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  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    News in-depthCovid-19 vaccines
    How vaccine laggard CureVac hopes to come out on top

    A transatlantic tug of love and a CEO brain haemorrhage afflicted the Bill Gates-backed biotech

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    The medieval German town at the heart of the fight against Covid

    BioNTech’s vaccine facility in Marburg will produce 750m doses a year

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Israel finds BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine reduces virus transmission

    Health ministry data show shot is 89% effective at preventing infection of any kind

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    BioNTech/Pfizer Covid vaccine no longer needs ultra-cold storage

    New stability data come as Israel study shows efficacy of single dose

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Daimler rules out ‘premature’ end to combustion engine sales

    Carmaker’s chief says petrol and diesel models are a ‘cash-machine’ to help pay for future battery-powered vehicles

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Thyssenkrupp AG
    Thyssenkrupp ends talks with Gupta’s Liberty over steel unit

    German industrial group says sides ‘far apart’ and it will now develop division itself

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Shortage of giant plastic bags threatens global vaccines rollout

    Manufacturers come close to halting production over scarcity of sterile liners

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    Porsche AG
    Porsche rules out Chinese factory as it hails cachet of ‘Made in Germany’

    Carmaker opts for quality of manufacturing in its home market despite higher labour costs

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    InterviewElectric vehicles
    Mercedes’ electric profits to match those for combustion models by end of decade

    Group becomes first German luxury carmaker to provide precise target for turning point

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Supply chains
    Carmakers consider supply chain overhaul to avert more chip crises

    Mercedes-Benz and Porsche look at building semiconductor stockpiles to prevent bottlenecks

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    BioNTech
    BioNTech fund pays €600m dividend on back of vaccine success

    Munich-based MIG was founding investor in the German biotech, which lost €425m over past 11 years

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Daimler AG
    Daimler to split truck and car businesses into two public companies

    German group paves way for up to €35bn truck flotation in separation from Mercedes-Benz car arm

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Siemens AG
    Siemens chief praises activists behind break-up of German groups

    Joe Kaeser says investors were right to insist on dismantling bloated conglomerates

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    GSK and CureVac to develop vaccines to tackle Covid variants

    €150m deal aims to have a vaccine ready for use in 2022

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    SAP SE
    Can Christian Klein steer SAP into the cloud era?

    German software group boss’s main task is to convince customers to shift online in race to keep up with US rivals

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Deutsche Post DHL Group
    DHL boss lambasts lack of ‘foresight’ in vaccines rollout

    Frank Appel accuses governments of failing to plan for delivery of jabs

  • Saturday, 30 January, 2021
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Electric cars surge in popularity after manufacturers’ late dash

    European state incentives and emissions regulation drive adoption but meeting new targets will be tougher

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Automobiles
    China car sales recovery helps Daimler defy pandemic

    Maker of Mercedes is third German carmaker to show signs of better than expected performance

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Automobiles
    Global chip shortage puts car supply chain under the microscope

    Severe shortage of crucial supplies risks becoming recurring crisis for auto industry

  • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
    InterviewHow to Lead
    The private healthcare boss with a contrarian streak

    The head of Helios says the pandemic would have been better tackled with fewer, more efficient hospitals

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Audi AG
    Audi boss takes on Tesla from his living room

    Motorbike fanatic Markus Duesmann is drawing up VW’s tech master plan while tackling a pandemic and chip shortages

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Volkswagen AG
    VW posts €10bn profit in pandemic-ravaged year after late recovery

    World’s largest carmaker benefits from surge in global demand for vehicles at end of 2020

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Volkswagen AG
    VW hit with fines for missing strict EU emissions targets

    World’s biggest car manufacturer to pay more than €100m after electric ambitions fall short

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine found effective against Covid-19 variant

    Laboratory-based study shows mutations were neutralised by antibodies in blood of vaccinated patients

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Automobiles
    German carmakers enlist Merkel as they battle chip shortage

    Car industry lobby is hoping political pressure can be used to accelerate production in Asia

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