CeBIT reinvents itself for 2008
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Scrub down and spruce up Deutsche Messe AG yesterday outlined the restructuring of its CeBIT 2008 trade fair in Hanover, which next year will focus more on B2B and less on novelties.â¦
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The PC maker navigated major transitions in the executive suite and its business model in 2007.
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Media & professional: An independent Bank of England has done wonders for the economy. It's time education followed suit. Jim O'Neill reports.
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Europeâs biggest cross-border financial services deal in recent years was given a significant boost over the weekend when Mario Monti, European Union competition chief, in effect confirmed that EU regulators would approve the Â£8.
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After a tumultuous year marked by volatility, recession fears and credit woes, top advisers place their bets for 2008.
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Things are looking up for once-beleaguered MicroStrategy.
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Blink and you might have missed it. A few months ago, economists were celebrating Europe's long-awaited return to growth. Now, as the European Central Bank policy board meets on Thursday, come hints that the upturn may have peaked.
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The European Central Bank on Tuesday pumped 348 billion euros ($500 billion) into the financial system, easing conditions in credit markets.
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It was held up by politicians two  years ago as a model for economic revival for others in Europe.  Now England's northeast is a frontline for the impact of a  credit crisis that began in California.
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Hanover is bracing itself for an influx of hi-tech firms and fans who will be in town for the giant Cebit show.
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The beginning of the year is traditionally a time to look back, and, for the brave of heart, to make a few predictions looking forward.  Lacking the requisite bravery, I'll just quote something that the Economist wrote recently: Rejoice: the embrace of âopennessâ by firms that have grown fat on closed, proprietary technology is something weâll see more of in 2008.  Now, had this "fearless prediction" been made a year ago, I would have been impressed, because 2007 has turned out to be the year when everyone, it seems, wants to be open. read more
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The European Central Bank said Monday that a fine-tuning operation had allowed it to drain 36.6 billion dollars (52.8 billion dollars) from eurozone money markets.
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The government on Thursday unveiled a new, more secure design for the $5 bill that will be issued and enter circulation in early 2008, followed by a new $100 bill.
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The company plans to more than double its output by 2006.
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Business & money: Business sees new ways of reaching consumers - and their own workers.
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BERLIN, Dec 20 (IPS) - For the European Union, 2007 was a year rich in  events, but poor on results. Next year promises to be as  turbulent as this one, and probably as unremarkable in its  outcome.
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During CES 2008 on Monday, it seemed the idea of automotive electronics finally came unto its own, evolving from cheap accessories into useful, and even potentially productive, components.