Hamburg- Rafael Nadal kept a clear lead at the top of the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP. Spain's Nadal, who won a fifth straight title at Barcelona on Sunday, leads with 14,890 points, followed by former number one Roger Federer of Switzerland on 10,060 and Serbia's Novak Djokovic on 9,160 points.
The leading six are unchanged, but Gilles Simon of France moves up two places to seventh.
Stuttgart - The pink birthday cake came at the right time as Dinara Safina likes to award herself with some unhealthy food for good things she has achieved.
Hamburg - Russia's Dinara Safina stayed top of the women's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA. Safina, who went to the top of the rankings for the first time last week, leads an unchanged top 10 "#"
Frankfurt - Authorities at Frankfurt international airport, Germany's biggest air hub, on Monday instructed airline crews on jets coming from swine-flu-affected areas to report any sick passengers. In the capital Berlin, Health Ministry spokesman Klaus Vater said he saw no immediate threat to Germany's populace.
Munich - Sales at Volkswagen Group's premium brand Audi plunged 8 per cent in the first quarter and operating earnings were off 30 per cent in annual terms, the company said in Munich. First-quarter sales totalled 6.7 billion euros (8.9 billion dollars) and the earnings were calculated at 363 million euros, after Audi had managed to end 2008 on an upbeat note, achieving sales of 1 million cars, up 4 per cent.
Berlin - German consumer confidence is holding steady, a survey released Monday said, helped by hopes of an improving outlook for Europe's biggest economy and rising income expectations. The Nuremberg-based GfK marketing group said its forward-looking consumer confidence index for May came in at 2.5 points - compared to an upwardly revised April reading which was also 2.5 points.
