Wall Street Journal reporters Marcus Walker and Joellen Perry spoke with German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück about the financial crisis, its fallout in Europe, and calls for a pan-European solution. 

German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück, left, and Economics Minister Michael Glos take part in the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin. (Reuters)

WSJ: What do you think of [...]

Victories in men’s gymnastics yesterday helped China add to its gold tally. The host country, as of noon on Wednesday, has 43 gold medals. Here are two gymnasts who had huge performances yesterday:

Li Xiaopeng enters Chinese gymnastics pantheon
Li Xiaopeng (???) beat out Yoo Won-chul of South Korea and Anton Fokin of Uzbekistan to claim his [...]

One of Shanghai’s luxury fairs with the most god-awful names is getting a makeover. And a name change. From now on, the Millionaire Fair will be known quite simply as — The Fair.
The name change, however, still doesn’t mean we’re going to be able to afford anything at the fair. The over-the-top luxury sports cars [...]

One of the last sports to determine its Olympic matchups, tennis finally held its draw Thursday night at the Swissotel in Beijing. China’s best shot at a tennis medal is on the women’s side where, despite lacking a player among the top 25 in the world, it has the maximum four players, all with the [...]

While China has been in the WTO since December 2001, it has only now had the first case (the background to which we reported here in September 2006) found against it, as PA reports:

“The World Trade Organization made public its first official condemnation of Chinese commercial practices on Friday, releasing a February ruling that sided [...]

One issue that should rise to the top of the corporate agenda in 2008 is diversity — or, more specifically, how managers and leaders deal with it. Diversity has been on the agenda for decades — differences of class, gender, ethnicity, faith, culture, education and sexual orientation are well understood — but diversity has taken [...]

Last week, I presented a short case study about a recruiter named Maxine. After just a few weeks of employment, she was being criticized by her boss for not getting many open call center positions filled and for spending too much time trying to create a profile of the successful person. She wanted to know [...]

Last week, I presented a short case study about a recruiter named Maxine. After just a few weeks of employment, she was being criticized by her boss for not getting many open call center positions filled and for spending too much time trying to create a profile of the successful person. She wanted to know [...]

Balance Is for Fat People
Pavan Vishwakarma is a 25-year-old freelance Web and e-commerce software developer. He lives and works in Bhopal, India, but he has done work for companies in Illinois, Nevada, and Canada. And he has, as he advertises, “no working hours limitation. I can work up to any stretch of time.”
You want balance? [...]