In a strategic move which clearly underscores the potential for a substantial transformation of the European manufacturing business of Aryzta AG, the Irish-Swiss baked food group has recently announced its decision to acquire German bakery company Klemme AG in a €280 million ($376 million) deal.

During the course of her address at a Wednesday, February 20, function in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautiously talked about the possible introduction of the revolutionary oil and gas technique of ‘fracking,’ saying that the main concern to be borne in mind while implementing such a move would be public safety.

Close on the heels of recent damning reports about the alleged mistreatment of Amazon’s temporary workers in Germany, the Federal Antitrust Office said in a Wednesday statement that the online retail biggie has apparently violated German antitrust laws by prohibiting third-party traders to sell their products cheaper elsewhere.

After having earlier decided against the use of goal-line technology (GLT), football’s governing body FIFA has now taken a U-turn on its decision, and has agreed to the use of GLT at the Brazil World Cup next year.

According to a recent disclosure coming straight from Sony Germany's official Facebook page, the Sony Xperia Z - the company's first smartphone underpinned by a quad-core processor - will hit the German markets on February 21. The release date of the handset was mentioned by Sony Mobile's Deutsche branch on Facebook.

Close on the heels of Germany's second-ranking lender Commerzbank's Friday announcement of a 716 million euros ($954 million) loss for the 2012 fourth quarter, the bank's CEO Martin Blessing said that he is neither asking for a bonus after a year of meagre profits, nor any dividend for shareholders.

In its Friday ruling in the court case involving Facebook and a German privacy watchdog, Administrative Court for Schleswig-Holstein sided with Facebook; arguing that the social network cannot be forced to allow the use of fake names by its users.

With security personnel at Germany's Hamburg and Cologne airports going on strike on Friday in a wage dispute, over 200 flights were canceled at both the airports, leaving thousands of air passengers stranded.