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The article focuses on the plan to license the "Aero-Hydro" paper process developed by engineer H. Scherbak to American paper manufacturers. It states that Russia and Germany have the exclusive rights on the process because Scherbak communicated with the countries for the manufacture of the process. It says that changes which would suit the process in paper machines are inexpensive. It adds that resistance to acids can be added to the process if it will be changed into the manufacture line.

The article reports on the utilization of the Internet by Germany-based pharmaceutical company BASF AG and researchers at the University of Florida to cut the cost and process of completing clinical trials. In 1997, the team has finished the first web-based clinical trial that test the effectiveness of BASF's high-blood pressure drug. The cost of the clinical trial was reduced to $35 million, while to be completed in 2002. The adopted process could deliver drugs to the market faster and cheaper.

This section offers world news briefs. The resignation of Walter Ulbricht as president of the Communist Party in East Germany is seen as a positive sign for East-West relations, although his successor Erich Honecker is a strict Marxist. A decision is made by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission not to interfere in the merger of paper companies in the Pacific Northwest because of the dominance of imports from Canada.

Explains that Great Britain's Foreign Office issued a report confirming that Germany looted more than $550 million in gold from German-occupied countries and stashed most of it in Switzerland's banks. Nightmare for the Swiss government and banking community; Gold from the teeth of Jews who perished at Auschwitz.

In this editorial the author examines how the German newspaper industry has manged to stay financially strong despite a majority of advertisers using Web sites instead of print publications. The author suggests that the U.S. newspaper industry could boost revenues by adhering to the business model of German newspapers. The editorial specifically focuses on Bild, a daily newspaper out of Berlin with 12 million readers.

The article reports on the status of international trade relations among the U.S., Russia and Germany. Russian purchasing of U.S. products have declined by 55 percent, while Russian sales in the U.S. dropped by 34 percent. Germany has notified local manufacturers that it is unable to continue the country's 70 percent export guaranty scheme for the Russian order. Despite the internal financial problems of Germany, the Reichsbank decided to rediscount Soviet paper up to 36 million U.S. dollars.

The article reports that war-born German developments have provided a technical boost and opened vast prospects for the U.S. acetylene industry. Germany made use of acetylene in the absence of normal supply sources for petroleum. Walter Reppe, director of research for I.G. Farbenindustrie AG, found the use of acetylene as the organic building material for synthetic rubber, synthetic lubricants, plastics, adhesives, and textile finishes.

This section offers news briefs related to businesses outside the U.S. as of September 1937. Exporters in Germany fear drastic decline in their performance since an outbreak of hostilities in Shanghai, China was reported. Businesses in London, England expect an improvement in their income despite the increased materials costs during the year. The Russian government launched a program which aims to promote the daily production of several commodities like coal, steel and oil.

The article offers information on the business achievement and corporate establishments of German industrialist Friedrich Flick as the most powerful industrialist and richest man in Germany. It outlines the business performance of Flick's four pillars including Maximilianshuette, Suedwestfalen and Buderus, Daimler-Benz AG for automobiles, Feldmuele as paper company and Dynamit Nobel as explosive maker. Also presented is the corporate executives of Flick helping him to achieve modern management.

The article focuses on Axel Springer who runs an influential publishing house in Germany. Springer owns a complex of companies that put out a chain of newspapers and magazines read by 150 million people each month. Gross annual income tops 100 million U.S. dollars. Springer also owns a travel bureau and an international press and literary agency.

The article focuses on the interest of lumber-producing states and the lumber industry on an improved hydrolysis process for percolating of wood sugar from coniferous wood waste under the Scholler patents in Germany. Lumber-producing states and the industry see hopes that the process can be a new source of revenue as alcohol source. Japan and Italy purchase licenses to use the patent. The Alien Property Custodian makes the patents available to U.S. plants.

The article reports on the plan of Germany to purchase Anticosti Island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The island is located 360 miles below Quebec City. A German party composed of forestry technicians, a deep sea navigation expert, and a harbor engineer surveyed the island. Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis accused the German proposition as audacious. The island is owned by Consolidated Paper Corp.

The article discusses German trade relations with the U.S. in November 1934, with Berlin regulating foreign trade and shifting important orders such as cotton, mineral oils, copper and other essential raw materials, from the U.S. to other countries with which it has more favorable trade balance.

The article discusses Berlin, Germany's reliance on production of substitutes to reduce dependence on imports in 1934. It cites potatoes that yield alcohol mixed with gasoline and synthetic gasoline from German Dye Trust. Germany has allegedly decreed that its big lignite companies combine to finance, construct and operate a giant gasoline plant costing about 100 million U.S. dollars, causing the stock market to react with a fall of lignite share prices. The same method of financing is rumored to be applied to produce other substitute materials.

The article reports that German banks have offered a credit of 12 million U.S. dollars to the Soviet Union in an effort strengthen political relations and alleviate its maturing debt payments. Observers note that pending a cancellation of the Versailles Treaty, Germany will pursue both commercial and political means to acknowledge mutual interest with Russia. France has also expressed a renewal of ties with Russia in terms of a trade treaty that will neutralize Germany's attempts to maintain Soviet relations.

The article reports on the production figures of acetylene in Germany and compares them with those in the U.S.

The article reports on the closure of Oetker Group's brewery in Alaska in March 1979. It details how the German brewer attempted to penetrate the American market by building a small brewery in Alaska. However, lawsuits and a series of marketing problems led to the closure of the brewery after just 30 months of operation. The article reports that Oetker is trying to find a buyer for the Alaska brewery.

Reports that the explosion of cash is turning both Germanys into the world's fastest-growing importers. Deduction that a united Germany's current-account surplus could fall to half of the $62 billion recorded in 1989; Fact that West German and foreign manufacturers are also stepping up sales to the East from factories on West German soil; Conclusion that more opportunities may lie in meeting long-pent-up demands of East German consumers.

The article offers information on mechanical and processing ideas tested by German technicians for the textile industry in reports including PB-18912 of the Office of Technical Services, Department of Commerce describing mechanical advancements studied at a model plant set up in 1936 in Denkendorf, Germany.

The article offers world news briefs. The indication of long-term unemployment in Germany is prospected due to the import of the government for foreign guest workers. The economists and bankers concerned that the foreign debts of Canadian corporations and provincial governments has driven the high rate of Canadian dollars. The Liberal Party government elected by New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon imposed an import deposit scheme to reduce the balance-of-payments deficit of the country.

The article reports that the plan of West Germany industry to pledge 360 million dollars to government bonds for economic development aid funds has been delayed.

The article offers information on a coal mining machinery, coal planer, found by the technical intelligence teams of the U.S. in Germany.

This section offers news briefs on business around the world as of October 1931. It is reported that financial and political tensions in Europe caused by England's abandonment of the gold standard have relaxed. In France, gold shipments arriving from the U.S. and Holland and going out to Belgium and Switzerland have left the Bank of France with net gain but with counterbalancing heavy decrease of foreign deposits. To meet British automatic reduction of real wages, a new wage cut campaign was launched in Germany.

The article offers information on the expansion of Beckman Instruments Inc. operations which includes the launch of company's plant in Germany. It states that the expansion of German operation expanded the company's growth by threefold. It offers information on the exhibition of the company's products in the German Industries Fair at Hanover, Germany. It states that the bulk devices of the company were designed as laboratory instruments.

The article reports on the copier problem inherited by the German automaker Volkswagenwerke when it acquired the Royal brand marketed by Litton Industries Inc. Royal dealers have filed lawsuits against Litton for selling them defective equipment. In response to the charges, Litton claimed that they were without merit but Royal Business Machines Inc. was hit with 1.2 million U.S. dollars in damages.

The article reports on developments resulting to a stable business market in Germany. The German government has successfully handled the Polish troubles, quickly settled the Ruhr wage conflict and gained several victories on the price reduction issue. Meanwhile, the German government believes that the country's credit abroad will be affected by the promulgation of a budget by presidential emergency decree.

The article presents an outlook in international politics in 1953. With a truce, the U.S. Congress is expected to make budgetary cuts in military expenditures and economic aid. French Premier René Mayer stated that a settlement of the Saar dispute with Germany, in favor of France, will result in the ratification of the European Defense Community (EDC), by the France. A White paper showed that London, in 1952, had a current balance of payments surplus of nearly 300 million British pounds.

The article reports on the decision of the German automaker Volkswagenwerke to diversify in the growing office automation market. The company's entry into the market is aimed at countering fluctuations in car sales or any long-term decline in its automotive fortunes. The company purchased a majority interest in Nixdorf Computer of West Germany. The company has an estimated 1 billion U.S. dollars to diversify outside the automobile industry.

The article offers information on the partition of Germany. It states that the European Advisory Council is planning to separate Rhineland-Ruhr area, under international control, and giving compensation to the Netherlands for flooded areas. According to the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, Poland is being offered a part of East Prussia south and west of Koenigsberg. It mentions that Germany may lose a large part of Bavaria to Australia and Czechoslovakia.

The article reports on the launch of Daimler-Benz's Grand Mercedes Model 600 at the Frankfurt Automobile Show in Germany in 1963. The sedan model has a selling price of 12,250 U.S. dollars in Germany, while it will be about 20,000 U.S. dollars in the U.S. The car's limousine model has a price tag of almost 26,000 U.S. dollars. The car production will start in January 1963 with one car.

A photograph of a boy selling iced drinks with back tanks and paper cups in the sidewalks of Berlin, Germany is presented.

A photograph of the ongoing construction for the new Zeppelin airship LZ 130 at the Friedrichshafen plant in Germany is presented.

The article reports on the impact of war on the lifestyle of consumers in Berlin, Germany including the shortages in cigarettes and beer, as well as the reduction in the supplies of tobacco shops and beer hall.

Reports on the performance of Nixdorf Computer Ltd. in Paderborn, Germany. Amount of loss for the first nine months of 1989; Dominance in minicomputer and software systems markets and in private telecommunications; Changes in management; Need of an alliance with a major European competitor.

The article reports on the attempt of the U.S. to stop its double-digit inflation by controlling credit and increasing interest rates to record levels in 1980. It explains the impact of the U.S. high interest rates and high dollar value on European and Japanese economies. German banks are considered to be the most probable candidates for a financial failure during the expected liquidly squeeze.

The article explores a study by Professor Henry C. Wallich of Yale University regarding the contributions made by the central bank of Germany, Bank Deutscher Laender, towards the economic recovery of Germany. He cites the central bank's independent monetary policy applying discount rates, reserve requirements and open market operations as well as the entry of cheap refugee workers from East Germany and foreign assistance received as the factors for its success. Details of the banks' rulings are also noted.

The article reports that the Office of International Trade of the Department of Commerce has received fewer than 100 applications to do business in Germany. It is stated that to provide essential goods to a needy word, some trade is encouraged. It is mentioned that following consultation with the military authorities, importers will be able to make short-term contracts directly with Germany.

The article offers information on the postwar plan for German economy, designed by the Control Council. It states that the plan focuses on the reduction of the overall industries by 50-55 percent. It mentions that production and import and export goals are prepared for 1949. It highlights that the industries have been categorized into three categories including prohibited, restricted to specific output and industries with target for 1949.

The author discusses aspects of the aftermath of World War II as of March 17, 1945. He suggests that the war in Europe may be over by the end of April. He projects that there will be less production for consumer hardgoods even after the fall of Germany. He suggests to look into inventories of manufacturers in this phase of big war orders when the natural tendency is to stock up given the tightness of supplies in metals for civilian production.

The article analyzes the question on whether or not two developments in Germany would have an inflationary effect on the country's currency and the position of the Reichbank. The first is the legislation of an economy program which would subsidize industries through the refund of taxes for the purpose of increasing public works, employment and wages. The second is the drastic increase in taxes on German imports, most of which are from the U.S.

The article reports that Italy, France and Germany have opened air routes over the South Atlantic. It states that despite the recession, the race to provide air coverage to areas in the South Atlantic due to ideal weather conditions may help boost the world economy. Germany's Graf Zeppelin is offering 10 round trip flights to Brazil, and Deutsche Lufthansa plans to set up regular air mail service in the area in 1933. France's Compagnie Aeropostale General offers service to Buenos Aires and Africa, and Italy plans to do the same.

The article focuses on the foreign trade agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union (SU), which involves 75 million U.S. dollars worth of materials mostly machine tools. Terms of the deal include a 20 percent cash payment by the Soviets and the balance in bills to be paid for an average of 19.5 months. In addition, the SU will invoice all the goods exported to Germany in Reichsmarks. The dual significance of the expanding Russo-German trade is also explored.

The article offers information on the impact of the Germany's chancellor Heinrich Bruening judgment of issuing a decree which restrict the opening of any new units of the one-price chains in cities of Germany with a population of less than 100,000 for a period of two years. It mentions that the American Woolworth Co. brought the concept of chain store among Germans. It focuses on the conflict which broke among chain stores and the independent retailers due to the Great depression of 1929.

The article reports on the increase in gasoline production in Germany from 35,000 metric tons in 1920 to 170,000 in 1930 to over 300,000 in 1931.

The article offers world news briefs. The corporate earnings in the U.S. showed a significant increase during the second quarter of 1931. The Canadian government has decided to replace and save Western wheat production through pool elevators. The government in Netherlands shows disinterest to join the proposed international action to aid Germany.

The article deals with the implications of the national budgets for the fiscal year 1937 proposed in different countries including Germany and Russia for their implementation of higher taxes. It mentions that the British government is proposing an increase of 24 per cent in the rate of taxing incomes. The author states that the Japanese government will raise the taxes by only 2.5 to 5 per cent.

The article reports on the foreign trade planning in Germany implemented on September 24, 1934 under the control of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. It claims that the plan was referred as the most revolutionary measure to which the foreign trade of a capitalist country has been subjected in peace time and notes that nothing can enter the country without the import control boards' permit. It adds that export industries are fearing that the system will end by destroying the machinery of German exports.

The article discusses the business relations between Soviet Union and Germany in 1934.

The article discusses the economic condition in Germany and its failure to honor her creditors. It is stated that due to U.S. diplomatic pressure Germany released data related to bonds repatriated from November 1931. It was stated in an official release that no foreign exchange was involved in the repurchase of bonds by the Reichsbank. It was also stated that Germany has met 348 million marks by delivery of goods and repatriation through credits and also managed to save foreign exchange.

This section offers businesses news briefs worldwide as of May 24, 1933. Germany failed to maintain a favorable balance due to a reduction in foreign trade inspite of its efforts to gain a position at the World Economic Conference. Great Brtitain concluded some treaties that will remove third parties from various markets in spite of the tariff truce agreed upon by 8 nations. The French deplored the logic behind U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's disarmament speech, saying that peace can only be assured by an inviolable pact between powerful nations.