TALK TO GERMAN bosses these days and sooner or later one will bring up “Buddenbrooks”. Thomas Mann’s epic tale of the eponymous clan of grain merchants and their demise is required reading...
Flashy temporary pavilions in Munich’s city centre displaying the latest models from bmw, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen were the public face of iaa Mobility, Germany’s biennial motor show, which ended on September 10th....
AMERICA’S trustbusters have long had their sights set on big tech. On September 12th in Washington they at last fired their opening shots in the first courtroom battle of the modern internet...
BIG TECH keeps getting bigger. So far this year the combined market value of America’s five digital behemoths—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft—has soared by half, to around $9trn. That is almost...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.OVER THE past four decades American bosses have grown unused to labour unrest....
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.Companies can survive for aeons, but their products are usually ephemeral. Apple may...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.“We are sending our construction industry into the abyss,” warns Rolf Buch, boss...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the <audio> element.IN MARCH TIKTOK’S chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, faced angry lawmakers in Washington,...