German Magazine: Intervention talk drives euro up
LONDON - The euro fended off Tuesday's record lows against the US dollar and the yen yesterday, gaining ground on a German magazine article which fuelled wariness of central bank intervention in the currency's defence. In the summary of an article released in advance of publication, Focus Money cited French government circles as saying the French presidency of the European Union had begun talks with the United States to get backing for intervention. The...
German magazine wins ruling
German magazine Der Spiegel is free once more to report on allegations that J. Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua stole confidential documents from General Motors. A German state court in Hamburg on Tuesday lifted an injunction obtained last month by Volkswagen, which hired Lopez from GM on March 18.VW said it had no comment on the ruling.The gag order blocked the magazine from pursuing the Lopez story, which has become an automotive soap opera.In a May 24 cover story, Der Spiegel said...
German Magazine: KGB officer fingered as man who betrayed Stasi spy list
Berlin (dpa) - The mysterious ``Rosenholz'' microfilm that uncovered a network of communist German spies in the west was betrayed by a KGB officer who was paid just 75,000 dollars for the secret, the German magazine Der Spiegel said Saturday.How the files fell into the hands of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, which waited almost 12 years before passing a complete copy to Germany, has been one of the persistent puzzles left over from the Cold War.The...