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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, January 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

The following are major news items in leading German newspapers on Wednesday.

Die Welt:

-- German managers are particularly pessimistic about business outlook. A global study of 1,300 senior managers by consulting firm PwC showed that 70 percent of German managers saw more risks than opportunities for the growth of their companies in the next three years. Researchers found nowhere else such a marked pessimism.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

-- The number of organ donors in Germany reached a new low point in last year. Statistics released by German Organ Transplant Foundation in Frankfurt on Tuesday showed that 864 people in Germany donated their organs after their death in 2014. In 2013, there were 867 donors. The number was 1,024 in 2012.

Sueeddeutsche Zeitung

-- Germany got credit from the financial markets at unprecedented favorable conditions. For the first time in history, the German Finance Agency, which was responsible for state debt administration, offered federal bonds of five years maturity with a coupon of 0 percent on Tuesday. The bonds valued at 5 billion euros. At the last comparable auction, the interest rate was still 0.25 percent. Endit