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MTV tunes in to a local audience

A service targeted at Middle East youth will be the biggest test of the media group's localisation strategy.Von Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson  mehr

 
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Struggling for a brighter future

The Lebanese in Sierra Leone have waited more than a century to be accepted in their adopted land.Von Matthew Green  mehr

 
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Germany relies on ‘Vorsprung durch Technik'

The German manufacturers may not always be the fastest-moving but when they get hold of an idea they often will not let go.Von Richard Milne  mehr

 
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Peter Workman - 'I want my staff to sleep at work'

Napping has to be spontaneous; they have to feel the need to go and sleep.Von Sarah Duguid  mehr

 
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Peyote, the cactus of dreams that is ever harder to find

There is no firm evidence that peyote, which grows from the southern US border to central Mexico, is about to become extinct. mehr

 

ENGLISH-QUIZ: WIE GUT IST IHR WORTSCHATZ?

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From "clunky" to "money supply": test your vocabulary

The test is related to the article ''Clunky but clear, ECB-speak is getting the message across"Von Helen Livingstone und Sarah Syed  mehr

 
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From "sublime" to "congenial": test your vocabulary

The test is related to the article ''The party is just beginning for those who can schmooze shamelessly"Von Helen Livingstone  mehr

 
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From "cosmetic surgery" to "case in point": test your vocabulary

The test is related to the article ''Loans for plastic surgery answer Lebanon's yearning for fresh start" mehr

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From "school reports" to "impetuous": test your vocabulary

The test is related to the article ''Why the annual work appraisal fails to make the grade" mehr

 

TEXTE ZU DEN BUSINESS-ENGLISH-PODCASTS

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Burma struggles to fulfil tourism potential

Foreign arrivals were already a fraction of those visiting Thailand. Now the outlook is worse.Von Amy Kazmin  mehr

 
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The exceptional Hamburg gains ground in globalisation

Last year Hamburg was Germany's richest state and the fourth largest economic region in the European Union.Von Bertrand Benoit  mehr

 
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A tale of two cities in Leipzig's property market

Leipzig's pinch in supply of upmarket office property sits alongside a huge oversupply of less desirable older premises.Von Hugh Williamson in Leipzig  mehr

 
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Slip of a country starts to catch up

As the southernmost and thinnest country on the central American isthmus, Panama occupies a unique position in the world. mehr

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Sri Lanka set to delay offering

Spreads on high-yield bonds in Asia have nearly doubled since the end of May, souring the climate for new corporate issuance. mehr

 

 

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