Thursday, October 27, 2022

Five German News Stories

 1.  Focus reported that some documents came up at a abandoned Russian command post  in the town of Balakliya (Ukraine).  So, they were manpower documents.  The blunt end of this story....one unit in the group....combat battalion....had roughly 20-percent of the manpower they were supposed to have.  Another unit....reserve unit....was only around 25-percent on manpower.  

Bad indicator of the Russian situation for the war.

2.  Effort to legalize cannabis continues.  Amount you can have on your person (as the law finalizes) is 30 grams.  Still a discussion underway about the THC level for those under the age of 21.  

3.  In after-hours trading last night....META (formerly Facebook) dumped around 20-percent of it's value.  Has shocked a lot of German investors.

4.  German company MBDA did a demo of a drone-shootdown, with a 'laser-cannon'.  Successful test apparently.  

5.  Bundestag passed a law that allows companies to pay employees for the hefty rise in the cost of living....up to 3,000 Euro....to be tax-free.  Whether companies pay this out...is unknown.  All of this coming before the end of 2022?  Yeah....some people may benefit out of this deal.  

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