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...Electric and Pratt & Whitney) instead of the Rolls-Royce engines, they will receive a product that has a large part of its equipment made by U.S. companies. That may not comfort Boeing, but it shows how the commercial-airplane business has links on both shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Wolfgang Schaack Wilhermsdorf, Germany The Peace of Prayer Your story on the new science of sleep [Jan. 24] left no room for God. You mentioned lots of dos and don'ts for getting a good night's sleep, but you never mentioned prayer. All cultures and religions recognize the powers...
...Wolfgang Bernhard says he "wanted to learn the business hands on, rather than be a remote-control, distant manager." So when he was sent by Daimler-Chrysler executives in Germany to help steer their struggling Chrysler unit in Detroit, Bernhard worked three days a month on the company's factory floor. Bernhard's innovations paid off: the company was the only U.S. carmaker to pick up market share this year. But when Bernhard opposed giving the troubled Mitsubishi unit an injection of $2 billion, he found himself without a job. Volkswagen quickly offered Bernhard a high-powered encore: as chairman...
...third quarter? - less than expected and half the pace registered in the first six months. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and other Italian officials called for coordinated intervention by central banks to support the dollar, which briefly dropped to a low of $1.30 against the euro, hurting European exports. Wolfgang Clement, the German Economy Minister, said the European Central Bank should "do its part to calm the situation." But don't expect large-scale international intervention anytime soon; the U.S. shows no signs of being unhappy about the trend. Still, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet "is caught between a rock...
...granting outposts to chefs such as Emeril Lagasse, Thomas Keller, Alain Ducasse, Charlie Palmer, Wolfgang Puck and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Vegas dining has become so high-end it employs more master sommeliers than any other U.S. city. The hotels only get more and more extravagant and opulent. One of the must-have features is a posh spa: every Strip hotel has one, such as the 69,000-sq.-ft. Canyon Ranch SpaClub at the Venetian, which has a two-story rock-climbing wall. Luxury designer shops, from Louis Vuitton and Gucci to Armani and Dior, are so common that they...
...meanwhile in germany ... Busy Signal Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement invited anyone who found the new 16-page welfare benefit claims forms too complicated to give him a ring. Days later, he admitted that his office was "completely paralyzed" by phone callers who were referred to a government hotline. Maybe Clement's staff was having problems completing the forms...