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    Patricia Nilsson

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    Patricia Nilsson writes about German industry for the FT. She was previously a consumer industries reporter covering a broad range of business including retail, media, tobacco and cannabis. Her podcast Hot Money delves into the murky business of online porn and is the FT's first ever investigative audio series.

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    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Volkswagen AG
      VW plans 25% pay increase for executive board members

      Move comes amid wider concerns over chief Oliver Blume’s role as boss of both VW and Porsche

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Volkswagen AG
      VW’s plans to pull out of Russia at risk after assets in country are frozen

      Court action taken pending lawsuit by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s Gaz Group

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      EU agrees to supply Ukraine with 1mn artillery rounds within a year

      German weapons maker Rheinmetall says more subsidies are needed to ramp up European production

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      News in-depthEnergy crisis
      Surviving winter: how three factories battled through Europe’s energy crisis

      These power-intensive businesses made it through the peak of high prices but many economic challenges remain

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      MindGeek
      Pornhub owner sold to Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital

      MindGeek acquired for undisclosed sum as it is being sued over sexually explicit videos of minors

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Rheinmetall AG
      Ukraine war has ‘ushered in a new era’ for German defence contractor

      Rheinmetall expects sales this year to hit a range of €7.4bn to €7.6bn

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Swiss central bank backs Credit Suisse

      VW to invest €180bn over next 5 years to manufacture its own electric vehicle batteries and expand

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      BMW
      BMW to stop raising car prices after years of increases

      Prices jumped because of semiconductor shortages and introduction of more expensive electric vehicles

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Automobiles
      VW ramps up investments in electric car transition with €180bn injection

      Money will be used over next five years to produce batteries and fund expansion in US and China

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Siemens AG
      Siemens scours south-east Asia for deals to diversify from China

      German group considers adding factories in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand as it tries to reduce supply chain risks

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Volkswagen AG
      VW picks Canada for battery plant after being lured by US green incentives

      Washington’s subsidy rules benefit northern neighbour as German carmaker puts European plant on hold

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Porsche AG
      Porsche steps up pressure to free e-fuel cars from combustion engine ban

      Chief executive Oliver Blume urges synthetic fuel exemption as carmaker unveils record profits

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      BMW
      BMW in bumper payout after profit boost from increased stake in China JV

      German carmaker also benefits from higher prices for its premium models

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      US Inflation Reduction Act
      VW puts European battery plant on hold as it seeks €10bn from US

      Europe’s largest carmaker is ‘waiting’ for an EU response to Biden administration’s subsidies

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Personal & Household Goods
      Top four fragrance groups raided in co-ordinated antitrust probe

      Regulators in Switzerland, UK, US and EU investigate overcharging and other anti-competitive practices

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Chemicals
      Energy crisis prompts further warnings by German chemical groups

      Evonik and Covestro, which together employ more than 50,000 people, have both said profits will fall

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      BASF SE
      BASF outlines further cost-cutting and 2,600 job losses as it downsizes in Germany

      World’s biggest chemicals group says it will wind down several plants

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Wintershall DEA GmbH
      Energy group Wintershall seeks to sue Kremlin over seized Russian assets

      German company says it had wanted to use €2bn cash in Russian accounts to pay dividends

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Mercedes-Benz AG
      Mercedes-Benz posts profit rise but warns on ‘sluggish’ demand in Europe

      German carmaker says rapid spread of Covid-19 in China is also affecting sentiment

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      Batteries
      Vulcan increases lithium targets as demand grows from carmakers

      Group aims to extract enough of the battery metal to supply up to 500,000 electric vehicles a year

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      MBA
      MBA experience: finding new drive

      When Jessica Tan felt burnt out, she changed job and country, began an MBA — and played golf

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine to receive up to 178 German tanks from allies

      Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands announce export decision of older Leopard 1 tank

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ammunition supply chain crisis: Ukraine war tests Europe in race to rearm

      Manufacturers struggle to replenish national weapons stockpiles and meet demand from Kyiv

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Energy sector
      Investors press European fusion group to move to US for subsidies

      Washington offers ‘record funding’ of $1.4bn for sector

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      News in-depthWintershall DEA GmbH
      Wintershall’s empty accounts expose plight of western companies still in Russia

      Parent group BASF’s €7.3bn writedown reveals flaws in historical German industrial policy

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