Germany

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that if Greece has trouble financing its debt, Germany will be willing to help but that any new aid will have to be tied to "clear conditions". The problem is that the Greek government has a problem with accepting agreed upon financial conditions...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that if Greece has trouble financing its debt, Germany will be willing to help but that any new aid will have to be tied to "clear conditions". The problem is that the Greek government has a problem with accepting agreed upon financial conditions...

German news source Der Spiegel reported Friday that Greece was looking to leave the Euro as its currency. The news came after finance officials met in Luxembourg. While some economists scoffed at the idea, German sources have encouraged the move. "If Greece were to exit from the euro zone, the...

Greek officials confirmed that there were no plans to restructure its debt on Saturday, despite open concerns by European Union member Germany. “Restructuring is not an issue we're discussing,” Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said in an April 16 interview in Washington. “The pain...

Since the depths of the Eurozone Crisis, Germany has emerged as one of the few bright spots in region. The nation's export-driven economy has done quite well as the euro continues to fall. However, investors in the region may want to take notice of a new survey. A report compiled by ZEW Institute...

Bloomberg is reporting that Switzerland's yet to be signed tax treaty with Germany may end secret banking and tax evasion in Europe as we know it, prompting mass withdrawals as Swiss banks will no longer guarantee client confidentiality. It appears that the treaty will allow investigators to...

Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 has a security flaw that can be exploited by users to install unwanted applications and obtain personal information, software maker Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) and the German government said. According to a Bloomberg report, "The vulnerability takes advantage...

Despite all of the progress we have made over the past 18 months, renewed concerns over the sustainability of the tepid economic recovery are rising. Concerns about Greece and then Portugal, followed by Germany's ban on naked short-selling and euro concerns, have pushed the stock market down in...

Shares of the ISHARES MSCI GERMAN ETF (NYSE: EWG) are slightly higher on the session to $20.66, but one trader is grabbing protection in the name regardless. The October $19 put was purchased on the offer 2,000 times a short while ago; open interest on the strike was only 27 contracts, which...

Germany’s economy has shrunk by more than what economists forecasted last year. According to the Federal Statistics Office Destatis, Germany's economy contracted by 5%, exceeding the forecasts of a 4.8% contraction from the 2008 levels. The global recession specifically affected Germany's...