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The topic of the day: Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank cancel merger
They have been examining, calculating and negotiating for six weeks. In almost identical press releases, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank then surprisingly announced in the morning that the merger plans had crashed.
The two CEOs Christian Sewing (Deutsche Bank) and Martin Zielke (Commerzbank) justified the decision with "implementation risks, restructuring costs and capital requirements". According to SPIEGEL information, it was mainly German bank chief Sewing, who shied away from the step. For him, the merger of the two big banks that have been through difficult years seems too complex. Whether this rejection was correct is highly controversial. In the analysis of my colleague Stefan Kaiser, you can read about the difficulties that both financial institutions are facing and whether job losses are threatening.
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Christian Sewing (left) and Martin Zielke
Hardworking, polite, obedient - that's how Christian Sewing got to head Deutsche Bank. After the end of the talks with the Commerzbank now everything depends on him. But to save the Deutsche Bank, he needs what he has been missing: courage and hardship. Our colleagues from manager magazin have portrayed the "rubble man".
Criticism ignites in Berlin now especially on the role of Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD). He had fought for a merger, dreamed of a national bank champion. The opposition parties describe his behavior as "amateurish acting", as my colleagues David Böcking and Christian Teevs write.
The number of the day: 56
So many percent of the participants of our non-representative vote (17 clock, more than 22,600 votes) mean that the penalty for FC Bayern Munich in the DFB Cup match against Werder Bremen was unjustified. They say: Bayern striker Kingsley Coman dropped too easily in the 78th minute in the Werder penalty area. However, referee Daniel Siebert saw things differently on Wednesday evening and decided on a penalty for Munich. A game-decisive scene, finally, the Bremen had scored within minutes and scored twice to 2-2. The Bayern won by the converted penalty 3: 2 in Bremen and move into the cup final. My somewhat biased opinion: no penalty.
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Bayern striker Kingsley Coman falls in the penalty area
News: What you need to know today
- Joe Biden wants to run for the US Presidency in 2020: The former vice president under Barack Obama officially enters the election campaign. He is considered a promising candidate.
- Every second German has resentments against asylum seekers: This is the result of a study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. It also shows that conspiracy theories are widespread.
- Scandal shakes US elite unit Navy Seals: A fighter of US special forces in Iraq indiscriminately shot civilians - and was possibly covered by superiors.
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Lars and Meike Schlecker
- Schlecker children have to be imprisoned: Following the bankruptcy of the drugstore group Schlecker, the Stuttgart district court sentenced the children of the founder, Meike and Lars, to prison terms. Its revision has now been rejected by the Federal Court of Justice.
- Unitymedia may use private routers for public WLAN: The cable network operator may use the routers of his customers to set up public WLAN hotspots without being asked. This was decided by the Federal Court of Justice .
Opinion: The most discussed comments, interviews, essays
"The FDP does not keep an eye on the dangers of digitization": The liberal Gerhart Baum calls on Christian Lindner, before the FDP party congress, to make the fight against imminent alienation a central topic. Click here for his guest post.
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Gerhart tree
Slippers for the world : Recently, Harald Schmidt was in the Birkenstock store: A Chinese customer photographed dwarfs, and Schmidt assumed bad things.
Click here for his video.
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Harald Schmidt
Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
"He was my dream man, at least that's what I thought for a long time": Miriam S. stayed with the man who cursed at her for eight years. Why? My colleague Sarah Wiedenhöft has met the 33-year-old today.
Why drop outs in the labor market are hotly sought after : One third of all students never graduate. Often they are afraid of being considered losers. They have good prospects for a job with many companies.
Florian Bayer
White, privileged, male: Bret Easton Ellis was the star of pop literature. In his new book he tries to describe the break that has hit America. His partner therefore considers him to be right.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
What you could read: Do I have a zinc deficiency? Is my gut healthy? Am I allergic to gluten? In drugstores, there are countless ways to check one's own health. My colleague Lea Wolz has examined some of the self-tests in more detail.
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Medical self-tests
What you might hear: The new episode of our Podcast "Voices Catching". This week is about the European election campaign and the dangers of targeted misinformation campaigns in social networks. What is politics doing, what are platform operators like Facebook doing? The result is here along.
I wish you a nice finishing time.
warmly
Her Max Holscher from the Daily Team
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