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...case in a Munich court, which said the bank must pay damages to Kirch. If that wasn't bad enough, Deutsche's chief executive Josef Ackermann goes on trial with five others in Düsseldorf this week. The charges stem from the €15 million bonus paid to Klaus Esser, former CEO of telecom and engineering giant Mannesmann, after it was taken over by Britain 's Vodafone. Thus far, investors don't seem put out; the bank's stock is near a 52-week high. But how is the bank supposed to get business done with its boss...
...Pharmacists renew your faith in rock—not to mention frontmen who can pull off singing and guitar-playing at the same time—at a local stop on their nationwide tour with guests Weird War, Helms, and DJ Klaus. 7 p.m., $12; 18+. The Paradise Club, 967 Comm. Ave., Boston...
...trial along with five other German executives in a case tied to the €180 billion takeover of Germany's Mannesmann by the British mobile-phone company Vodafone in 2000, the largest corporate merger in European history. Ackermann and three of the others, including the former national labor leader Klaus Zwickel, were members of Mannesmann's supervisory board at the time and are charged with "breach of trust," a violation of fiduciary duty. The case has stunned the German business and political worlds and sparked intense speculation about hidden motives. Some see it as an attack on Germany...
Tomas Klvana will focus on the media’s role in the recovery of civic society in the Czech Republic. He recently served as spokesperson and policy adviser to Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus, and has also been deputy editor-in-chief of a leading Czech daily newspaper and a professor at the University of South Maine...
...people, language and culture. So the Institute launched a publicity campaign, targeted at British students, teachers and cultural bodies, which will fill mailboxes with postcards featuring übermodel Claudia Schiffer and the slogan learn German, and look good. There's a serious side to this, says the Institute's Klaus Krischok: "There are streets in Germany where Nazis used to walk. These streets have changed a lot, so why not change your perception?" Advertisers - German ones, anyway - are applauding. "The British do not believe we can mock ourselves, so we have to show that we can," says Ralph Blome, manager...