– In October, the common European currency overtook the dollar as the most widely used means of payment for the first time since 2013. This is the result of current statistics from the Swift banking payment network. According to this, 37.8 percent of all money transfers were in euros, in dollars it was only 37.5 … Read more
– Stefanie Hubig The SPD politician took over the chairmanship of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs at the beginning of 2020. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Berlin In mid-October, Stefanie Hubig reassured parents and teachers: In Rhineland-Palatinate, where she is Minister of Education, there is just one infection per … Read more
– Banknotes Bavaria follows NRW with 31 percent (20 billion) and Lower Saxony with 27 percent (around 9 billion). – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Berlin According to a study by the Ifo Institute, North Rhine-Westphalia takes out the highest corona-related loans of all federal states. The most populous federal state has approved credit … Read more
– Lufthansa passenger plane For many employees, there were no prospects for continued employment at the remaining hubs in Munich and Frankfurt. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt The conflict between Lufthansa and the Verdi service union continues to intensify. After the negotiations on an overarching corona restructuring contract were broken off, the … Read more
– German Pfandbriefbank Earnings before taxes in the third quarter amounted to 75 million euros. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG stops refinancing hotels and shopping centers. The risks here are particularly high due to the corona crisis and looming sales losses due to government lockdown measures. “PBB has not made … Read more
– Finma-Logo Finma recently announced that it would be scrutinizing Swiss banks in connection with the Danske Bank scandal. – (Photo: Reuters) – – – – Zürich The Swiss Financial Market Authority (Finma) warns of the effects of the corona crisis on banks and insurance companies in the country. Thanks to the liquidity and capital … Read more
Paula Germayer is 19 and graduated from high school last year. Since then, she has been spending time with part-time jobs, traveling and doing volunteer work. Now she wants to start studying social work. But because of the pandemic, everything will be different for her, as for hundreds of thousands of other students, this semester. … Read more
Help is only given to companies that have to close Online retail is also suffering from the corona crisis, especially small and medium-sized retailers. The reasons for this vary and range from industry-specific difficulties to problems with logistics service providers. That was the result of surveys by the dealer association, for example. Last showed the … Read more
Status: 10/27/2020 5:03 a.m. In view of the increasing number of corona cases, concern is growing in the state government. Today the cabinet decides the new warning levels and new aids for job security. by Stefan Ludmann, NDR 1 Radio MV Aktuell The red-black state government is again advising on the current corona situation this … Read more
October 21, 2020 11:05 pm The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has given the Alternatif Bank a loan of 21.10 million euros to be passed on to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have been hard hit by the corona crisis. Arvid Türkner, General Manager of the Bank for Turkey, said that the … Read more