But the protesters say GMD is now considering reducing the pay level for new contracts, and freezing pay increases on existing contracts, until they reach current average eastern German levels - 13.5 per cent below the West German average.
Obviously, there's a cost simply in terms of transportation (of 2.5 billion notes and 7.5 billion coins in France alone, according to The Times). German police say they are too stretched to cope and other countries have put troops on standby.
A test of an iris-scanning system has begun at the Frankfurt airport as part of a project involving 18 European countries. The iris systems - seven of which have been installed at the airport - will then identify the passenger's iris and match that...
As expected, the company announced the Windows Workflow Foundation, a combination of a new workflow engine, as well as tools and a programming model for developers to use to add such abilities into their own software.
Google has handed out one of its most effective punishments to BMW amid allegations the German car manufacturer was abusing techniques for boosting its position in search engine results. Google meanwhile in another story is being linked with BMW's...
The data should also have been sent by secure and traceable, recorded delivery with a full audit trail for transportation. But Darling told MPs this week: "It now appears that, following a further request from the NAO in October for information...