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Brain Drain in Reverse Behind Fallen Berlin Wall

DRESDEN — When Frank Siebler moved from Dresden in the late 1990s to take a job in bustling, prosperous Munich, he thought he was leaving home for good. In 1997, when Mr. Siebler was 25, the outlook for engineers in the former East Germany was so ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Helmut Kohl,  Angela Merkel

E.C.B. Balances Support for Recovery With Demands of Its Master: Inflation

FRANKFURT — As the world economy claws its way out of recession, the European Central Bank is coming eye-to-eye with the challenge of staying true to its inflation-fighting mandate without crimping the upswing in Europe or endangering the shaken ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, International Herald Tribune,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Central Bank,  Federal Reserve,  Barclays,  European Union,  Deutsche Bank

Reinhard Mohn, 88, Dies; Built Bertelsmann Into a Giant

FRANKFURT — Reinhard Mohn, the entrepreneur who transformed Bertelsmann from a provincial, war-shattered German publisher into a global media giant, died this weekend, the company said Sunday. He was 88 years old. Mr. Mohn died “a peaceful death” on ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, International Herald Tribune,  4 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Reinhard Mohn

G-7 to Fade as I.M.F. Broadens Representation

The world’s top financial officials did not bury the Group of 7 at their meetings in Istanbul this weekend. But a few pronounced some last rites. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, criticized the ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, The New York Times,  4 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Dominique Strauss-Kahn,  International Monetary Fund,  World Bank,  Timothy F. Geithner,  United States Department of the Treasury

I.M.F. Upgrades Forecast for World Economies

FRANKFURT The International Monetary Fund on Thursday forecast that the world economy would expand 3.1 percent next year, after a 2009 in which much of the world struggled through a recession. In its World Economic Outlook, the fund’s prognosis was ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, The New York Times,  1 Oct 2009

I.M.F. Calls for Restructuring of Financial System

FRANKFURT — The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that “the global economy has turned a corner” after the harrowing start to 2009 but that only a thorough restructuring of the financial system could prevent a return to crisis and pave the way ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, International Herald Tribune,  30 Sep 2009

As German Elections Loom, No Acrimony Over Economy

FRANKFURT The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression buffeted Germany and the rest of the world this year. Yet as the country grinds toward federal elections on Sunday, the campaign’s most notable absence has been a debate over the direction ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, The New York Times,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Angela Merkel,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Frank-Walter Steinmeier

G-20 Urged to Lift Bank Reserves

FRANKFURT World leaders at the Group of 20 meeting this week should force banks to build up their reserves substantially to avoid another acute financial crisis, a leading association of regulatory experts said Monday. Lurking behind the appeal from ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, The New York Times,  21 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Timothy F. Geithner

Coming to Dealers Soon: An Array of Electric Cars

FRANKFURT The electric car is at the starting line, and the gun is about to sound. A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. Now automakers must prove that the technology, and the market, are ready. After years of talk and prototypes, ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, The New York Times,  15 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Renault,  Audi,  General Motors,  BMW,  Paul Scott

In Frankfurt, Cars Again Seem to Be Talk of the Show

FRANKFURT At the Frankfurt auto show this year, they are talking about autos again. After a year in which the product that automakers sell threatened to become engulfed by the bruising contraction both in world trade and most Western economies, ...

From CARTER DOUGHERTY, The New York Times,  15 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Carlos Ghosn,  Renault,  Ford Motor Company,  Daimler

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