Angela Merkel wanted to push for free trade but told EU allies not to sweep America's secret surveillance under the carpet.

RWE AG is expected to get rid of Gazprom oil price deals after arbitration. RWE AG previously said to get rid of a link in oil prices with gas supply contracts, contracts that have cost Germany's second-largest utility hundreds of millions of euros, they must win an arbitration against Russia's OAO Gazprom.

Germany's Bundesbank head says that the ECB cannot solve the current Eurozone crisis. According to Bundesbank Chief Jens Weidmann, the European Central Bank cannot solve the current Euro Zone crisis.

Last May, the demand for capital goods at home experienced a slide in Germany. The German demand for capital goods at home experienced a slide in May. The decrease was at 1.

Conergy filed for insolvency after failing to get a deal with an investor who would finance its debts and operations.

Conergy, in order to keep afloat, forges agreement with Asian investor on loan assumption as well as equity investment.

Sky Deutschland's supervisory board will be joined by James Murdoch, causing the shares of the company to fall.

Euro-area rose amidst negative forcest led by France. (Photo : Reuters)This is a photo of the French and EU flag. The industrial output in the Eurozone has risen despite earlier predictions, mainly due to France's unexpected rebound, giving investors a glimpse of hope to a lomg-awaited revival of the currency bloc's economy from recession.

European stocks fell as the German court began hearings on ECB's bond-buying proposal. Due to Bank of Japan's (BOJ) refusal to undertake programs for stimulus expansion, stocks from Europe fell.

Patron Capital Partners is planning to spend nearly Eur1 billion for property purchases in Germany. Patron Capital Partners is a private equity company that does investments in a number of real estate projects throughout Europe.