Klaus Lauer

Google must pay the German price comparison platform Idealo approximately 465 million euros ($542 million) in damages for market abuse, a Berlin court has ruled.

Bertelsmann has appointed family member Thomas Coesfeld as its new chief executive from Jan. 1, 2027, the company said on Thursday, ending speculation over whether he or his brother would take the top role.

Alphabet's Google will invest 5.5 billion euros ($6.41 billion) in Germany in the coming years in a push to expand its infrastructure and data centre capacity in Europe's largest economy, company and government officials said on Tuesday.

Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday that it will invest 5.5 billion euros ($6.41 billion) in Germany in the coming years in a push to expand its infrastructure and data centre capacity in Europe's largest economy.

German logistics firms are under pressure heading into 2026, a year in which only slight growth of 0.5% year-on-year in real terms is expected, according to a forecast published by the industry association BVL on Wednesday

German economic policy is in need of a decisive "Africa shift" in light of geopolitical tensions and critical dependencies on raw materials, the Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative of German Business (SAFRI), a paper seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed.

Five leading German economic institutes have nudged their 2025 growth forecast for Europe's largest economy up to 0.2%, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Germany's hospitality industry saw revenues fall by 9.3% in July, according to an industry survey published on Tuesday, offering little respite for companies worried about rising costs for labour as well as food and drink.

The TV group controlled by Italy's Berlusconi family has made commitments to Berlin that it will continue to invest in ProsiebenSat.1's local broadcasting operations and will preserve editorial independence after it takes over its German peer.

German culture official: MFE pledges to uphold ProSieben's editorial independence