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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.

German competition is again causing uneasiness in Great Britain. The damage inflicted upon German industry by the war was severe enough, one would have thought, to satisfy the greediest competitor, but the hoped-for monopoly of trade has not been realized. The English papers that formerly lamented the prevalence of the label "Made in Germany" are again bewailing the effectiveness of German competition. The cost of production is relatively low in Germany because of lower wages and longer hours. Trade-union restrictions have had to give way under pressure of the hard conditions imposed by the victorious nations.

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.

The overwhelming collapse last week in prices on a Stock Exchange was commonly ascribed by bewildered Wall Street to "peace proposals." The decline in fact began on the day when Germany's note was published. If, then, the week's excessively violent decline, with a volume of business matched only once or twice in Wall Street's previous history, were considered merely as an incident of the week and without reference to what had gone before, it would appear indeed portentous. But the daily trading of two and a half million shares which the market witnessed on the break was as logical a result of conditions precedent as was the famous 3,000,000-share day of May 9, 1901.

The article presents business-related updates as of May 1928, including the taxation planned for all importation of motor fuel into England, decline in steel production in Germany and improvement in the operating ratio of the National Railways of Mexico.

This section offers news briefs about business and economy worldwide. The plans of the Bank of France and the American Federal Reserve to offer a loan to maintain the price of sterling has been opposed by several parties. Industrial activities in Germany have decreased despite the success of the Basle negotiations. Unsettled political conditions and business depression are affecting the economies of several South American countries.

This section offers world business news briefs. Europe markets declined on the news of the overthrow of the Spanish government. France has proposed that Germany, France and Italy should replenish their grain stocks from existing Danubian surpluses. World lead producers Australia, Canada, Mexico and 3 other countries have reached agreement to curtail lead production. Soviet Union is considering purchase of 300,000 tons of ships from Germany suitable for lumber or oil transports.

The article offers world business news briefs as of July 16, 1938. The highly favorable crop harvest in Canada is highlighted by the buying of surplus wheat by the government. The business climate in France is marked by a weak currency, stagnant industrial production and labor and political unrest. A census of all skilled workers in Germany is undertaken to enable job shifting in an emergency.

The article focuses on Ludwig Erhard, Economic Minister of Germany under the leadership of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. It states that the Minister was able to devise plans and measures which were effectively executed and resulted in the economic growth of Germany in the 1950s. It also says that Erhard expressed his support for a free-trade area composed of 11 European nations.

This section offers business news briefs from around the world in 1936. Berlin, Germany, is looking into open devaluation for the fall of 1936, and arrangements to regain normal trade with the U.S. and other countries. In Great Britain, stock markets are performing good, stores continue to report good earnings and duty on electric hand lamps will be increased. The Soviet Union is making improvements in all transport services and plans to buy some rail equipment from Great Britain.

The article presents news briefs related to business from around the world. Insurance companies in Germany were forced to acquire government finances through a 350 million mark loan, filling their business portfolios with government securities. Alberta was the first province in Canada to announce default on its obligations after failing to meet 3,200,000 million U.S. dollars of outstanding bonds on maturity date. Government officials in Moscow, Russia have initiated to enhance restaurant standards in order to increase efficiency in retail stores.

This section offers international news briefs on business. In Italy, the actions prompted by the demands for colonial security, territorial and economic expansion have brought up the problem of redistribution of economic resources. In Germany, the government has threatened to punish farmers who are refusing to sell their surplus. In Great Britain, the government is planning a new approach to address the possibility of trouble with Italy in line with the peace negotiations.

This section offers world briefs pertaining to business as of July 27, 1935. Germany and Italy have been experiencing economic troubles with neither country having control over raw materials to support the developing domestic industry. French Prime Minister Pierre Laval's emergency economic program has been accepted without serious protest. In Canada, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation has introduced its platform aimed at improving the country's economy.

This section offers business news briefs outside the U.S. In Great Britain, the unemployed population shrank by 54,600 in Septmber 1934, resulting to 10.233 million registered employees in the state. In Germany, unemployed employees were reduced by 116,000 in September 1934 and the U.S. declined on agreeing to a new trade deal with the German government. In Canada, interest rate on savings deposits had shrank since May 1934 from 3 percent to 2 percent, despite the issuing of the 250 million dollars worth of conversion loan by the Canadian government.

This section offers world business news briefs as of July 14, 1934. The economic crisis continues in Germany even when the political tension has eased down. In Germany, gold holdings continue to decline due to the moratorium on debt payments and to the daily rationing of foreign exchange to pay for imports. In Great Britain, subsidy to shipping fails to gain general approval of shipowners.

This section offers business news briefs worldwide as of June 1934. Businesses in Germany were alarmed when the country's Reichsbank announced a day-to-day allotment for foreign exchange because of a three-percent drop in its gold reserves. U.S exports to Latin America improved in the first four months of 1934 by 47 percent compared to the same period in 1933. The Canadian government reversed its permit for the planned merger of the telegraph services of the Canadian Pacific Railways and the Canadian National Railways.

This section offers world business news briefs. Creditors in Germany have not reached an agreement with Dr. Schacht who refuses to meet the demands. Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party of Germany, declared reemployment of 3.5 million for the first year of Nazi regime. Canada exhibited evidence of economic recovery in the past week.

Focuses on the prevalence of communistic principles and communism in the U.S. Feelings of the citizens of the U.S. towards the Germans, as a measure for unconscious communism; Discussion on relations of the U.S. with Germany; Description of Germany and the Germans; Influence of private business in Germany and its economic benefits.

Presents letters to the editor. Comments on German trade; Discussion on a case related to labor union; Comments on three different kinds of poetry.

The article presents updates on business outside the U.S. as of October 10, 1959. The Indian government has approved a 30-million synthetic rubber project involving Firestone and Kilachand Devchand & Co. of Bombay. A merchant fleet is being developed by Soviet-bloc countries to replace ships chartered in the West. A 15-million U.S. dollar subsidy plan was announced by West Germany's Economics Ministry for the development of two medium-range jets.