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In Germany, Volkswagen promises to create 50,000 new jobs in the coming years and in the US, Ford Motor Co. will invest 600 million US-Dollar to overhaul a Kentucky plant. Meanwhile in India, BMW has launched its most inexpensive softroader, the X1, where pre-launch bookings of 1,000 units have already sold out.
MBA program for German employees wanted
10-14-2010
Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers: The big four accounting firms in Germany plan to start a Masters’ program of their own for their employees. A first class is expected for 2012.
Women Quotas: France with new legislation, Germany follows suit
Barbara Bierach - 02-06-2011
France has passed legislation obliging large firms to ensure that women account for at least 40 percent of boardroom positions within six years. Germany follows suit with a female minister for Labor who muses loudly in the “Spiegel” about quotas of 30 per cent for both executive and non-executive directors in publicly traded companies.