwälbchen Molkerei sees itself as well positioned commercially
BAD SCHWALBACH/WIESBADEN – The Hessian dairy Schwälbchen sees itself on track for business this year. According to preliminary figures, the group’s earnings after taxes climbed to around 3 million euros in the first half of 2024, up from 1.85 million euros in the same period last year. CEO Günter Berz-List told the German Press Agency in Wiesbaden. This was mainly due to good earnings from the delivery service for bulk consumers, the fresh food service with around 10,000 items in its range.
US government accuses Tiktok of collecting children’s data
WASHINGTON – The US government is increasing legal pressure on Tiktok with a lawsuit over the collection of children’s data. The video app and its Chinese parent company Bytedance have made it too easy for children under the age of 13 to open accounts without parental consent, according to the US Department of Justice’s complaint.
Baden-Württemberg: Storm costs savings bank insurance millions of euros
STUTTGART – The severe storms at the end of May and beginning of June cost the Sparkassenversicherung (SV) in Baden-Württemberg a lot of money. The company expects total damage to be between 130 and 200 million euros, a spokesman in Stuttgart said. In addition, they expect up to 6,000 claims. Storms and heavy rain led to flooding in many streams and rivers. Regions in the insurer’s business area that were badly affected were the Lake Constance region, Ravensburg, Weingarten, Meckenbeuren, the Alb-Donau district, Ulm, the Göppingen district, Schorndorf, the Rems-Murr district, Ludwigsburg, the Hohenlohe region, Heilbronn and Lauffen am Neckar.
Brussels calls debate about diesel cars ‘misleading’
BRUSSELS – The EU Commission does not want to retrospectively change regulations on compliance with emissions limits for cars, which could lead to millions of diesel vehicles being taken out of service. The Brussels authority has no intention of making retroactive changes, according to a letter from EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton to Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing. The Commission also does not want to take any measures “that would in any way disadvantage citizens who bought cars in good faith”. It was also stressed that car manufacturers should not be burdened with additional administrative costs. The letter has been made available to the German Press Agency.
German car industry sees serious location problem
OSNABRÜCK – The car industry sees production in Germany in danger due to high energy prices and excessive bureaucracy. “Some factories can only be kept here because money is being earned at locations abroad. We have a serious location problem,” said the President of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Hildegard Müller, to the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” (Saturday). Jobs in Germany can only be kept if energy becomes cheaper, raw materials are secured and bureaucracy is reduced.
^
Additional Reports
-Pro Bahn criticizes DB construction site planning on the Munich – Augsburg route
-Wissing hopes for a rush of customers to buy the Deutschlandticket
-Almost every fifth car fails the main inspection
-Construction work at the Duisburg railway junction completed
-Minister wants more research on embryos and stem cells
-New cruise ship leaves Meyer Werft’s construction dock
-ROUNDUP/Heavy rain again: basements under water, tent camps evacuated, accidents
-‘Cygnus’ freighter launched to ISS with Falcon 9 rocket
-Relief measures planned for prospective doctors from Ukraine
-Kretschmann wants special funds for hydrogen and rail
-Oil in the Main – Shipping near Würzburg reopened
-Tourist tax on the North and Baltic Seas – controversial, but necessary
-New EU pollutant rules for industry and farmers in force
-Online fraud: Consumers fear artificial intelligence
-Stiko recommends vaccination against RS virus for older people
-After fires on railway lines: Letters of confession online
-Important seabed authority gets new boss°
Customer note:
/he
