GERMANY: Manufacturing plans to invest 7% more

German manufacturing intends to invest considerably more in 2015 than the year before, according to a survey by the Ifo Institute. The preliminary figures indicate an increase of seven percent, the Institute reported

CEO Bert Pijls: Hellenic Bank ready for growth

 * Issued €45m in EIB loans; Low-cost retail products; Ship financing for second-hands, not newbuilds * Hellenic Bank, the island’s third biggest lender that has survived the banking crisis that pummelled its