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August 27, 2008 | ||
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| EUROPE INSIGHT The New Cold War? Western media have slipped into Cold War rhetoric, portraying Russia as an aggressor vs. Georgia. But that's too facile a view EASTERN EUROPE • From Transitions Online Georgia: Fallen Star for Investors War with Russia has hurt Georgia's reputation as a stable investment climate, the best among former Soviet states in the Caucasus THE OIL AND THE GLORY Russia's Achilles Heel Russia understands that power can be exerted from control of oil and natural gas pipelines, and one of them passes through countries where the U.S. has influence EUROPE Tough Times? Rent, Don't Buy, with Erento Call it an eBay for rentals: Germany's Erento lets you borrow everything from wedding dresses and pets to karaoke machines GERMANY Fresenius Stays Strong in Tough Times The health-care company's products are virtually immune to recession, and it has used the strong euro to acquire U.S. drugmaker APP Pharmaceuticals EUROPE English Soccer's Global Reach Scores Big The lucrative Premiership's international stars make for marketing opportunities the world over, and the EPL is even gaining fast on the NFL GLOBAL Survey Says: People Are Happier The 2008 World Values Survey found that freedom of choice and tolerance—and not simply wealth—have lots to do with a rise in happiness EUROPE There's Something About Denmark Two recent studies found Danes to be the world's happiest people. The new reputation along with media attention have led to a national discussion EUROPE They Teach Happiness at Harvard In Tal Ben-Shahar's positive psychology class, students learn that happiness isn't just an accident, it's a science COMPANIES Rio Tinto Doing Fine on Its Own With a 55% jump in first-half earnings, the Anglo-Australian mining company outshines hostile suitor BHP Billiton EUROPE INSIDER Siemens Near SEC Accord in Bribery Probe A German paper says the engineering giant is close to a U.S. settlement over bribery charges, just in time to write off the penalties this fiscal year EUROPE • From The Independent Baugur: The Iceman Cometh A successful acquisition of Woolworths would be the biggest deal yet in Britain for Icelandic retail investment group Baugur TECHNOLOGY • From silicon.com Price War for British Pre-Pay Mobile? ASDA, the British grocer owned by Wal-Mart, is cutting pay-as-you-go phone tariffs in half EUROPE • From Spiegel Online British Families, Drowning in Debt Britain is being hit with a credit crisis that resembles the American subprime disaster EUROPE • From The Independent Bank of England Hints at Rate Cut The latest minutes of the BoE's monetary policy committee have observers predicting a rate cut by yearend EUROPE • From EUobserver East European Workers Cool on Britain For job seekers from countries that joined the EU in 2004, a weaker currency and rising unemployment make Britain less attractive TECHNOLOGY • From silicon.com Mobile Broadband Threatens Fixed Line Market research company YouGov finds that mobile broadband is making major inroads into the business of fixed-line ISPs CAREERS Board Governance 101: Lessons from Alcatel-Lucent Nine thorny questions to ask about a company in trouble, on everything from oversight to CEO succession EUROPE • From Spiegel Online A Bold Bridge from Africa to Asia Osama bin Laden's brother wants to build an 18-mile bridge that would link Yemen and Djibouti across a strait south of the Red Sea SLIDE SHOW BW'S PICKS FROM AP NEWS >> England's Highest-Paid Footballers The players of the English Premier League continue to rack up big bucks. Some of the best-known stars can earn well in excess of $12 million each year • Spanair says crashed plane had earlier problem• Michael Page ends Adecco talks, deadline set• Alcatel-Lucent stock jumps on CEO talk• UK homebuilder Taylor Wimpey posts huge 1H loss• Heineken reports 35 percent rise in 1H net profitMORE BREAKING NEWS FROM AP > BW MALL SPONSORED LINKS
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