– New technology Wind energy is to be converted directly into hydrogen – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Düsseldorf / Frankfurt The energy technology group Siemens Energy and the wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa want to make the production of hydrogen market-ready with a new technology. In a project costing around 120 million euros, … Read more
– Zürich The big bank UBS according to a media report, closes further branches in its home market Switzerland. The institute will be giving up 44 of the 239 branches by March, reports the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” in its Tuesday edition. In 2020, the bank had already closed 20 branches. UBS wants to keep the … Read more
– In the past financial year, sales fell by 1.8 percent to around 20.8 billion euros, adjusted for currency and portfolio effects, due to the extensive shop closings in the wake of the pandemic. Medium term wants Ceconomy increase revenues to over 22 billion euros by 2022/23. The online business is to be expanded further … Read more
– Uber The driving service broker also saves on another division. – (Photo: Reuters) – – – – San Francisco Uber just one day after his robot cars also sold his air taxi project. The Uber Elevate division will be taken over by the flight technology developer Joby, as the companies announced on Wednesday night. … Read more
– Toyota crown Two are better: The twin headlights give the Japanese sedan a sporty appearance. Photo: Harald Dawo / Toyota / dpa-tmn – (Photo: dpa) – – – – The mid-range sedan has achieved a certain fame during its time: It was not for nothing that it was once one of the best-selling cars … Read more
Jan Marsalek We are looking for the ex-COO of Wirecard. – (Photo: Wirecard) – – – – Munich The fraud at the insolvent payment service provider Wirecard is apparently even bigger than expected. The previous assumption was that 1.9 billion euros were missing from the balance sheet. Research now shows: The existence of a further … Read more
– Committee of inquiry into the Wirecard scandal In contrast to Markus Braun, the key witness Bellenhaus, who was switched on via video, apologized to the injured party. – (Photo: AFP) – – – – Berlin A former board member of Wirecard has shown itself shocked by the alleged fraud scandal. Before the revelations, she … Read more
– Lufthansa Before it broke off business overnight due to Corona, Lufthansa was a healthy and profitable company. – (Photo: Imago) – – – – Government aid to large publicly traded corporations is a tricky business, even in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Every time there is speculation about new cases, it … Read more
– These are the results of representative surveys by the Family Businesses Foundation, which were collected by the Munich Ifo Institute for the Foundation’s annual monitor. For the study, which is available to the German Press Agency, 2,452 companies were surveyed from May to June. In October, 1,104 companies from this group took part in … Read more