Germany drawing up six-point plan for EU growth: report Germany is developing a six-point plan for boosting growth in Europe, a German news weekly reported Friday, amid a heated debate among EU leaders on how to best help indebted eurozone states. Germany's Grass blasts treatment of Greece German Nobel literature laureate Guenter Grass has criticized Greece's treatment in the debt crisis, describing it in a new poem as a "country sentenced to poverty." Germany?s been bailed out, too The euro-zone crisis is often framed as a bailout that rich, responsible countries like Germany have extended to poor, irresponsible countries like Greece. But as the editors at Bloomberg View explain , it can also be seen, at least in part, as a bailout that the German taxpayer extended to the German financial system: Read full article >> Bloomberg View: Germany's Banks Must Assist in Europe's Cleanup Note to Angela Merkel: Your banks have been bailed out, too Germany's Sinn: an economist with a mission MUNICH (Reuters) - Germany's best known economist Hans-Werner Sinn wanted to become a missionary as a teenager. His wife believes he is one. The president of the influential Ifo think tank has been advocating for Greece's exit from the euro zone in newspapers and talk shows for two years, convinced this is the only way for the debt-laden co...... Amid eurozone turmoil, Germany borrows money for free Germany sold $5.7 billion of debt today to yield 0 percent, a reflection of how much Europe's largest economy has diverged from its southern neighbors who are paying far more to borrow. Germany borrows at rock-bottom costs Germany borrowed at almost no cost Wednesday when it sold ?5 billion in two-year treasury notes at a rock-bottom interest rate.The average interest rate ? or yield ? at the auction turned out to be 0.07 ... "Elite" asparagus conquers Germany's former East BEELITZ, Germany (Reuters) - Present a spear of finger-thick white asparagus to a German and watch their eyes light up. Come spring-time each year Germans shed their typically sober attitude towards food to swoon over the freshness, the flavor and the girth of their asparagus. This enthusiasm, fanned by a rising consumer appreciation of local, seas...... Germany rules out common euro bonds Germany refused to share the debt burden of stressed eurozone peers on Tuesday, ignoring two of the most influential international economic bodies which offered support for proposals championed by Paris, Rome and Brussels ahead of a summit. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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