MUNICH IS A financial centre and home to several important global companies , including BMW , Siemens AG , Man AG , insurance giants Allianz and Munich Re , and electronics firm Rohde and Schwarz . The city is also an influential financial centre , and home to numerous other firms that manufacture products from jet engines to semiconductors , lighting fixtures to injection moulding machines , cameras to medical instruments . Microsoft and McDonald ’ s also have European headquarters in Munich .

Publishing , broadcasting and the film industry thrive in Munich . One of Germany ’ s largest newspapers is based in the city , along with both the number one public broadcasting network and the German branch headquarters of Random House ,

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