Jet makes fiery emergency landing Sep 15, 2009
STUTTGART, Germany - A passenger jet made an emergency landing Monday on a protective layer of foam at Germany's Stuttgart airport after having problems with its landing gear. Stuttgart Airport said five passengers suffered shock and a stewardess was taken to a hospital for observation after the incident but there were no significant injuries. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The Playing's The Thing Sep 15, 2009
Edu would, but he's injured and unavailable for Rangers' trip to Stuttgart on Wednesday. Beasley is so far down the bench at Ibrox, he might as well be playing for Celtic. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors Commissions Artists to Develop Significant Artwork for New Transbay Transit Center Sep 12, 2009
James Carpenter: James Carpenter is a New York-based artist who has taught at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is well-known for creating works that use natural and artificial light to transform architectural spaces. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Nokia N97 to hit Indian mkt by mid-Oct Sep 4, 2009
STUTTGART (GERMANY): To cash in on the festivity, the world's largest handset maker, Nokia, today said it will launch new version of its flagship smartphone N97 in the Indian market by Diwali or middle of October this year. Nokia launched two music devices and a new version of N97, called the N97 Mini, during the Nokia World event here. (India Times)
Nokia unveils new mobile gadgets Sep 3, 2009
STUTTGART (Germany): NOKIA kicked off its Nokia World 09 conference with a bang by announcing five new products the N900, N97 mini, X3, X6 and Booklet 3G that are guaranteed to whet the appetite of mobile tech enthusiasts. With the unveiling of these new products, Nokia believes it can change how people connect with each other. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Nokia prices laptop at $820 Sep 3, 2009
STUTTGART: Nokia on Wednesday bolstered its smartphone line-up to better compete with Apple and said a $820 laptop will lead its foray into the fiercely-competitive PC market ... Nokia shares were slightly down in the wake of the announcements at the "Nokia World" event in Stuttgart, having fallen 0. (India Times)
Ferry Services to Albania from Ital... Aug 31, 2009
Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart in Germany. London in the United Kingdom. (Suite101.com)
Nokia takes aim at Apple Aug 29, 2009
More major announcements are expected on Sept. 2-3, Nokia execs say, during the annual Nokia World extravaganza for analysts, press, and business partners in Stuttgart. "We are on the attack," says Nokia Executive Vice-President Anssi Vanjoki, who oversees global sales. (India Times)
* CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Champions League draw pits AC Milan against Real Madrid Aug 29, 2009
Seville of Spain will compete in Group G alongside Glasgow Rangers, Germanys VfB Stuttgart and Romanias Unirea Urziceni. Arsenal were drawn in Group H with AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands, Greek side Olympiakos and Belgiums Standard Liege. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Nokia's laptop plans: Booklet 3G Aug 25, 2009
The company will release more information on September 2 at its Nokia World event in Stuttgart. Nokia this summer announced it would develop a new mobile device and chips together with Intel, and that it will put Microsoft Office software on its mobile devices. (India Times)
AC Milan begin life without talismanic Kaka Aug 22, 2009
TODAY: Borussia Dortmund vs VfB Stuttgart, Cologne vs Eintracht Frankfurt, Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen, Mainz 05 vs Bayern Munich, Nuremberg vs Hanover 96. TOMORROW: VfL Bochum vs Hertha Berlin, Wolfsburg vs Hamburg, Werder Bremen vs Borussia Moenchengladbach. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
* Fired-up Gunners face Celtic in Battle of Britain Aug 18, 2009
VfB Stuttgart are aiming for their third appearance in the group stage, but will do so against Champions League newcomers Timisoara of Romania without midfielder Martin Lanig. He suffered cruciate ligament damage to his right knee in the 4-2 victory against Freiburg on Saturday, joining Christian Trasch on the injury sidelines after he broke a wrist last week. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Football: Teams to battle in Champions League play-off round Aug 18, 2009
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Daryl Thomas Ehrensing Aug 16, 2009
Daryl was born in Stuttgart, Ark. to Alvin and Edna Ehrensing. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
VW seals Porsche deal for $4.7 bn Aug 15, 2009
Volkswagen plans to issue new preferred shares in the first half of next year to help pay for the purchase, which values Stuttgart, Germany-based Porsches car division at e12. 4 billion. (India Times)
Full Story » Aug 13, 2009
Creative director Peter Redlin checks the effects of a globe with LED tiles at a hall in Stuttgart, Germany. AP/Daniel Maurer. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Opera served a la carte at the Chatham House Aug 1, 2009
re in London, Paris and Stuttgart. He will be singing in concert with the Royal Philharmonic in London at the end of September. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Porsche sacks CEO to push VW deal Jul 24, 2009
STUTTGART: Sportscar maker Porsche conceded a month-long power struggle to mass-market rival Volkswagen by axing its chief executive and said it would raise at least e5 billion in equity as the two prepare for a merger. After an all-night meeting of its board of directors, Porsche said Wendelin Wiedeking, Germanys best-paid executive and its CEO 00004000 for the past 16 years, along with finance chief Holger Haerter, would quit the group immediately. (India Times)
Porsche chief executive, finance chief resign Jul 23, 2009
Stuttgart- 00004000 based Porsche said in a statement that an agreement on the resignations had been reached with the supervisory board and that Wiedeking -- said to be the best-paid boss in Germany -- would get a golden parachute worth 50 million euros (71 million dollars), of which half was to go to a "social foundation." ... Stuttgart-based Porsche said in a statement that an agreement on the resignations had been reached with the supervisory board and that Wiedeking -- said to be the... (India Times, India)
Porsche boss gears up for meeting Jul 19, 2009
Both Porsche and VW, which is holding its own supervisory board meeting the same day in Porsche's hometown of Stuttgart, want to create an integrated auto group. The question is who will be behind the wheel. (India Times)
Huntelaar close to Stuttgart move Jul 16, 2009
MADRID: Real Madrid are close to agreeing the sale of striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar to Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, Real sporting director Miguel Pardeza said on Tuesday ... (We) are in very advanced talks with Stuttgart and the best thing to do was to find a solution, Pardeza told Spanish radio. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Vayama Offers Peak Summer Discounts to Secondary European Airports Jul 9, 2009
Berlin: Washington, D.C. to Berlin, instead of Frankfurt or Munich, from $239 + tax Dusseldorf: New York to Dusseldorf, instead of Munich, from $239 + tax Edinburgh: Newark to Edinburgh, instead of London, from $549 + tax Hamburg: Chicago to Hamburg, instead of Frankfurt, from $248 + tax Marseille: New York to Marseille, instead of Paris, from $313 + tax Stuttgart: New York to Stuttgart, instead of Munich, from $316 + tax Shannon: Newark to Shannon, instead of Dublin, from $550 + tax Venice:... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Vending machines to sell gold in Germany... Jun 18, 2009
The company, based near Stuttgart, hopes to tap into the increasing interest in buying gold following disillusionment in other investments due to the economic downturn. Related Articles. (The Drudge Report)
It's an all-Russian Final on Saturday Jun 6, 2009
But I stayed tough in the third set and I never gave up," added Kuznetsova, the only player to have defeated Safina on clay this season in the final in Stuttgart. "Dinara will be the favourite to win on Saturday, she is the number one and after Stuttgart she beat me in Rome. I will just have to move her around and work my game. (iAfrica.com)
Cool Seattle Tours for Foodies May 27, 2009
Sausages are like those in Stuttgart and may make Europeans homesick. Summer: Saturday and Sunday 1:00pm. (Suite101.com)
Only two points separate top four Bundesliga teams May 16, 2009
With two points separating the top four teams there is no margin for error and Wolfsburg can ill afford another slip like their recent 4-1 hammering at Stuttgart ... It was important for me that the team showed just how absolutely intact they are (after the Stuttgart defeat). (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
7,000,000,000 grains, 7,000,000,000 stories May 13, 2009
In 2005, two years after the show first appeared, Yarker was able to carry out his original intention showing the whole world's population in one 112-tonne pile of rice in Stuttgart, Germany. Still more sobering, was his second attempt three years later in Birmingham, when it took an additional eight tonnes of rice to account for the intervening population growth. (Globe and Mail)
SFO wants to take a flier on pod-style hotel May 8, 2009
So Chrysler, recently divorced from Mercedes-Benz (DaimlerChrysler never seemed like a match made in heaven, let alone Stuttgart. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums on Tuesday proposed laying off 140 police officers, cutting hundreds of other city jobs and shuttering. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bundesliga top guns face off as Wolfsburg meet Stuttgart May 8, 2009
BERLIN: Three of the Bundesligas top-scoring strikers will face off when league leaders VfL Wolfsburg travel to VfB Stuttgart, who still have an outside chance of the title with four matches left ... We are going there to win, said Wolfsburg midfielder Christian Gentner, a former Stuttgart player ... Stuttgart will no doubt pile on the pressure from the start. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Dear Mr President May 7, 2009
Charles, Stuttgart, Germany. Whilst Ghana's southern region represents a flourishing African nation to the rest of the world, the Northern Region - particularly areas surrounding Tamale - are struggling for survival. (BBC News -- Africa)
Miss America 2009 Katie Stam to Visit America's Troops in Germany May 6, 2009
Katie will participate in an Equal Employment Opportunity Conference May 7 in Stuttgart, as a part of Women's History Month, on the subject of "Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling.". On May 8, she will be speaking to students at the Patch Elementary School and High School at Patch Barracks, in Stuttgart, about her personal platform, "Promoting Community Service and Involvement." She will also sing the National Anthem during a military ceremony ... Before departing Germany, Katie will meet with... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Kuznetsova downs Safina May 4, 2009
Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Russian compatriot and world number one Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3 in Sunday's final to win Stuttgart's WTA tournament to bring an end to her losing streak in finals ... Kuznetsova changed both her coach and moved back to Moscow last year from Spain to train and the Stuttgart champion said the win here is proof she is on the right track. (iAfrica.com)
Driven: new Porsche Boxster & Cayman Apr 28, 2009
This week was quite historic in a South African Porsche sense it was the first ever proper local launch of one of the Stuttgart cars when the latest Boxster and Cayman were revealed to local motoring scribes. The event also celebrated the completion of Porsche Centre Umhlanga in essence a 50 percent scale version of Toby's Paulshof facility in Sandton. (iAfrica.com)
Battered Bayerns title defence on the line Apr 10, 2009
Hamburg, also on 51 points, travel to resurgent Stuttgart, who are in fifth place. Hamburgs midweek UEFA Cup clash against Italys Udinese could leave Martin Jols side drained, however, the team having played virtually non-stop since the end of the winter break in the league, UEFA Cup and German Cup. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Five crucial days for Bayern and Klinsmann Apr 4, 2009
League leaders Hertha need to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat at Stuttgart last time out as they look to hold their position at the top of the table when they host Dortmund. Hertha are waiting to see if their hot-shot striker Andrei Voronin will be fit after he broke his nose playing for the Ukraine against England in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Loaded with features... oh, and it drives nice, too Mar 26, 2009
It employed whiz-bang magic from some high-end supplier in Stuttgart, Mercedes' home town. The film spent very little time on boring old things like horsepower and torque, handling, braking and cornering. (Globe and Mail)
Canadian Foils U.K. School-Attack Plan After Spotting Threats on Chat Room Mar 22, 2009
Germany was thrown into shock March 11 when a camouflage- clad 17-year-old gunman entered a technical high school in Winnenden, near Stuttgart, and opened fire, killing nine students and three teachers. He killed three more people as he fled in a hijacked car before turning the gun on himself in a shootout with police. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Mercedes-Benz Mar 19, 2009
The 2009 M-Class from the Stuttgart stables was globally launched at the New York motor show last year. The M-Class has been lurking around showrooms for a few years now and hasn't had a proper makeover in a while and the latest iteration doesn't deviate from that fact either. (India Times)
Airliners to k00003FFCeep flying despite... Mar 14, 2009
Sven, Stuttgart, Germany. Any risk to passengers is a risk which should not be undertaken. (New York Post -- Business)
Massacre sparks hoaxes Mar 14, 2009
The picturesque town near Stuttgart was still in a state of shock on Friday, with people laying flowers and candles outside the Albertville secondary school, which remained closed. Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend a memorial service on 21 March in the town, her spokesperson said on Friday. (iAfrica.com)
Khalid unveils list of ex-MBs travel expenses Mar 13, 2009
Stuttgart, Beijing, Shahghai, Osaka and Tokyo. A sum of RM20,231. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Shooter's internet threat Mar 13, 2009
30 am, Kretschmer entered the school in Winnenden near Stuttgart, armed with a handgun taken from his father's bedroom and more than 200 rounds of ammunition. He fired 60 bullets at the school, killing eight girls, one boy and three female teachers, mostly with shots to the head. (iAfrica.com)
Music, dance and theatre = magic Mar 13, 2009
In 2009, Reilly, now with Stuttgart Ballet, is 29 and a guest artist with the National Ballet of Canada. His Romeo in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet is near perfection. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Germany in mourning after school shooting Mar 12, 2009
Wednesday morning, Tim Kretschmer walked into his former school in Winnenden, a suburb of Stuttgart, and opened fire. It was the nation's worst shooting since another teen gunman killed 16 people in a school in Erfurt in 2002. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
German gunman was barely noticed in school: police Mar 12, 2009
An armed police officer stands in front of the Albertville school in Winnenden near Stuttgart, Germany, Wednesday, March 11, 2009 ... The gunman then hijacked a car and forced the driver to head south while threatening his life from the back seat, triggering a land and air manhunt involving 700 police officers and four helicopters, according to Stuttgart prosecutors, who are leading the investigation. (Globe and Mail)
A family man for life Mar 11, 2009
A principal with Germany's prestigious Stuttgart Ballet, the 29-year-old is at the top of his game ... After graduating from Canada's National Ballet School in 1997, Reilly followed the company's former artistic director Reid Anderson to Stuttgart ... And as he says of the show, created by John Cranko for Stuttgart Ballet in 1962, then given to the National in 1964: It's a ballet that is a joy to dance because of its freedom. (Globe and Mail)
As UBS saga continues, Swiss banking is shaken Mar 5, 2009
Banking has long been to this tidy city what cars are to Stuttgart and computers to Silicon Valley, only more reliably. For while fortunes swung wildly in those places, quietly serving the world's wealthy made life here as predictable as a finely tuned Swiss watch. (International Herald Tribune)
Bayer reports 4th quarter profit and cloudy outlook Mar 4, 2009
rttemberg in Stuttgart, said. "The outlook is not what we had hoped for. MaterialScience is really a black box right now. The life science units are quite solid.". (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
They are the dance Mar 4, 2009
Background Works created for Alberta Ballet, Boston Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Banff Centre, Gene International Ballet Competition plus two other works for the National Ballet of Canada. Crystal Pite in rehearsal for Emergence. (Globe and Mail)
Porsche goes hybrid Mar 3, 2009
STUTTGART, Germany Porsches are known for the sound of their rippling horsepower under the hood, but the company's new gas-saving hybrid actually runs on batteries more than half the time leaving the driver with little more than the sound of the wheels on the road ... The Cayenne Hybrid is a special driving experience, said Michael Leiters, project manager of the Cayenne product line, after a recent test drive in and around Porsche's hometown of Stuttgart. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Porsche lover's agency comes through in the clutch Feb 27, 2009
But when Porsche sales in Canada nudged 2,000 cars in 2007, Porsche Automobil Holding SE decreed that it was time for the launch of a Canadian subsidiary administrative, finance, marketing, media planning reporting directly to Stuttgart as opposed to the North American headquarters in Atlanta. "They found out that Canada is a distinct society with three distinct markets," says Yield creative director Chris Torbay. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
UEFA Cup proves fatal Feb 27, 2009
Defending champions Zenit St Petersburg enjoyed a 2-1 win at VfB Stuttgart to seal a 5-2 win on aggregate. The Russians struck just before half-time when Igor Semshov rifled his shot past diving Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann from close range ... Stuttgart hit back when 19-year-old Timo Gebhart beat three defenders and rifled his shot home on 80 minutes. (iAfrica.com)
* Second-tier UEFA Cup struggling to retain allure Feb 26, 2009
Defending champions Zenit St Petersburg play Stuttgart away. The Germans will be without midfielder Yildiray Bastuerk and defenders Matthieu Delpierre and Arthur Boka because of injury. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Hamburg back on top Feb 23, 2009
Hoffenheim had led the table for 24 hours after they were held to a 3-3 draw at Stuttgart on Saturday while defending champions Bayern Munich slumped 2-1 at home to Cologne their third defeat in four league games. Hertha lost top spot when they were beaten 2-1 at Wolfsburg, who remain unbeaten at home this season, as a goal from Brazilian Cicero was cancelled out by second-half strikes from Wolfsburg's Edin Dzeko. (iAfrica.com)
Podolski to play against future club Cologne Feb 20, 2009
Hoffenheim, down to second after taking only one point from their last two matches, visit VfB Stuttgart who are unbeaten in the league since November. Hamburg, in third, welcome Ivica Olic back to their squad after a four-match suspension for the trip to fifth-placed Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Porsche's Auto Exotica Feb 13, 2009
The financial crisis may have taken a bite out of Porsche's sales figures, but there's still reason to celebrate at the automaker's headquarters in the southern German city of Stuttgart ... All of this history is on show in a historically significant location: the museum is in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, the otherwise obscure district where, in 1938, Ferdinand Porsche built the first VW Beetle, and, a year later, the 64 the forefather of Porsche sports cars ever since. (Time.com)
Fashion Week's Couture Tea Cakes and Other Travel News Feb 10, 2009
What with bankers denied their bonuses and sales of luxury cars down 24% in the U.S., about the only place you'll see a Porsche these days is in the in Stuttgart ... Porscheplatz 1, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen; for reservations at Christophorus, dial 49-711-911-25980. (Time.com)
Frankfurt and Munich, air/car, from $769 Feb 7, 2009
Stops could include Nrnberg, Rothenberg, Stuttgart, and Wrzburg. You might also want to make a detour about an hour and a half southwest of Munich to visit , just outside Hohenschwangau, which made our list of the. (MSNBC -- Travel)
