ROUNDUP 2: Wirecard repositions the board – less power for Chef Braun
ASCHHEIM – Wirecard, the payment processor, is reacting to the unabated criticism of the way the company is managed with a board restructuring. CEO Markus Braun has to give up at least part of his power after a highly anticipated special inspection of the Wirecard books by KPMG at the end of April had not been able to dispel all doubts about the business practices of the payment service provider. According to a message from Friday, Braun now apologized to all “shareholders, customers, partners and employees for the turbulence of the past weeks and months”. Investors on the stock exchange reacted positively to the changes.
ROUNDUP: Elon Musk wants to relocate Tesla’s headquarters because of Corona frustration
PALO ALTO – Tesla boss Elon Musk wants the headquarters of the Electric car– Relocated to another U.S. state due to ongoing corona restrictions in California. He also threatens to withdraw production in California. Tesla will move headquarters and upcoming future projects “immediately” to Texas or Nevada, Musk wrote on Saturday (local time) on Twitter. “Honestly, that’s the icing on the cake,” he wrote of the Alameda district of San Francisco, which would prevent the Tesla factory there from reopening before June.
Aixtron gets CEO and CFO
HERZOGENRATH – The LED and chip industry supplier Aixtron (AIXTRON SE) gets a CEO. The new board member Felix Grawert will take over from April 1, 2021, the company said on Friday evening in Herzogenrath. The only other board member so far, Bernd Schulte, will retire one day earlier at his own request.
ROUNDUP / Quarantine for the first time: Dresden case shakes the Bundesliga ’emergency operation’
FRANKFURT – The great hope of German professional football for a smooth restart in the Bundesliga lasted just three days. After two positive corona virus tests with second division SG Dynamo Dresden, the plans to continue the German Football League are quickly put to the test. The entire team has to be in quarantine for two weeks, two second division games have to be stopped before the long-awaited restart. A look at Saxony shows that professional football will have to demonstrate a completely new level of adaptability in the coming weeks if it wants to get through the end of the season at all.
Corona crisis helps e-scooter industry shrink
BERLIN / MUNICH – After the hype and exuberant growth of the past year, the corona crisis could help the e-scooter industry shrink. Many providers have temporarily stopped their services or at least thinned them out, and there have also been layoffs. Experts are now expecting the sector to be cleaned up, whose earnings are also under pressure from strong competition.
Tui boss on summer vacation in Europe: Mallorca comes first
BERLIN – Tui boss (TUI) Friedrich Joussen wants to offer vacation trips to the Mediterranean again as soon as possible. “We have drawn up a health check for all holiday destinations and will only offer holidays where it is safe. In the first place there will certainly be Mallorca. The hotels there have made a test run, can start immediately and accept guests,” he said of the ” Picture on Sunday “. Greece, Cyprus, Croatia, Bulgaria, Austria and Denmark are also well prepared for summer tourism.
Brussels sets strict conditions for government capital injections
BRUSSELS – The EU Commission sets strict conditions for state capital injections or partial nationalization of companies in the corona crisis. This is reflected in the changed state aid rules, which the Brussels authority published on Friday evening. The requirements could also be important for measures such as the considered federal participation in Lufthansa.
Auto production in Mexico fell by almost 99 percent due to Corona
MEXICO CITY – During the Corona crisis, almost no cars are built in Mexico. The production of cars, pick-ups and vans fell by around 98.8 percent in April compared to the same month of last year, as the statistics agency of the North American country announced on Friday. Only 3,722 cars rolled off the assembly line in April. Exports – primarily to the neighboring country, the USA – fell by 90.2 percent in the same period.
Citizens’ initiatives against the ‘Suedlink’ power line fail with an application
MUNICH – Setback for several citizens’ initiatives against the controversial power line “Suedlink”: The Federal Network Agency has rejected an application from critics from Hesse, Thuringia and Lower Franconia to suspend planning due to the Corona crisis.
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