German minister commits suicide over COVID-19 crisis

Finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, Thomas Schaefer, committed suicide apparently after expressing "despair" over how to handle the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus, an......

Tata, Mittal to attend IIC meet in Durban

TATA Group Chairman Ratan Tata and India-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal will be among seven international business leaders to attend the three-day International Investment Council to be hosted by......

Vodafone to raise Rs 2,000 cr overseas

Vodafone-Essar, the leading GSM operator is raising around $500 million (Rs 2,000 crore) through overseas borrowing. This is the first fund raising by the telecom major after British telecom major......

Oil slides to new 11-year low as Saudi-Iran row cuts chance of output curbs

Oil has slumped from above $115 in June 2014 as shale oil from the United States has flooded the market Oil prices slid more than 4 per cent to new 11-year lows on Wednesday as the row between......

Facebook data leak leaves Indian digital advertisers jittery

India is Facebook’s largest market with 250 million active monthly users. Along with Google, it has a 70 per cent share in the Rs 1,000 crore domestic digital ad market. The......

How hosting Euro 2024 could impact the German economy

  IMAGE: Germany, Europe's largest economy is expected to grow around 0.3% this year, slower than other large industrialised countries. Photograph: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters Germany will be......

US tycoon keeps option open on Man U bid

U.S. sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer said on Monday he was keeping open the option of bidding for English soccer champions Manchester United Plc, but denied he had hired an investment bank to give him......

Bundesliga: Dortmund stumble against Augsburg, Eintracht win again

IMAGE: Eintracht Frankfurt's Branimir Hrgota (centre) celebrates his goal against FSV Mainz 05 with Marco Fabian (left) and Ayman Barkok during their match against Mainz 05 at Commerzbank Arena,......

German soccer bomb suspect wanted to profit on stocks: prosecutor

'If the shares of Borussia Dortmund had fallen massively, the profit would have been several times the initial investment' IMAGE: Players of Borussia Dortmund applaud fans after their Champions......

Poll prediction: Germany to lift FIFA World Cup again!

IMAGE: Germany’s coach Joachim Loew. Photograph: Germany/Twitter Germany will retain their World Cup title in Moscow to equal Brazil's record of five wins in the tournament, according......