BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's coalition tried to reassure Germany on Monday it still has the strength to rule despite the sixth resignation of a state leader in a year giving the impression that top conservatives are falling like dominoes. Leaders of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) attending a party summit played down the importance of the resignation on Sunday of Hamburg's popular mayor Ole von Beust, the sixth CDU state leader to depart since September last year. "It's a process...Read Full Story
Beiersdorf (Nivea) - an Example of a Successful Political Strategy
Politics is sometimes aiding business. A clear example happened in Hamburg in October 2003. The German insurer Allianz owned 44% of the shares of the Beiersdorf Corporation and actually wanted to sell these shares. Proctor and Gamble was one of the firms which wanted to acquire Beiersdorf because Beiersdorf owned Nivea a brand with a very strong market position.
However the management of Beiersdorf wanted to keep its...Read Full Story
Beiersdorf (Nivea) - an Example of a Successful Political Strategy
Politics is sometimes aiding business. A clear example happened in Hamburg in October 2003. The German insurer Allianz owned 44% of the shares of the Beiersdorf Corporation and actually wanted to sell these shares. Proctor and Gamble was one of the firms which wanted to acquire Beiersdorf because Beiersdorf owned Nivea a brand with a very strong market position.
However the management of Beiersdorf wanted to keep its...Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Ole Von Beust. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!Read Full Story
200 aviation experts to attend renowned congress in Hamburg
Aviation is changing more and more from a transport industry to a service industry. For companies in the aviation industry, this means an intense reorientation. The independent operational and functional processes
Hamburg's Old Port, once a run-down section of town populated by disused warehouses, has recently been transformed into HafenCity, with buildings by world-renowned architects like Herzog & de Meuron and Richard Meier. Of course the financial crisis has had its...
Renowned architect Rem Koolhaas is viewed as one
of the most important theoreticians of his trade. In an interview with
SPIEGEL, he discusses soulless cities, the failings of Europe's largest
urban redevelopment project in Hamburg and the problems with SPIEGEL's
brand-new headquarters.
A man in a dark-green coat flapping in the wind strides through
Hamburg's HafenCity district. He is almost two meters (6' 6") tall,
wiry, bald and with...
HAMBURG — None of the borough's police officers have the minimum years on the job required to be a police chief, Mayor Paul Marino said Sunday, in defending the proposed hiring of a civilian police director. Prompted by Chief Jan Wright's retirement in ...
HAMBURG.-Kunstverein Hamburg goes Berlin: On invitation by the Volksbühne the Kunstverein Hamburg curates an exhibition with works of the American graphic designer Charley Harper at the pavilion at RosaLuxemburg-Platz, Berlin. The exhibition presents a ...
Your complete guide to Ole Von Beust, including news, articles, pictures, and videos. Von Buest has been the first mayor of the city-state of Hamburg since since 2001, and served as President of Bundesrat for one year. Follow Von Beust here.
Carl-Friedrich Arp Ole Freiherr von Beust , generally called Ole von Beust , born April 13 , 1955 , in Hamburg , Germany , has been the First Mayor of the city-state ( Freie und ...
Hamburg's mayor has two jobs. As German Chancellor Angela Merkel's climate change commissioner, Ole von Beust must make suggestions as to how the country can implement international agreements aimed at reducing the climate-killing gas carbon dioxide.