BASF, a German firm, which gave Gazprom a bigger share in gas distribution in Germany, opportunities for foreign investors remain uncertain.

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Among the regulators' concerns are that Malone would have too much control over both distribution and content in Germany if he acquired Deutsche Telekom's systems.

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ISET, an alternative-energy institute at the University of Kassel, in Germany, continent-wide power distribution systems in a place like Europe would deal with both of these points.

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We are excited that we are expanding our coverage of the consumer spend in emerging distribution channels to cover the UK, France and Germany in early 2012.

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Far better, anyway, than cost-intensive domestic banking in Germany, which the bank has spent a year trying to marry with other distribution channels.

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The main difference between the more flexible economies (meaning not just America but also Britain, Canada, New Zealand and others) and less flexible ones (Germany, France, the Netherlands and others) is not in productivity or even jobs but in the distribution of income.

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