BAD MUENDER, Germany, December 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Millions of office workers lead too static lives, only moving to operate the keyboard and mouse.

LONDON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The second of Celebrity Cruises (http://www.celebritycruises.co.uk) luxurious new Solstice Class ships, Celebrity Equinox sailed on 20th June from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany in a milestone event known as "The Conveyance".

A European court on Tuesday ruled that a German law shielding car maker Volkswagen AG from hostile takeovers is illegal, clearing the way for Porsche AG to increase its influence - and possibly take control - at Europe's biggest car maker.

Transport company Arriva has taken a huge stake in German bus and rail company Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG (OHE). The Sunderland company has now bought 82.962% of the business and expects to take another 2% shortly, bringing its investment there to pounds 20.5m.

The ceremonial burning of the diary of Holocaust victim Anne Frank by far-right extremists in eastern Germany was condemned by the German government on Friday amid calls to intensify efforts to stamp out neo-Nazi activity.