First Colo Opens New Data Center

Frankfurt/Main, Germany – March 14, 2011 – The new high-performance data center of the First Colo GmbH was successfully taken into operation after over one year of hard work. Just as planned, it went online on February 1, 2011. No noteworthy complications occurred during the 2.5 million Euro project-s construction stage, the relocation of the server systems in the end of February also went smoothly.

Rules Eased in Poland

Regulations concerning Value Added Tax on goods and on e-Invoicing in Poland underwent some significant changes in 2011.

Plunet achieves record turnover in 2010. New members of staff joining in all areas of the company

Plunet achieves record turnover in 2010. New members of staff joining in all areas of the company

Thanks to extremely strong business performance in Europe and North America, and the associated high number of new customers, Plunet again has been able to increase turnover from sales and service contracts for Plunet BusinessManager in comparison to the previous year.

This impressive growth in turnover has allowed continuous personnel expansion in all business areas and departments of Plunet. Existing Plunet customers in particular are seeing a major benefit from these positive developments,

BMW Group posts record earnings for 2010

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– Profit before tax rises to euro 4,836 million
– Profit before financial result climbs to euro 5,094 million
– Automobiles segment reports EBIT of euro 4,355 million
– Record dividend of euro 1.30 per share proposed
The BMW Group has achieved new record highs for revenues and earnings in 2010, with revenues climbing by 19.3% to euro 60,477 million (2009: euro 50,681 million) and the profit before tax (EBT) jumping to euro 4,836 million (2009: euro 413