Potsdam, Germany - Some 63 years after the end of World War II, a German prince is trying to secure the return of land and property seized from his family after an abortive bomb plot against Hitler.
Prince Friedrich zu Solms-Baruth, 45, is due to appear before an administrative court in Potsdam, near Berlin, on Thursday to pursue a claim against the Brandenburg state government.
The prince claims that after German reunification, his own father had "fought the German authorities tirelessly for restitution of the family's estates and property - until his death in January 2006."
Munich - Shares in German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG plunged Wednesday after the group's loss widened and the company warned about a tough year ahead in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Munich-based Infineon said its net loss in the group's fourth quarter to the end of September grew to 763 million euros (963 million dollars) compared to 280 million euros in the same period last year.
BERLIN, Dec. 2 - Knut the polar bear, possibly the most famous Berliner of recent years, is likely to eventually be moved out of the German capital.
The bear was born in the Berlin Zoo two years ago this Friday. But officials say keeping Knut as he grows older and larger would involve spending millions of euros on adequate quarters that would also include a mate, The Independent reported.
"He should go sooner rather than later," Heiner Klos, chief bear keeper, said. "Knut must finally find a new home."
Stuttgart, Germany - Mercedes is mulling plans to sell its small A and B Class models in the United States, the Vice President of Marketing at Mercedes-Benz in the US, Stephen Cannon, told Germany's auto-motor-sport magazine.
"We are feeling the trend towards smaller cars. The B-Class is already running well in Canada," Cannon said, adding that a final decision had not yet been made.
Hamburg - Car factories from Detroit, to Tokyo and Munich are grinding to a halt as the car industry faces its biggest shake-up in decades with millions of unsold, new cars standing idle in the parking lots of dealerships and storage depots.
But while analysts are asking themselves whether big names such as General Motors, Chrysler and Ford will survive the winter, engineers are looking at nothing less than re-inventing the car for a new era of sustainability.
Paradoxically, the crisis in the industry comes at a time when car makers are announcing almost weekly, new innovations in clean-drive technology and dealerships are offering special discounts. Cars have never been safer, more efficient and versatile.
Munich - Shares in German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG plunged Wednesday after the group's loss widened and the company warned about a tough year ahead in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Munich - German alpine ski talent Lisa-Marie Walz is out for the season a
Stuttgart, Germany - Mercedes is mulling plans to sell its small A and B Class models in the United States, the Vice President of Marketing at Mercedes-Benz in the US, Stephen Cannon, told Germany's auto-motor-sport magazine.
