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...estimated TV audience for World Bowl XI, the finale of the NFL Europe season. Viewers in over 150 countries saw Frankfurt Galaxy...
...York Stock Exchange. Like another Schumacher - Formula One star Michael - the CEO is serious about racing, so he cruised down Wall Street in a F-1 car. Infineon's stock sped out of the starting blocks on March 13, 2000 and hit a high on the Frankfurt exchange of €92.50 in June. Then demand for semiconductors slumped, and Infineon hit a slick of red ink as losses mounted over the next two years. The company's share price has fallen more than 90% to around €7. That boom and bust story - minus the racing car - is true...
...sometimes sincere, usually ironic, often disturbing plays on the empty smiles and bright colors of cartoon cute are designed to appeal to the preteen in Tokyo who just wants a cell-phone strap with an adorable character on it, while also attracting the attention of the doctoral student in Frankfurt forever hunting for subversive subtexts...
...must make the most of our strength and influence within it; and to do so, we must be wholehearted, not half-hearted, partners in Europe." But unless the economics work, he knows he can't persuade voters to cede a chunk of fiscal sovereignty to a multinational committee in Frankfurt. Economists differ about whether the tests have been met; very few would argue that all five have. But as a political matter, trying to sell the virtues of jumping into the euro zone is hopeless right now, not only because of lingering rifts from the Iraq war but because much...
...fair in São Paulo. Just east of Brazil's business capital are the headquarters of Embraer, Bombardier's smaller but aggressive rival. The two companies have fought for a decade over the market for regional jets - the ones with 20 to 100 seats that fly routes like Frankfurt to Munich. And the fight is becoming more intense: just last week U.S. Airways, which recently emerged from bankruptcy, struck a $4.3 billion deal to buy 170 regional jets, splitting the order evenly between Bombardier and Embraer. It was a sure sign that Embraer can fly as high...