Published: 19 Nov 12 16:17 CET | Print version
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More than a quarter of German companies have said they would likely be cutting jobs in the coming year, as business confidence plummets, a report published Monday revealed.
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As I and Smart2012 have been saying for a long time this is a start of the reality. Dr. Merkyl and Mr. Hyde is flying in ever decreasing circles and is fast approaching flight path up her own ass.
From this group, how big are the firms? How many people do they employ?
It's difficult to gather anything really useful from this kind of reporting.
Yep! Sounds like all Merkel's fault to me. She should know better than slowing the world economy like that...
Well she certainly did her best to slow down the Eurozone economy. :-)