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German Biotech Investor Bets $105 Million More on CureVac

18.09.2012 - Billionaire German investor Dietmar Hopp is betting another €80 million ($105 million) on CureVac, a pioneer of vaccines based on a molecule related to DNA, in one of the biggest...

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Bayer CEO Says Greek Euro Exit May Help

02.09.2012 - Leaving the euro zone could help Greece to recover economically and prevent the region's debt crisis from spreading, the head of German drugmaker Bayer was quoted as saying in a...

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Green Energy to Hit Germans' Bills

27.08.2012 - Germany's energy strategy will cost consumers dearly as costs for new renewable power generation units and networks must be passed on, the head of the German unit of Swedish state...

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Germany Needs to Keep Some Conventional Power

22.08.2012 - Germany must keep a safe layer of fossil fuels-based power capacity in the decades to 2050 by when it hopes to derive 80% of electricity from renewable sources, said a study...

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Germany No.1 chemical exporter 2011

19.07.2012 - No other nation exports more chemicals. In 2011, German chemical companies sold chemical products worth over €150 billion euros to customers abroad. With a share of 11.2 percent in...

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German Transport Firms Turn Offshore Headache into Profits

10.07.2012 - Andreas Wellbrock is proud of his pontoon. The floating vessel transports gigantic tripods - reminiscent of rusty space rockets - through the harbour of Bremerhaven, a German port...

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Drugmakers Slam "Punitive" German Pricing Measures

09.06.2012 - The pharmaceutical industry hit out on Friday at "punitive" measures introduced recently by Germany to rein in medicine costs, underscoring the growing pressure being felt by...

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German Industry Output Growth Beat Forecasts in May

07.07.2011 - German industrial output jumped in May, rising twice as fast as economists predicted thanks mainly to higher production of capital goods along with a downward revision to April's...