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Germany on track for solid second quarter recovery - Bundesbank

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FRANKFURT - Germany, the euro zone's largest economy, is on track for a solid recovery thanks to a pick-up in demand for its products from abroad, the Bundesbank said on Tuesday.

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74

LOS ANGELES - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said.

21 May 2013

Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74

LOS ANGELES - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said.

21 May 2013

Toscafund bullish on UK economy and stock market

LONDON - A booming population, fuelled by immigration, will help Britain's economy to grow more strongly than Germany's later this decade and could drive its stock market much higher, according to one of the UK's biggest equity hedge funds.

17 May 2013

Toscafund bullish on UK economy and stock market

LONDON - A booming population, fuelled by immigration, will help Britain's economy to grow more strongly than Germany's later this decade and could drive its stock market much higher, according to one of the UK's biggest equity hedge funds.

17 May 2013

Osram sees restructuring weighing on 2013 profit

FRANKFURT - Osram, the lighting business being spun off by Germany's Siemens , expects restructuring costs to continue to weigh on its financial results this year as it slashes jobs and sells factories in a bid to improve profitability.

17 May 2013

Cooling prices, falling imports highlight euro zone's malaise

BRUSSELS - Falling prices in Germany and France pulled euro zone consumer inflation to a three-year low in April while imports fell 10 percent in March, as new data showed the depth of the bloc's downturn.

16 May 2013

Germany without key Bayern, Dortmund players on U.S. tour

BERLIN - Germany will embark on their brief United States tour at the end of the month without any of the big names from Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, coach Joachim Loew said on Thursday

16 May 2013

Soccer-Germany without key Bayern, Dortmund players on U.S. tour

BERLIN, May 16 - Germany will embark on their brief United States tour at the end of the month without any of the big names from Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, coach Joachim Loew said on Thursday

16 May 2013

Chief executives and the itch to quit

LONDON - On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt "like two 30 year-olds".

16 May 2013
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Whole neighbourhoods razed by Oklahoma tornado that killed 24

MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and survivors picked through the rubble of their shattered homes on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out blocks of houses and killing at least 24 people. | Video

Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.