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Yulia Tymoshenko during her trial. Photo: Getty Images

Politics and energy

This week, we look at media comment on the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine, and at the need for innovation in developing green energy strategies.

Gerichtsverfahren

Regular readers of this blog know that I rarely, if ever, miss an opportunity to combine the topics of business and football. And the recent women's World Cup final between the US and Japan got me thinking again...

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Weltmeisterschafts-Endspiel

mir zu denken geben

Innovate or fail!

Apple has overtaken Google to become the world's most valuable brand. It's also one of the most innovative. In this test, we focus on vocabulary related to the topic of innovation.

überholen

Marke

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TV tweets

UNITED STATES: What do you do if your father swears a lot? You might put his words on Twitter. Who knows? A TV station might like the idea, and turn it into a show.

Schimpfwörter gebrauchen

I believe I can fly

NEW ZEALAND: Have you ever dreamed of flying to work in a jet pack? An aircraft company in New Zealand has just presented a prototype – and expects to be producing 500 jet packs a year.

Jetpack, Raketenrucksack

Flugzeugbauer

Brains for rent

KOREA: Small businesses in Korea are struggling to find highly educated employees. The candidates are out there, but they prefer to work for big organizations. Now the Korean government is stepping in to help.

einschreiten

A place for innovation

ISRAEL: What country has more technology companies listed on Nasdaq than all of Europe, Japan, South Korea, India and China combined? The US? Think again.

notiert

Hot Spots

Hot Spots are a hallmark of the most successful, most entrepreneurially minded companies. Companies with Hot Spots are leading edge. They are buzzing with ideas, innovation and trendiness.

kennzeichnen

unternehmerisch eingestellt

führend

sie sind voller

A wall built with visas

The new economic stimulus package contains a provision that makes it harder for companies that receive government bailout money to hire foreign employees for specialized work. This will cost American jobs, writes The Washington Post.

Konjunkturpaket

Bestimmung

staatliches Rettungsgeld

Interview: Larry Keeley

Larry Keeley, American innovation guru, talks to us about why people find change so hard to cope with.

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