As officials from the German government met on Monday to discuss privacy issues centering around Google's Street View service, weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported that "several hundred thousand people" have told the California-based technology corporation that they do not want their homes and businesses featured on the mapping service.

Germany's justice minister was quoted as saying by Der Spiegel magazine on Saturday that Apple Inc must "immediately make clear" what data it collects from users of its products and for what purposes.

German automaker Volkswagen is planning a complete acquisition of sports car manufacturer Porsche, sources say.

Migrant workers in Europe are finding the welcome they got when economies were booming has worn thin, with some countries inviting them to leave, officials say. As globalization took hold, 200 million people have evolved into migrant workers, one fifth of them Europeans, Der Spiegel reported Wednesday.

German Finance Minister Peer Steinbruck warned the European Union may have to rescue individual countries overwhelmed by national debt.