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British Airways sets up tech innovation unit
News Another initiative that has already come out of the innovation unit is a trial at Dusseldorf Airport in Germany replacing the BA self-service check-in kiosks with PCs and printers. British Airways (BA) has set up a special innovation unit to... [30 Nov 2007]
WestLB chooses HP for $500m outsourcing deal
News The five-year contract, which goes into effect on 1 January, will involve the transfer of 450 WestLB employees in Dusseldorf, Germany, London, New York and Tokyo. Hewlett-Packard announced that it had received a $500m contract to provide global IT... [21 Oct 2004]
Mannesmann Six walk free
News Since the beginning of January, Ackermann has had to commute 155 miles from the bank's HQ in Frankfort to Dusseldorf for the two-day-a-week trial. Former Mannesmann chief Klaus Esser and five other board members, including the Deutsche Bank head... [22 Jul 2004]
Supermarket giant tests its RFID mettle
News The Dusseldorf-based company, which operates a range of retail outlets across Germany, said it began operating its RFID Innovation Centre in the town of Neuss, where its sales divisions, technology partners and suppliers will test radio tag systems. [08 Jul 2004]
Gent clears Esser over bonus
News The former Vodafone chief read a prepared statement to the Dusseldorf regional court during the trial of Esser and five others on charges of breaching shareholders' trust. Chris Gent testified today that he had never discussed bonuses with... [25 Mar 2004]
German registrar deletes US website
News Computer Service Langenbach, which operates the Joker.com registrar in Dusseldorf, yanked the Ogrish.com domain name from its database this week in response to a request from a German prosecutor, said the hosting service and the owner of the site... [12 Feb 2003]
Vodafone growth down
News Meanwhile, state prosecutors in Dusseldorf have denied their investigation into the Vodafone CEO is over. Vodafone CEO Chris Gent said that growth is likely to fall to 20 per cent this year, following four years of growth topping 50 per cent. [12 Sep 2001]
Gent and Esser give contrasting reports
News Speaking at the annual meeting of the German mobile operator in Dusseldorf, Gent added that no Vodafone director had had any influence on the Mannesmann compensation committee until after the EC cleared the £113bn takeover on 12 April 2000. [23 Aug 2001]
Vodafone denies bribery allegations
News The Dusseldorf public prosecutor leading the investigation alleges that payoffs were made to the Mannesmann execs in an attempt to remove resistance to the £110bn hostile takeover. Vodafone has denied accusations that it paid bonuses of around... [22 Aug 2001]
Gent confirmed as target in fraud inquiry
News The Dusseldorf public prosecutor alleges that payoffs were bribes made to the German executives in an attempt to remove resistance to the record-breaking takeover. A German regional court has confirmed that Vodafone CEO Chris Gent is one of the... [21 Aug 2001]
Gent faces bribery probe
News The Dusseldorf public prosecutor is investigating Gent's role in the decision to award outgoing Mannesmann chief executive Klaus Esser a DM59m (£30m) redundancy payment. Chris Gent finds himself under legal scrutity as a German regional court... [17 Aug 2001]
German telco chiefs face criminal prosecution
News Klaus Esser, former CEO of Mannesmann, is being investigated over claims he gave the green light to Vodafone's £113bn takeover last year after the board was offered a massive £32m redundancy payout. Esser had vehemently opposed the takeover... [13 Mar 2001]
Sun faces dark times as users stockpile servers
News This morning the shares stood at $19.31 on Nasdaq and E21.70 (£13.63) on the Dusseldorf exchange. The share move was sparked by yesterday's downgrade by brokers Merrill Lynch, which changed its rating from 'accumulate' to 'neutral'. [22 Feb 2001]
Mannesmann to build E1bn 3G network
News The company has enlisted Siemens to build a test network in Munich and Ericsson for another in Dusseldorf. Each contract is worth E500m (£300m). The first elements of the networks should be in place by 2001. [24 Nov 2000]
Difficult times for Teamwork
News Teamwork, which specialises in internet, intranet, document management and archive solutions, declared itself bankrupt on Friday in the face of mounting losses. It is now working with Piepenburg & Dr Kebekus to find ways of restructuring the... [06 Nov 2000]
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