Telecommunications: Class action lawsuit against Vodafone: 40,000 customers want to take part
Tens of thousands of people are already taking part in a class action lawsuit against the telecommunications provider Vodafone. Within a week, 40,445 consumers...
Electricity: Energy costs as a share of income are high for many East Germans
Depending on the federal state, citizens have to spend a different proportion of their income on electricity and gas. This emerges from calculations by...
Companies: The number of bakeries continues to decline
The number of bakeries in Germany fell again in 2023. As of December 31, 2023, there were 9,242 such businesses with just over 235,000...
US investor: Buffett lets Berkshire Hathaway's cash reserves grow
The legendary US investor Warren Buffett cannot find any attractive investment properties and allows his holding company's reserves to rise to record levels. At...
Service: ADAC: More members, more breakdowns, less money left
Germany's largest club has continued to grow. As ADAC President Christian Reinicke said before the general meeting on Saturday in Bremen, the number of...
Labor market: Expert: “Equal pay for equal work” is far away
Economic researcher Marcel Fratzscher believes that equal pay for men and women in Germany is still a long way off. “Equal pay for equal...
Breakdown helper: ADAC: More members, more breakdowns, less money left
Germany's largest club has continued to grow. As ADAC President Christian Reinicke said before the general meeting on Saturday in Bremen, the number of...
Agriculture: Sunny weather boosts asparagus harvest
Consumers have benefited from relatively low asparagus prices this season. The average price for a kilo of white asparagus was 8.52 euros last week....
Rail transport: Deutsche Bahn wants to increase punctuality to 80 percent
Deutsche Bahn is aiming for a punctuality rate of 80 percent for its long-distance connections in a few years. “Our goal is to have...
Richard Golz: “Bayern’s open coaching discussion is no coincidence”
This article is adapted from the business magazine Capital and is available here for ten days. Afterwards it will only be available to read...