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

The record heat — one person’s meat is another person's poison. The heat wave in July is not just breaking temperature records -- it's setting financial records as well.In Lower Bavaria, for example, economic winners and losers are living side by side.

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:59 PM

Asia’s economies are booming, with no letup in sight - making the region very attractive for German exporters.Germany's export industry is expanding its presence in the growing Asian market. Exports to China, for instance, have exploded during the last few months. Cars and machinery are in ...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:58 PM

"Games Factory Ruhr" hopes to be the center for German Games Development by the end of the year. Here developers, sound designers, film producers, event managers and illustrators - all work under the same roof.Games Factory Ruhr also brings together established businesses and start ups. This syn...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:58 PM

Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai on May 1, 2010. The city fits the motto well: “Better City, Better Life”. How will cities have to develop in the future to deal with global growth? There is still much to be done in Shanghai before the Expo opens.Some ideas have run into problems regarding their techn...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:57 PM

Klaus Jost, chief executive of Intersport, is one of the most influential figures in the sporting goods business. His company is the industry leader in sports retail, posting revenues of €2.9 billion in Germany alone.The World Cup is a great promotional opportunity: Intersport is sponsoring thre...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:57 PM

Studio Talk, part one: DW-TV: And I am now joined in the studio by Monika Stärk - the executive director of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association. What do you make of this huge mega bailout in terms of will it keep the euro stable? Monika Stärk: Well, hopefully, from my point of view, fro...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:57 PM

Some two-thirds of the electricity in Kenya is produced by hydro-electric plants. But the country is also plagued by drought. When the rivers run dry, there is no water to keep the turbines running. During dry periods, environmentally-damaging diesel generators are frequently used to make up for...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:57 PM

''August Holder'' was once just a small hardware store in Dresden. It survived both the bombings of 1945 and forty years of communist rule, remaining in private hands the whole time.After the Peaceful Revolution in 1989, the small company hit the ground running and made a spl...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:57 PM

Even in the troubled months between September 2008 and September 2009, the rate of employment in Germany fell by just 0.7 percent. But in fact, the labor market is undergoing a major structural transformation.The industry sector might be shrinking in Germany, but the health and social services s...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:56 PM

Chairwoman of the Federal Association of Young Entrepreneurs (BJU), who has her own commercial enterprise.DW-TV: Let’s pull back in Marie-Christine Ostermann, Chairwoman of the German Association of Young Entrepreneurs.You took over the family business from your father. Did you ever think about ...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:55 PM

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 Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:55 PM

Animals are treated like any other agricultural product. They are carted from point A to point B to suit merchants' preferences.Millions of sheep, pigs and other livestock are shipped or transported by truck each year. There are no official photos of the practice, but animal rights activist...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:55 PM

The European Union is very proud of its policies on equality. Yet of 27 current EU commissioners, only nine are women. That is a third, the minimum that women in the European Parliament had called for.When the new commission was elected in February, the minimum quota was reached, but only by a h...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:55 PM

This week’s studio guest: Jürgen Wöhler, Secretary-General, Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and IndustryDW-TV: Let's pull in Jürgen Wöhler. He is head of the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce. We're going to talk about Asia in this era of budget cutting in a just a minute, Mr. Wöhler...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:54 PM

Crime, drug addiction, AIDS, and prostitution are facts of life in the Mathare slums in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Hundreds of thousands of people live here in the most deprived of conditions. One organization has set itself the goal of using soccer to get the kids here off the street. It is call...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:54 PM

Towns and cities are reclaiming control over their electricity and gas supplies. Utility companies across Germany were privatised over the past few decades, but many municipalities don’t want supplies to be controlled by large corporations any longer.Seven small municipalities near Lake Constanc...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:53 PM

Making music is more than just a hobby for Melanie. With her band "Shirley Holmes" she’s waiting for her big break. She hopes that one day her dream of being able to live from her music will become a reality.

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:52 PM

from Simon Kucher & Partners. He speaks with us about mid-sized firms.PART 1: DW-TV: And I am joined now by Harald Schedl, Managing Partner of consulting firm Simon-Kucher and Partners, and you also work with many small and medium sized companies. You consult them, give them advice. What would b...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:51 PM

Our guest in the studio is Ansgar Belke from DIW. We talk with him about the labor market in Europe.DW-TV: Now we’re joined by Angsar Belke from the German Institute for Economic Research. Mr. Belke, have you ever considered taking a job in another country? Ansgar Belke: Yes, I did not only cons...

From: sevenload on Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:51 PM

From astronomical government debt to massive rescue packages for struggling eurozone countries and a plunging common currency: economic news coming out of Europe hasn’t exactly been positive in recent weeks. People are worried about the return of inflation.Many are considering investments in real...