German DAX Index Pares Gains After ZEW Index; Siemens Drops as Bayer Rises

(Bloomberg) -- German stocks erased earlier gains
after investor confidence in the country unexpectedly fell in
June. Siemens AG declined, while Bayer AG and SAP AG paced
rising shares.

The benchmark DAX Index dropped 8.40, or 0.1 percent, to
8027.72 at 11:31 a.m. in Frankfurt, ending a four-day winning
streak. DAX futures expiring in September also lost 0.1 percent.
The HDAX Index of the country's 110 biggest companies decreased
0.1 percent.


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Brazilian Breast Implant, `Butt-Lift' Bargains Entice Americans, Europeans

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil's Ivo Pitanguy is one of plastic
surgery's founding fathers. The surgeon, 80, has performed face-
lifts, breast enhancements and other operations on thousands of
patients. He has taught more than 600 cosmetic surgeons, who are
practicing in at least 43 countries, and is the inventor of
procedures reproduced around the globe, including techniques for
minimizing scarring, and the ``Brazilian butt-lift,'' in which
flesh is added to a patient's behind to make it rounder.

``Ivo Pitanguy created plastic surgery as we know it today,''
says Bryan Mendelson, president of the International Society of Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery, or ISAPS, a Hanover, New Hampshire-based organization
with 1,600 members in 90 countries. ``He removed some of the
taboos, popularized the practice, and his legacy will live on
through his students.''


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Euroshop, SAP, Siemens and Volkswagen Shares: German Stock Market Preview

(Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in German markets.

Germany's X-DAX Index was little changed at 7248.41. The index provides an estimate of the DAX Index, based on trading in DAX futures after the Xetra electronic market closes. The DAX fell 0.5 percent to 7242.73 on the Xetra electronic-trading system.


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