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A knight to forget

Fred Goodwin, former CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and persona non grata in the UK, is no longer a knight. It was ridiculous to force people to continue calling him "Sir", or even "sir"!

Konzernchef(in)

Ritter

lachhaft

I try my best in this blog to concentrate on economic and financial issues and to keep my nose out of linguistic ones. This past week, however, I feel like I have been pursued by one word and that I need to write about it.

Themen

verfolgt werden

Action learning

When the Titanic sank in 1912, action learning was discovered. While enormously popular in countries like the UK, this method has not really taken off in Germany; almost all of the literature about it is in English.

sich erfolgreich etablieren

BlackBerry jam

Research in Motion, the company that created the BlackBerry, has had a lot of damaging publicity in recent years. BlackBerry is no longer flavour of the month. It’s in a bit of a jam.

Geschmacksrichtung des Monats; hier: in

in der Klemme

Someone picked my pocket — and stole my watch.

Back to basics

Last week, I fell for one of the oldest tricks in the business book. Well, to be more accurate, it wasn't exactly a trick, but certainly a basic mistake that I really shouldn't be making — even in my sleep.

reinfallen auf

um es treffender auszudrücken

Too big to fail

Understandably, in times of terror, tragedy or disaster, words often fail us. Actions too. We believe we can avoid all three, and are therefore unprepared when they do strike.

zuschlagen

Capitalism — yes or yes?

Two weeks ago, I said that I was going to make only one prediction this year. Well, I'm sorry, I can't resist a second one. This, however, is not a prediction about 2012, but instead about the year 2052.

Vorhersage

widerstehen

Intercultural resolutions

This is the time of year for New Year’s resolutions. Here are my suggestions for resolutions that people who are involved with different cultures might like to make.

gute Vorsätze zum neuen Jahr

The perfect pose — and poser

Frenchmen are in the news — and not just because of their famous poses.

Posen

The only way is down (or up)

Looking back, I have no idea how I became a journalist. It could have turned out very differently. At one point I wanted to be an elevator boy but felt that the job would have too many ups and downs. Like the world's economies.

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