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How International Franchisors Are Making a Name for Themselves in the U.S.

Overcoming cultural and legal differences to stake a claim in the U.S. Full story

Germans, French eye plan to create jobs for young

Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money. Full story

Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th

Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis. Full story

Mercedes dealer review opens home front in luxury war

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - How many Mercedes staff does it take to sell a car? The answer, in the luxury carmaker's German showrooms, is more than it takes to shift an Audi - just part of the cost gap Daimler wants to close with its premium rivals. Full story

News Summary: German central bank sees 2Q gains

POSITIVE SIGNS: Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter. Germany grew only 0.1 percent in the first quarter in part because cold weather delayed the construction season. Full story

Analysis: German households pay for lower industrial power prices

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German households are paying for ever cheaper wholesale power supplies to industry as the government uses money from soaring domestic bills to subsidize renewable energy, in turn creating overcapacity on the country's grid. Full story

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The curve of the German share price index DAX board is pictured at the Frankfurt stock exchange
The curve of the German share price index DAX board is pictured at the Frankfurt stock exchange

The curve of the German share price index DAX board is pictured at the Frankfurt stock exchange May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Remote/Joachim Herrmann (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS)

File photo of Borussia Dortmund's coach Klopp  before their German first division Bundesliga soccer match against Bayern Munich in Dortmund
File photo of Borussia Dortmund's coach Klopp before their German first division Bundesliga soccer match against Bayern Munich in Dortmund

File photo of Borussia Dortmund's coach Juergen Klopp before their German first division Bundesliga soccer match against Bayern Munich in Dortmund May 4, 2013. German Bundesliga soccer clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will play in the Champions League final at Wembley in London on May 25, 2

Germany's Chancellor Merkel and France's President Hollande arrive at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels
Germany's Chancellor Merkel and France's President Hollande arrive at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Francois Hollande arrive at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir