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Patricia Nilsson writes about German industry for the FT. She was previously a consumer industries reporter covering a broad range of business including retail, media, tobacco and cannabis. Her podcast Hot Money delves into the murky business of online porn and is the FT's first ever investigative audio series.

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  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Harbour Energy
    UK’s Harbour Energy agrees $11.2bn deal for Wintershall Dea assets

    Acquisition set to ‘more than double’ size of UK-focused oil and gas producer making it a global player

    A Wintershall Dea pump jack at sunset
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    BASF SE
    BASF names China head Markus Kamieth as chief executive

    German chemicals group has been grappling with high costs, low demand and falling earnings, especially in Europe

    Markus Kamieth
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    EU tech regulation
    Leading porn sites caught by new EU law to police online content

    Xvideos, Pornhub and Stripchat face curbs on age verification and content moderation in latest move by regulators

    A sign advertising Pornhub at an adult entertainment expo
  • Monday, 18 December, 2023
    Software AG
    Software AG sells data platform to IBM for €2.1bn

    Sale comes six months after private equity firm Silver Lake won bidding war for German software group

    An IBM logo
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Inside BusinessUnions
    German model of union power faces new test

    Geopolitical strains are testing the customary close ties between corporates and organised labour

    IG Metall boss Christiane Benner
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    Accounting & Consulting services
    Staff rebel at consultancy behind VW review of Xinjiang rights abuse

    Löning says only two staff members supported the audit, which had earlier cleared the German carmaker

    Employees work on assembling vehicles at a plant of SAIC Volkswagen in Urumqi
  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
    Merck KGaA
    Merck shares fall after multiple sclerosis drug trial fails

    Evobrutinib failed to reduce relapse rates compared with teriflunomide, produced by rival Sanofi

    Merck chief executive Belén Garijo
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    VW says Xinjiang plant audit finds no evidence of forced labour

    German carmaker hired consultancy and local law firm to look into factory after complaints by investors and rights groups

    VW logos
  • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
    European business schools
    How a dancer stepped up to launch a start-up

    Study story: forced to give up dance training, Isabella Agdestein sought new challenges

    Isabella Agdestein, one fist under her chin
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    News in-depthTesla Inc
    Sweden’s Tesla strikes pit Elon Musk against European labour ideals

    Wave of action over US carmaker’s rejection of collective bargaining risks spreading beyond Nordic country

    Union banners outside Tesla’s service centre
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    Volkswagen AG
    Volkswagen executives warn works council of job cuts

    Head of German carmaker’s flagship brand tells unions not enough profit being made to finance EV transition

    Volkswagen AG ID 3 electric vehicle
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    Schaeffler AG
    Schaeffler raises Vitesco offer in response to shareholder opposition

    Billionaire family steps up move into electric vehicles with new bid valuing German rival at €3.8bn

    A worker handles steel roller bearings inside a Schaeffler factory
  • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
    German economy
    Germany faces threat of creeping deindustrialisation, warns steel boss

    Salzgitter CEO says steel and chemicals producers must commit to country, despite high energy costs

    An employee collects samples of molten iron in a blast furnace at a Salzgitter mill
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
    Thyssenkrupp AG
    Thyssenkrupp writes down value of steel business by €2.1bn

    German group’s shares rally as investors hope unit will be spun off

    A worker in a Thyssenkrupp steel furnace
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
    Rheinmetall AG
    Rheinmetall sales to double by 2026 bolstered by heightening geopolitical tensions

    Defence contractor is leading beneficiary of European governments’ rush to increase capabilities

    The headquarters of Rheinmetall in Germany
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    Siemens AG
    Siemens warns on slowing sales growth even as it as delivers record profits

    Sales expected to be affected by flatlining China performance next year

    A worker assembling hub parts of a wind turbine at a Siemens Gamesa factory
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Germany’s Infineon pursues layered line on diversity

    Mentoring and employee networks figure among chipmaker’s measures

    Two workers in protective clothing talking inside a chip-manufacturing plant
  • Monday, 13 November, 2023
    Continental AG
    German car parts supplier Continental to cut thousands of jobs

    Group aims to save €400mn as it battles to remain competitive in electric vehicle era

    The Continental plant in Frankfurt
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    German economy
    Germany agrees tax subsidies for industry worth up to €28bn by 2028

    Deal to help shield country’s manufacturers from high energy costs likely to draw criticism from Brussels

    A worker stands near a blast furnace at a German metals plant
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    European companies
    Hapag-Lloyd hit by downward spiral in freight rates

    German group’s 9-month profits down almost 80% amid gloomy outlook for container shipping companies

    Containers being loaded on to a Hapag-Lloyd cargo ship
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
    Private equity
    Fresenius sells fertility business to KKR and GED Capital

    Sale of Eugin Group marks latest bid by private equity to capitalise on demand for fertility services

    Test tubes in a container used to freeze human eggs in an IVF laboratory
  • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
    Electric vehicles
    Scania to launch pay-per-use electric truck joint venture

    Swedish truckmaker teams up with German logistics start-up to roll out e-truck rentals

    A Juna e truck
  • Monday, 6 November, 2023
    Automobiles
    David Einhorn urges Vitesco to reject offer from rival German auto group Schaeffler

    Hedge fund boss tells EV specialist not to accept bid from competitor that has ‘missed the boat’

    David Einhorn
  • Monday, 6 November, 2023
    Tech start-ups
    Lidl owner co-leads $500mn deal to fuel German AI start-up

    Investment in Aleph Alpha involves equity injection, research grants and commitments to joint business development

    Aleph Alpha chief executive Jonas Andrulis
  • Friday, 3 November, 2023
    BMW
    BMW defies car market gloom with higher margins

    Strong demand for electric vehicles boosts German carmaker

    A worker cleans a BMW i7 xDrive60 electric car while it charges at a BMW dealership in South Africa
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