Who knew? Apparently the South Korean market has been closed to blackberries, leaving hundreds of visiting “crackberry” addicts with twitching thumbs and a slightly frantic, wasted look due to a few minutes offline. That may soon change, according to this article in the Wall Street Journal (registration required), which attributes the lack of blackberry access […]
I was at an event last week where a representative of the German government was asked to choose the best of the presidential hopefuls from a German-US relations perspective. Needless to say, he refused to do so, pointing out instead some concerns he had with each of the candidates. He rightfully pointed out that some […]
Periodically, the business channel here at b5 has a challenge, and this one is about taking risks. Since it’s world trade month, I thought mine should have something to do with, not surprisingly, trade.
The risk I took was to start a law firm with the aim of assisting foreign (mostly German) companies set up in […]
I went to a trade show this week in Stuttgart. The show itself was fine - I got some information, met some people, the typical things you do at a trade show.
But I couldn’t get anything decent to eat. The choices were hamburger patty (pork and beef mixed), sausage, french fries and ham sandwiches. I […]
Chris pointed out last week that May is World Trade Month.
As an American ex-pat in Germany, I have schlepped so many things back and forth between two continents that it sometimes feels like I am running my own private import/export business. Sure, I take advantage of exchange rates wherever I can (why buy an iPod […]
There are more people in the world who speak English as a second langauge than there are native speakers. (Refer to my previous post.)
Jarkko Laine from Finland has put together some tips for those non-native English speakers who are looking to increase their language skills. As someone who went through this process to improve my […]
As most of you probably know, the EU recently moved to permit cell phone use on flights within European airspace. This post from FlyAwayCafe discusses a bill recently introduced in Congress which would ensure that the US does not follow suit.
I can only applaud this - those of us who travel in trains are […]
My mother is one of those people who likes to chat on airplanes. I am not, so those of you who sit down next to me on a long-haul flight are likely to be disappointed.
In any event, my mother has spoken with all sorts of people on airplanes, from Joey Bishop to the manager […]
Since May is World Trade Month in the US, I’ll spend much of the month posting on - you guessed it - trade. While many posts will be from the US point of view, many of the resources can (and should) be adapted for exporters from other countries.
It is common knowledge that US companies […]
This interesting article from the Financial Times discusses how native speakers of English are increasingly losing control of their own language. I have noticed over time that German usage of many English business terms has begun to vary from what I would consider standard English usage, and is stripped of the expressions which make native […]
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