Archive for April, 2008
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
– Billa, an Austrian unit of German food and non-food wholesaler and retailer REWE group, buys Austrian food and non-food wholesaler and retailer ADEG Osterreich Handelsaktiengesellschaft (notified April 23/deadline June 3) — Finnish communications …
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Exchange student from Germany enjoys new friends, lifestyle - Brantford Expositor
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Exchange student from Germany enjoys new friends, lifestyleBrantford Expositor, Canada - Apr 30, 2008“German food is a lot healthier. We have a lot of good meat, and we don’t eat a lot of fast food.” Both cultures vary in more ways than just food, …
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J-Pop - SMC Collegian
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008J-PopSMC Collegian, CA - Apr 29, 2008The program had German food, an improv show and a Japanese movie called “Millennium Actress.” The planning for this event took a while. …
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Metro Loss Widens on Exchange Rates; Sales Advance (Update1) - Bloomberg
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Metro Loss Widens on Exchange Rates; Sales Advance (Update1)Bloomberg - 2 hours agoBy Holger Elfes April 29 (Bloomberg) — Metro AG, Germany’s largest retailer, said its first-quarter loss widened because of exchange-rate movements that …
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UA expert to hunt quasars with grant - Tucson Citizen
Monday, April 28th, 2008UA expert to hunt quasars with grantTucson Citizen, AZ - 6 hours agoHe said he’s looking forward to working with his German collaborators, but is not interested in sharing German food. “Beer, yes, food, no,” Fan said. …
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Metro “hold,” target price reduced - newratings.com - newratings.com
Monday, April 28th, 2008Metro “hold,” target price reduced - newratings.comnewratings.com, Germany - 3 hours agoThe downward revision in the target price reflects lower valuation for the German food retail business, C&C and CE segments, Dresdner Kleinwort says.
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Philip Hensher: An airport security measure I can’t face - The Independent
Monday, April 28th, 2008The Government has announced that, from this summer, a trial will be put in place at UK ports and airports. In place of the old routine, in which an immigration officer looks at you, looks at your photograph, swipes the passport and lets you through …
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Philip Hensher: An airport security measure I can’t face - Independent
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Philip Hensher: An airport security measure I can’t faceIndependent, UK - 5 hours agoDepressingly, not even the restaurant of the Goethe Institute in London serves German food. Is this not a case for the attentions of the cultural attaché?
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EDEKA, Tengelmann offer to create jobs to appease regulator - report … - Forbes
Sunday, April 27th, 2008FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - German food retailers EDEKA and Tengelmann have agreed to create 3,000 new jobs to obtain regulatory approval of their planned merger of discount supermarket chains Plus and Netto, Focus magazine reported, citing …
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Ifo sees German food prices continuing to fluctuate - Forbes
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Ifo sees German food prices continuing to fluctuateForbes, NY - 25 minutes agoMUNICH (Thomson Financial) - German research institute Ifo sees food prices in the country continuing to fluctuate in coming years due to reforms to the …
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