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Caught cold by UniCredit’s swoop on Commerzbank, Germany will want to avoid a national embarrassment

Italy’s UniCredit appears to have caught German authorities off guard with a potential multibillion-euro merger of Frankfurt-based Commerzbank, a move…
Politics

Germany’s fragile coalition dealt fresh blow as far right lands first state win since World War II

The ruling coalition in Berlin is likely to struggle onward until a nationwide vote next year, according to political commentators,…
Politics

German far-right party wins its first state election and is very close in a second

A far-right party won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east on Sunday,…
Politics

German far-right party could win its first state in eastern regional elections

Germans were voting in two eastern states on Sunday, with the far-right AfD on track to win a state election…
Politics

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, ex-Marine Whelan released in U.S., Russia prisoner swap

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were released Thursday by Russia as part of…
Economy

The U.S. is now Germany’s biggest trading partner — taking over from China

After years of China being Germany’s main trading partner, the U.S. looks like it’s quietly taking that top spot as…
Politics

Russians flock to see NATO hardware seized in Ukraine; Moscow to beef up weapons, front line forces

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Russian crowds are flocking to see a new…
Finance

Deutsche Bank shares up 8% after first-quarter profit beat, investment banking recovery

Deutsche Bank shares popped to a more than six-year high on Thursday, after the German lender reported a 10% rise…
Finance

Shareholder payouts hit a record $1.7 trillion last year as bank profits surged

LONDON — Global dividend payouts to shareholders hit a record $1.66 trillion in 2023, according to a new report by…
Politics

Ukraine war updates: Russia threatens to expel reporters, accuses ambassadors of meddling; Ukraine sinks Black Sea Fleet ship

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Russia’s Foreign Ministry has accused Western ambassadors of…