Status: 03.10.2022 07:18 a.m Cable cars that run more slowly, less snowmaking - and higher ticket prices: the ski areas in Germany are preparing for a hard winter. This means restrictions for skiers. By Eva Macht and Ina Held, SWR The gondolas are still hovering over green meadows on the Feldberg in the Black Forest. But the lift operators are already thinking about the coming winter season - a little with horror, given the exploding energy prices. At 1493 meters,...
analysis Status: 10/01/2022 3:25 p.m A higher minimum wage applies from today - and that is also due to Hubertus Heil. Most recently, the Minister of Labor implemented his plans without much fanfare. Just how does he do it? By Ulrich Meerkamm, ARD Capital Studio Hubertus Heil obviously knows how to use a starting advantage. As the only minister in the current federal government, he had already held the office in the previous cabinet and was thus able to get...
Status: 09/30/2022 08:11 a.m The development of gas prices is difficult for consumers to understand. Prices on the stock exchanges fluctuate greatly, and how high your own gas bill actually is depends, among other things, on where you live. The consumer advocates from North Rhine-Westphalia had already expected that there would be significant regional differences in gas prices. But when they saw their own evaluation, they rubbed their eyes in amazement, because the price differences are enormous. A new basic...
Status: 09/30/2022 08:11 a.m The development of gas prices is difficult for consumers to understand. Prices on the stock exchanges fluctuate greatly, and how high your own gas bill actually is depends, among other things, on where you live. The consumer advocates from North Rhine-Westphalia had already expected that there would be significant regional differences in gas prices. But when they saw their own evaluation, they rubbed their eyes in amazement, because the price differences are enormous. A new basic...
As of: 09/28/2022 4:11 p.m Can a customer rate a retailer on ebay exaggeratedly or even exaggeratedly negatively? The Federal Court of Justice has now decided this in principle - and granted the buyer extensive rights. By Klaus Hempel, ARD legal department A customer had bought four metal clamps on ebay. He paid 19.26 euros for it. This included the shipping costs. These were 4.90 euros. After the customer had received the clamps, he wrote in a review: "Goods. Exorbitant...
Status: 09/27/2022 4:21 p.m France has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to wind energy compared to Germany. President Macron now wants to make up for this and have more offshore wind farms built. Producers of green hydrogen also want to benefit from this. WDR logo Julia Borutta ARD Studio Paris It's a very, very large champagne bottle that shatters on the towering, bright yellow electrolysis container on this sunny day. Matthieu Guesné visibly swung it...
breaking news Status: 09/25/2022 11:16 a.m Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge has improved his own world record: he finished the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute and 9 seconds. More information coming soon. source site
Status: 09/23/2022 4:20 p.m After more than two years, Hong Kong is abolishing the mandatory hotel quarantine for travelers. The city is thus lifting one of the strictest pandemic rules in the world. By Eva Lamby-Schmitt, ARD Studio Shanghai Arrivals from abroad are no longer required to be in hotel quarantine in Hong Kong. Instead of going to a hotel, arriving travelers will have to watch themselves at home from Monday. After three days, if the test result is negative,...
As of: 09/21/2022 7:16 p.m Officials have searched the offices of the auditing and consulting firm KMPG in Frankfurt in connection with the investigation into the Cum-Ex tax scandal. It's not the first crackdown on the affair. In connection with the cum-ex scandal about tax deals at the expense of the state treasury, investigators searched the offices of the auditor KPMG in Frankfurt. The public prosecutor's office in Cologne is executing search warrants against a consulting company in Frankfurt, the...
analysis Status: 09/21/2022 12:54 p.m Members of the traffic light parties see Putin's recent threats as a sign of weakness. But what does the Russian partial mobilization mean for the question of further arms deliveries to Ukraine? By Kai Küstner, ARD Capital Studio There is no doubt: Putin's speech on Russian television was also a message to the West. And a blatant attempt at intimidation. In much sharper terms than before, the man in the Kremlin warned against attacks on...
