Business Spotlight 1/2009

WORKING WORLD

Names and News
The latest from the world of business

My Working Life
Phillip Wellman, newsreader, Arabian Radio Network, Dubai

Office Blues
Kathrin Enke on the silly side of work

LANGUAGE

Business English
Teaching experts give tips on how to practise what you’ve learned

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Retailing
The unusual story of Wall Drug, an American family business in South Dakota

Head-to-Head
Should the government nationalize all banks?

Business Press
Comments from the world’s media
Also: Behind the Headlines

Spotlight on Germany
Christian Merkl on what went wrong after reunification

iNTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

South Africa
Doing business in the “Rainbow Nation”

Survey
How effective is in-company intercultural and language training?

Dialogue
Two experts in lifestyle services speak about their jobs

The View from Here
Jessica Aldred on Iceland’s endless source of renewable energy
Also: Country File, Iceland

BUSINESS SKILLS

Presentations
Six things to avoid when giving presentations
Also: A language survival guide to pull out and keep

The Write Way
Correcting mistakes

Say It in Style
Expressing regret

On the Line
How to give bad news on the telephone

Meeting Point
Keeping control of international business meetings

CAREERS

Personal Check
How employable are you?

The Job Doctor
Getting your boss to like you

My Way
Desirée Wilson, owner of three Hallmark greeting-card shops management

Spirituality
Managers are turning to religion to find meaning in their lives

What I’ve Learned
Harriet Lamb, head of Fairtrade UK

Business Basics
What is... core competence?

Executive Eye
Adrian Furnham on creative people

TECHNOLOGY

Pharmaceuticals
A new test for counterfeit drugs

Language Focus
Hydraulic systems

Innovations
New product developments

Technically Speaking
Six trends that will change lives

LANGUAGE SECTION

Vocabulary: the Underground
Media Watch; Seen Recently
False Friends; Tricky Translations
Language Cards: pull out and practise
Vocabulary pull-out: key words to learn
Exercises: test what you’ve learned
Grammar: uses of “would”
The Maine Event: an office dialogue
English on the Move: getting to the airport
English for... higher education
Authentic English: verbs of obligation and necessity
Financial English: personal finance
Legal English: competition law
What’s new? Products, sites, events 

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