Last week, the European Commission presented its proposals regarding the regulation of credit rating agencies to the European Parliament. Altogether, these proposals constitute a major step forward for an…
The strong economic growth in 2010 and the good situation on the labour market had no coherent impact on economically active start-ups and on young companies: In 2010, many start-ups were founded which would…
In the summer of 2011, the outlook for the global economy clearly deteriorated. Especially the sovereign debt crisis is threatened to turn into a bank crisis among Europe. This is increasingly affecting the…
Prime rents at the five largest German office real estate markets Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich will considerably increase by two to five per cent in 2011 and 2012. At the same time, the…
Video games reduce crime rates because they keep potential criminal offenders enthralled to their computer or gaming console. Thereby less time remains to commit crimes. These are the findings of a joint study…
During the coming years, there will be continuing pressure on the housing markets in the university cities of Baden-Württemberg. Especially in big university cities, mainly Stuttgart, Freiburg im Breisgau and…
Older employees assess the return of their training measures lower than younger employees in German companies. Although companies spend approximately the same amount of money per participant on the training of…
In Germany the exit from nuclear energy within ten years is possible. Due to the exit period chosen, there is no reason to fear power supply instabilities. However, the change in energy policy connected with…
Industrial energy consumers, especially energy-intensive companies – e.g. in the chemical industry or in steel production or aluminium production – larger business enterprises, local authorities and other final…