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Germany is set to enter a stricter shutdown, with most states beginning to enforce the new rules on Monday. We break them down – and how they vary state by state. In order to stem high coronavirus infection figures, Germany’s 16 state premiers, together with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), decided to tighten and extend Germany’s […]

Fewer people are paying with cash in Germany and the European Union — a trend that the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated. But there are risks involved with “fast” and “hygienic” contactless payment. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, companies were encouraging their customers to pay without using cash. In 2018, people in Germany spent more money using cards

Germany’s leading index of 30 major companies hit a new high of over 14,000 points. Hopes for a successful coronavirus vaccination campaign pushed up other stock markets as well. As hope spreads that new vaccines will help the world put the coronavirus in the rearview mirror, Germany’s leading DAX index reached a new high of just

“We all saw the unsettling pictures of the storming of the Congress building yesterday evening. These pictures made me angry and also sad. I am, however, sure that this democracy will prove to be much stronger than the attackers and rioters,“ said Chancellor Angela Merkel following the events in Washington D.C. Watch her message here.

Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Germany-based Heiche Surface Technologies plans a substantial investment to open an advanced metals coating facility in Jasper, creating at least 73 jobs and expanding Walker County’s footprint in Alabama’s auto industry. Heiche, whose customers include automakers and suppliers, will locate its manufacturing operation to a more than 100,000-square-foot speculative

Mercedes-Benz has announced that its Tuscaloosa County plant will begin producing electric SUVs in 2022. The plant, which has been in preparation for the move for the past three years, will produce the EQE SUV and EQS SUV on the same line with SUVs with conventional and plug-in hybrid drives. In an announcement from Germany,

Germany will start a hard lockdown on Wednesday as officials conceded that the coronavirus has spiraled out of control and previous attempts to contain the pandemic were inadequate. To check the rapid spread of the disease, non-essential stores will be shuttered, employers urged to close workplaces and school children encouraged to remain at home. The

Airbus announced Friday that it had delivered the 200th A320-family jetliner assembled in Mobile. The company made the announcement via social media. “Holidays are about Family – so we’ve delivered our 200th #A320Family member produced in #Mobile, Alabama to American Airlines!” said a Facebook post. “The #A321neo joins one of the youngest fleets in the

Merkel said the federal and state governments are preparing for the vaccination programme, and that the first vaccine approvals in the EU could happen at the end of December. With an eye on applications by BioNTech-Pfizer as well as Moderna for the use of their Covid-19 vaccines in Europe, Merkel said 70 million doses in

Airbus’ Mobile plant unveiled another milestone in its five years of producing airplanes in Alabama: The first delivery of the single-aisle jets called the A220 to Delta Air Lines. Airbus is targeting to build four A220-series airplanes per month by the middle of the decade. Read Mobile Real Time News full story.