German Stocks Fall, Paced by Commerzbank, Hypo Real Estate, AWD (Bloomberg.com)

German Stocks Fall, Paced by Commerzbank, Hypo Real Estate, AWD (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks fell, paced by Commerzbank AG, Hypo Real Estate AG and AWD Holding AG. The benchmark DAX Index slipped 12.94 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4928.75 as of 2:40 p.m. in Frankfurt, with 28 stocks falling, one stock rising and one unchanged.

Government Fine Tuning Real Estate Tax Rates (donga.com)
The government decided that it will apply new real estate policies only to those who are subject to the comprehensive property tax.