Europäische Firmen weniger profitabel als US-Konkurrenz

EPAepa02109120 Protestors demonstrate against the operation methods of Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria at the Shell headquarter in The Hague, The Netherlands, 08 April 2010. Royal Dutch Shell Plcís shareholders and employees as well as car owners are being

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dapdNiedersachsen/ ARCHIV: Ein VW Passat (links) und ein Golf Cabrio stehen in der Autostadt der Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg in der Mitte eines Auslieferungsturms (Foto vom 09.03.11). Die Absatzkrise auf dem deutschen Automarkt hat sich im September drast

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dapdCustomers walk into and out of WalMart in Methuen, Mass., Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported an almost 15 percent decline in fourth-quarter profits as the worlds largest retailers U.S. namesake business continued to rebound over the

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