GERMANY

Euro zone consumer prices grew slower than expected in May, though remained well above the European Central Bank's target, data showed on Tuesday, while unemployment held steady in April for the third month.

The euro hit a three-week high versus the dollar on Tuesday on a report that Germany could make concessions on efforts to put together a bailout for Greece, while Japanese shares rose on data suggesting industrial activity has begun to recover from a March earthquake.

An E. coli outbreak, which is linked to contaminated cucumbers that has killed 14 people and made more than 300 seriously ill in Germany, has spread to other north European countries, Reuters reported.

The European Union is racing to draft a second bailout package for indebted Greece to release vital loans next month and avert the risk of the euro zone country defaulting.

The euro hit a three-week high versus the dollar on Tuesday on a report that Germany could make concessions on efforts to put together a bailout for Greece, while Japanese shares rose on data suggesting industrial activity has begun to recover from the March earthquake.

The recent outbreak of E. coli is one of the worst on record, but deadly infection from the bacterium due to infected produce is nothing new. So what can you do to prevent your family from becoming sick from Escherichia coli?

The recent E.coli outbreak in Germany, which killed 11 people, has spread panic and concern throughout Europe and the world. In what is considered the largest E.coli outbreak in Germany, the origin of the recent event is still under investigation. Countries such as Spain and Sweden have been linked to the transport of contaminated cucumbers. Precautions has been taken into account as vegetables are under serious testing and selected kinds may be banned from entering certain countries. Here is...

Cucumbers infected with a strain of deadly E. coli has killed 14 people and made over 300 people seriously ill in northern Germany.

Germany people have been warned not to eat cucumbers until tests identify the source of a deadly escherichia coli (E.coli) outbreak that has killed 11 and spread across Europe.

Germany will phase out all nuclear plants in the country by 2022, the coalition government announced on Monday.

Tao Gang, vice-president of Sinovel Wind Group Company Limited, the largest turbine manufacturer in China, said on Monday the company has developed a 6MW wind turbine prototype that can be used in onshore, offshore and inter-tidal wind farms, a Xinhua report said

If you are a salad eater in Germany or Spain, beware of the perverse ways by which this 'healthy' food might put you at greater risk when compared to those who consume oily junk. As the e-coli outbreak spreads through organic cucumbers imported from Spain, statistics shows that women are the worst affected. Scientists attribute the healthier eating habits of women as a reason for this unusual trend.

Luggage maker Samsonite, backed by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners , moved closer to a $1.5 billion Hong Kong initial public offering, setting an indicative range for the deal on Monday as it bet on booming Asian demand for global consumer brands.

Germany will shut all its nuclear reactors by 2022, parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government agreed on Monday, in a reaction to Japan's Fukushima disaster that marks a drastic policy reversal, said a Reuters report.

After days of silence Apple is now addressing the high-profile virus that is threatening to ruin the pristine virus free world of the Mac OS.

Add a manufacturing slowdown to the growing risks facing the world economy.

Group of Eight leaders unanimously back French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's bid to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday.

In Germany, the current outbreak of E.coli found in cucumbers have claimed two more lives, totaling 10 deaths and over 300 infected. Concerns have been raised as other countries with cucumber shipments may also be at risk. The outbreak started with the shipment of Spanish cucumbers from farms in Malaga and Almeria, which may have been the main cause according to German health chiefs. No official evidence has linked Spain to the outbreak.

The head of Airbus parent EADS is pushing for a veto right to be introduced in the defense industry to prevent hostile takeovers, a German magazine reported on Sunday.

Cucumbers, believed to have been imported from Spain, claimed lives of atleast ten people so far, and left hundreds sick in Germany, said a BBC report on Saturday.

Greece's hopes of averting default dimmed on Saturday as fears grew the country may have missed fiscal targets set by its lenders while euro zone policymakers bickered on how to respond to the deepening crisis.