From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:07 AM

The Airbus A380 is ready for delivery to Lufthansa. The plane has been flown to Frankfurt where a reception was held to mark the event.The first A380 has landed in Frankfurt. Lufthansa plans to start scheduled service with the plane from the middle of June. Destinations include Tokyo, Beijing an...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:07 AM

The US commercial property market is in bad shape, and has yet to recover from the bursting of the property bubble. Offices, shopping malls and factories are empty and rents have hit rock botttom.It’s bad news for real estate funds, and in turn, that's bad news for the German banks which ha...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:06 AM

Is there such a thing as a musical world language? To answer that question, Leipzig biologist Dr. Thomas Fritz from the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences traveled to a remote mountain region of northern Cameroon. There, he met the Mafa tribe, who with no access to radio...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:06 AM

Falck is Europe’s largest private emergency services provider. Run according to market-based business principles, the company is already market-leader in Denmark. Now Falck wants to expand in Germany.Germany's emergency services market is worth some 2 billion Euros, with about 90 percent of...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:06 AM

Swaziland, the small kingdom in southern Africa, is among the world’s poorest countries. A large part of the country's population makes a living on farming and cattle ranching, and very few people own their own cars. Though residents share little blame for the global climate change problem,...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:06 AM

On May 4, 2007, a 2.7-km-wide tornado swept through Greensburg, Kansas, at 330 km per hour, destroying 95 percent of the town. Its 1,500 inhabitants had no choice but to rebuild their town from scratch. They’ve turned it into an 'eco-town', which garnered praise across the country. Pre...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:05 AM

The project initiated by the Cologne customs office is no easy job. Teams of customs officers regularly conduct checks at large building sites.6,400 officers are employed to route out illegal workers and employers paying under minimum wage. The construction industry is notorious for abusing labor...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:05 AM

The World Cup kicks off in South Africa in a few weeks. The German table football game Tipp Kick is ready for kick off. The game has been around for 85 years, made by a small company in the Black Forest.Through clever marketing the company has managed to build up a solid brand, one they have kep...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:04 AM

Our studio guest this week is Ansgar Belke from the DIW economic institute.DW-TV: Every coin has two sides, and so does the Euro. For more, we’re joined by Ansgar Belke from the DIW, that's the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin. So please tell us, what does the weaker euro me...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:04 AM

We’ve invited Volker Treier, Chief Economist for the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to talk to us about inventions in Germany.DW-TV: Mr. Treier, thanks for joining us. You're in direct contact with Germany's exporters. Give us a damage report right now. Volker Treier: Thirty ...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:04 AM

The international AIDS conference, AIDS 2010, is taking place in Vienna from July 18-23. 25,000 from all over the world want to bring the pressing issues connected to the disease into closer focus.Our series about two HIV-infected women in Mozambique has shown how important it is for sufferers t...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:04 AM

Deutsche Bank’s former chief economist talks about the German government's austerity program.DW-TV: Let's pull in Norbert Walter, economist and partner at Walter & Daughters Consult. 80 billion euros in cutbacks. Is Germany saving itself into economic stagnation? Norbert Walter: This m...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:03 AM

DW-TV: Alright we’ve got lots to talk about and to do that I'm joined by Marie-Christine Ostermann. She is with the Association of Young Entrepreneurs here in Germany and is a business owner herself. Thank you for joining us. What's your opinion; is the global market morally bankrupt no...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:02 AM

Our studio guest this week is Michael Heise, head economist with the Allianz GroupDW-TV: And for more on this story we’re joined now by Michael heise, head economist with the Allianz Group. I don't know about you but I get a funny feeling in my stomach when I hear these reports - looks like...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:02 AM

Professor for "Enterpreneurship" and successful founder of numerous companies.DW-TV: And here to talk to us about what it takes to launch a successful business idea is Professor Günter Faltin. Professor Faltin, you’ve launched the faculty of Entrepreneurship at Berlin's Free University and ...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:02 AM

Modern business would be inconceivable without the internet. But until now, very few firms have actually earned money directly through the internet. However that is changing. The latest generation of internet firms is showing how it’s done. German start-ups such as brands4friends and fashion4hom...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:01 AM

Jordan’s water supply problems pose the one of the biggest challenges to the country's development. Water must be transported from the Jordan valley, which lies below sea level, to people in urban areas - a difference in altitude of more than 1,000 meters. Because many of the water pumps in...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:01 AM

Director for labor market policy at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) DW-TV: Well it looks like the US "hire-and-fire principle" has finally crossed the Atlantic and reached the German job market. Let’s find out. I'm joined by Hilmar Schneider, director for labor market policy at t...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:01 AM

Bhutan, the little kingdom in the Himalayas, is also threatened by global warming. The United Nations Environmental Program says that Bhutan’s glaciers are receding by 30 to 40 meters each year. The melting masses of ice are rapidly filling the mountain lakes. Bhutan has more than 2,600 lakes. 2...

From: sevenload on Fri, Aug 27 2010 12:00 AM

Good ideas always find their buyers, says Friedrich von Diest, one of Germany’s "business angels"- people who help start ups with capital.As well as providing money he assists them in the early days with basic know how and contacts. From every 100 business plans he backs about five and one prove...