• Merger Talks of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank Roil Emotions
  
  A proposed deal is meeting resistance from labor, regulators and some shareholders. But there is also political momentum in Germany for a tie-up.
  Jack Ewing and Melissa Eddy.  New York Times.  Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:34:52 GMT.
• Relatives of German bus crash victims arrive in Madeira
  
  Relatives of some of the 29 tourists who died in a bus crash in Madeira arrived Friday in the Portuguese island as the country's leader paid a visit to the injured in hospital
  ABC News.  Fri, 19 Apr 2019 11:17:13 -0400.
• Report: Berlin attacker was part of Europe-wide network
  
  German weekly Der Spiegel says the Tunisian man who carried out a deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market in 2016 was part of a Europe-wide network of Islamic extremists.
  Fox News.  Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:24:13 GMT.
• Software AG's Strategy To End Its 8-Year Growth Drought
  
  Can Software AG, a 50 year old German software company with eight years of flat revenue, find growth with a CEO who spent over 15 years at IBM?
  By Peter Cohan, Contributor.  Forbes.  Fri, 19 Apr 2019 13:14:00 +0000.
• WhatsApp has become breeding ground for Nazi propaganda in Germany: report
  
  German Whatsapp users are spreading pro-Nazi propaganda through stickers, emojis and chain letters, sidestepping a law that makes public displays of swastikas and Nazi imagery illegal in Germany, a new report has found.
  The Local.  Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:07:53 +0200.
• Borussia Dortmund welcome Ghana's Addo to coaching staff
  
  German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund welcomes their former Ghana star Otto Addo as the club's "talent coach".
  BBC News.  Fri, 19 Apr 2019 07:50:06 GMT.
• Officials pay tribute to victims of Madeira tourist bus crash
  
  In a show of solidarity, the foreign ministers of Germany and Portugal laid two wreaths near the site where 29 German tourists died on Wednesday after their bus overturned on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
  Reuters.  Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:56:26 -0400.
• Perfectly preserved 12th-century 'Viking-style' ship discovered in a German port
  
  A shipwreck dates back to the year 1188 and was likely used to carry cargoes such as timber, stones, or even beer. The research team, from Norway, used 3D scanning to examine the timber.
  Daily Mail.  Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:41:58 GMT.
• Bus Carrying Tourists Crashes in Portugal; At Least 29 Reported Dead
  
  The bus was carrying visitors from Germany when it veered off a road Wednesday evening on the island of Madeira and then tumbled down a hill. Authorities have launched an investigation.
  Sasha Ingber.  NPR.  Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:14:56 -0400.
• Putin offers condolences to Germany over Madeira bus crash
  
  The German side did not name the official number of victims yet
  Tass.  Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:02:16 +0300.
• 29 German tourists killed in Portuguese bus crash
  
  LISBON (REUTERS) -At least 28 people, most of them German tourists, died and 22 more were injured in a bus accident on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Wednesday (April 17), authorities said.
  Straits Times.  Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:46:38 +0800.
• 29 dead as tourist bus overturns in Portugal
  
  At least 29 people were killed after a tour bus carrying German tourists crashed on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
  Sky News.  Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:42:00 +0100.
• Exclusive: RWE CFO maps out planned expansion in renewables, U.S. in focus
  
  German utility RWE expects to spend heavily in the U.S. green energy market as it maps out its future as a global renewables champion after its pending asset swap with peer E.ON. ...
  Yahoo.  Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:24:10 -0400.
• The World's Weirdest Architectural Feat Involves Building a Cathedral With Ninth-Century Tools
  
  In a German forest, artisans fleeing modernity build a time machine to the medieval age
  Smithsonian.  Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:00:00 +0000.
• What's on TV: Monday, April 22
  
  The Typist is a handsomely produced and crisply shot five-part German crime series.
  Sydney Morning Herald.  Wed, 17 Apr 2019 23:00:00 +1000.
• The Latest: Germany sets tougher rules for deporting migrant
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The Latest on Europe's response to mass migration (all times local): 12:20 p.m. The German government has agreed on a set of rules aimed at making it harder for failed asylum seekers to avoid deportation. ...
  Washington Times.  Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:20:27 -0400.
• Microsoft loses control over Windows Tiles subdomain
  
  Subdomain currently in the possession of a German security researcher, preventing any abuse.
  ZDNet.  Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:43:00 +0000.
• British workers put in longest hours in EU, study finds
  
  German and Danish workers more productive than UK counterparts even though they work fewer hours, says TUC
  Alan Jones.  The Independent.  Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:57:03 GMT.
• Amazon Employees in Germany Go on Strike, Demand Higher Pay
  
  Amazon (AMZN) continues to face workers strike at its German warehouses.
  Zacks Equity Research.  Zacks.  Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:17:00 GMT.
• H&M uses AI for customised clothing collaboration
  
  H&M is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) in its latest collaboration with Berlin-based tech startup ZyseMe, which will see it offer customised apparel on demand.
  Just Style.  Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:14:00 GMT.

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