Frankfurt
Picture taken on March 17, 2007 shows an airplane landing at the airport of Frankfurt/M., western Germany. Air-traffic controllers will stage a strike on February 16, 2012 at Germany's biggest airport in Frankfurt over a pay dispute, the German union of air-traffic controllers, GdF, announced. About 200 air-traffic controllers will take part in the stoppage, which will in place for about seven hours at Frankfurt airport, also Europe's third largest hub.
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From our perspective, we see how the Bank of England operates, and we see how the Fed operates, but I understand it’s not legally possible for Frankfurt to operate in the same way ... So we’ll have to say if somebody has come up with a clever formula to allow that.
This expansion further opens up the vast North American market to our customers, who can now book directly with Gulf Air and travel seamlessly to and from 62 cities on American Airlines via its three European stops – London, Paris and Frankfurt
Neither a Frankfurt group nor a troika, and certainly not the G-20, which answers to no one, should have the right to decide what Europe's citizens should pay for and how much they should saveMore quotes »
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ECB lends $3.7 bn to European banks
Frankfurt-based central bank said it will provide the funds tomorrow to 11 banks at a fixed rate of 0.63 per cent. Last week, banks borrowed $4.1 billion in seven-day funds. The ECB doesn’t disclose the identity of the banks it lends to. Demand for dollars 51 m ago from Business Standard Read more »
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Missing Iditarod dog lured into garage with food
he had shown little interest in climbing back into a kennel. Maybe it was the sled dog's marathon car ride from Norway to Frankfurt, followed by the marathon flight from Frankfurt to Seattle to Anchorage, mused Furtwangler. "It's a long, long way," she said. 52 m ago from Reading Eagle Read more »
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Frankfurt: Roundtrip on Singapore Air from $776
(which placed first for international airlines on our 2011 World's Best Awards) is running a sale on flights between New York and Frankfurt. Book before February 29 for travel before May 31 and you can be among the first on your block to fly in the new A380 1:27 PM from Travel & Leisure Read more »
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INSIGHT – D.Boerse/NYSE deal undone by smart opponents, culture clash
(Reuters) – They planned to create the world’s biggest stock and derivatives exchange. But the Deutsche Boerse-NYSE Euronext deal fell apart because its opponents fought a clever campaign and officials in Berlin and Brussels found the U.S. style abrasive. 10:01 AM from Clearing and Settlement Read more »
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Airport staff in Frankfurt announce plans to strike
(Reuters) - Workers in charge of marshalling planes in and out of parking positions at Frankfurt airport plan to go on strike for seven hours on Thursday, which would paralyse Germany's largest hub. Trade union GdF said on Wednesday that the 200 so-called 2/14/12 from Reuters Mobile Read more »
