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Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, poses with a model of his own car brand on 31 January 2014. Photo: dpa

Tesla Announces Leasing Deal with Germany’s Sixt

Munich (dpa/MunichNOW News) – US all-electric car manufacturer Tesla is hoping to gain a foothold in the German market through a deal with local rental-car operator Sixt. Sixt, which is the largest German-owned hire car company, plans to lease rather than rent the upmarket, battery-powered Tesla S saloon to customers. Speaking in Munich, the Tesla chief, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, said ...Full Article
Snowboard fashion grows up - munichFOTO

Snowboarding Ditches Gangster Style and Straightens Up For 2014

SNOWBOARD FASHION: Long jackets and straight-cut pants make the hottest silhouettes Streetwear and Americana inspirations are popular Colour stories are more muted, natural and mature than previous years The ...Full Article
Padel is a sport derived from tennis, played on smaller courts with shorts rackets, in doubles, four players per court.

ISPO MUNICH 2014 to Feature a Variety of New Exibitors

Munich — The leading international sports business exhibition ISPO MUNICH adds a number of new exhibitors to its 2014 lineup: primarily due to the expansion of the Health segment ...Full Article
Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus Group, raising a flag with a new logo in front of Airbus Group Headquarters in Toulouse, France. -- photo: dpa

New Year, New Name: EADS Becomes Airbus

Munich (dpa) - The European aircraft, space and defence corporation EADS rechristened itself the Airbus Group Thursday, part of a restructuring that will also see it cut thousands of jobs. ...Full Article
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BMW Primes Brazilian Plant to Produce 30,000 Cars Annually

Munich (dpa) - German manufacturer BMW, one of the world’s largest producer of upmarket cars, says its new Brazilian factory due to go on stream in 2014 will produce as ...Full Article
Customers jam the Munich Apple store -- photo: dpa

German Consumer Confidence Rises to Six-year High

Munich (dpa) - Consumer confidence in Germany has risen to a six-year high as shoppers in Europe’s biggest economy take comfort from their rising incomes and low inflation, the ...Full Article
March 1939 archive photo of young soldiers sharing the controversial book - photo: dpa

Bavaria Vows Prosecution for any Publication of Hitler’s Mein Kampf

Berlin (dpa) - The German state of Bavaria announced Thursday that it will file criminal charges against anyone who tries to publish late dictator Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitic manifesto Mein Kampf anywhere ...Full Article
Employees of Cassidian, an affiliate of the aviation concern EADS, protest in front of the works against the planned cutbacks in Manching, Germany, 28 November 2013. Photo: DANIEL KARMANN

Germany-based EADS Employees Protest Proposed Job Cuts

 Munich (dpa) - Over 20,000 Germany-based employees at European air and space company EADS protested at locations around the country on Thursday against proposed job cuts.    The IG Metall labour ...Full Article
Men's cosmetics is big business

Workplace Demands Driving Sales of Men’s Cosmetics

 Munich (dpa) - There was a time when a man’s entire cosmetics collection consisted of deodorant and soap. But now there’s a huge range of made-for-men anti-ageing creams, wrinkle creams ...Full Article
Salzgitter AG - Hannover (Niedersachsen). Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

German Business Confidence Rebounds to 1-1/2-year High

Berlin (dpa) – German business confidence hit its highest level in more than one and half years in November, rebounding more strongly than forecast on expectations that Europe’s biggest ...Full Article
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