German Chancellor Angela Merkel standing in front of the newly erected Christmas tree at the Chancellory yesterday. Photograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. Today we’re looking at Germany, with a string of economic data from Europe’s largest economy. New GDP

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This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air live with 360-degree cameras to give viewers the full experience without leaving home. Macy’s has partnered with NBCUniversal and Verizon to include the cameras along the parade route, so every angle is covered. The cameras will allow viewers to pan in any direction and follow what they want as they watch the parade. Marlon Wayans

You’ll Never Walk Alone rings through the stands at Celtic Park. Here’s a look at today’s teams. Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Sergi, Mascherano, Pique, Alba, Gomes, Busquets, Rakitic, Messi, Suarez, Neymar Subs: Cillessen, Arda, Rafinha, Paco, Denis, Digne, Marlon Celtic XI: Gordon, Lustig, Izaguirre, Simunovic, Sviatchenko, Brown, Armstrong, Rogic, McGregor, Sinclair, Dembele Subs: De Vries,

The Big Ten East Division title may come down to one of the best rivalries in college football. That rivalry could also drastically alter the playoff picture by making it either much clearer or much more complicated. In short, Michigan-Ohio State is as big as its been in a decade when the Wolverines and Buckeyes were

Yo @ColinJost, do you not get this kind hatred is why trump won the election? Shame. Shame shame shame. pic.twitter.com/OSsru9b92u — pwr bttm? (@PWRBTTMBAND) November 21, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump wasn’t the only one who was angry with this past weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” but his voice was loud enough to drown out those of many other dissenters for a few

Customers sift through merchandise at Walmart's Black Friday shopping event in Rogers, Ark., last year(Photo: Gunnar Rathbun, Invision, for Walmart)Can Black Friday live up to the hype of being the biggest shopping day of the year? Retailers are about to find out.Black Friday’s sales power has been diluted by e-commerce deals that kick off early in November, and deep-discount "doorbuster"

It brings me incredible joy to write this: The Verge merch store is back. Don't believe me? Just go to store.theverge.com right now and see for yourself. Today we’re offering about a half-dozen shirt designs as well as 18 x 24-inch poster of E-Waste New York City, which we made for Andy Hawkins’ feature “E-Waste Empire” earlier this year. Command Line subscribers, look for a discount

The president is about to present medals of freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to 21 individuals “who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.” Watch live here: The following individuals will be awarded the presidential medal of