Business Spotlight Blogs

German Comedy Ambassador to Great Britain

Deborah Capras — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:56:44 +0100

"Could his humour ever be as successful in Germany as it is in Britain?"

What you need is not what you get

Deborah Capras — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:20:23 +0100

Greece thinks it needs one thing, the EU thinks it needs another. Neither seems to be getting very much.

Taxing matters

Ian McMaster — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:44:34 +0100

Like millions of others, I have been fascinated over the past couple of weeks by the tax situation of a man who, later this year, could take over the highest post in his country. But who exactly is this mystery man?

Steuer

Posten

A knight to forget

Deborah Capras — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:23:08 +0100

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

On and on

Ian McMaster — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:21:08 +0100

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

Deborah Capras — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:33:29 +0100

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

Kirstie Crail — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:32:52 +0100

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

Back to basics

Ian McMaster — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:21:07 +0100

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

Kirstie Crail — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:49:47 +0100

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?

Ian McMaster — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:36:01 +0100

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

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