50 Years Lufthansa：Around 1500 guests at gala event at Hamburg Airport

Lufthansa is celebrating its 50th birthday - and the major jubilee party is being staged in Hamburg where the crane-emblemed airline took off on its first scheduled flight half a century ago. At the party, 1,500 guests from political, business and cultural life as well as business partners and Lufthansa staff will be treated to a special jubilee surprise at Hamburg Airport on Thursday night. Waiting in the paint shop of     

ECB: Independence at risk?

The extraordinary measures taken by the ECB to combat the fi nancial crisis have led many observers to question whether the bank has put its independence at risk. The bank’s vow to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro has added a second (and potentially contradictory) goal alongside its primary mission of achieving price stability. This expansion of the ECB mandate could expose the bank to national and European political demands, thereby endangering its prized independence.     

China''''s Auto Industry at the Crossroad

The century-old world automobileindustry has experienced two majorreorganizations.The first one tookplace during the industrialized countries'internal merger that started in the early yearsof the 20th Century.Scores or hundreds ofautomobile factories in these countries weremerged into three or four large groups;thesecond one was a new round of a worldwidemajor reorganization happened in the late1990s,which was initiated by the GermanDaimler-Benz's purchasing the US Chryslerthree years ago.For today's world autoindustry pattern,authoritative persons give     

What's Lacking at China's Auto Shows?

Do we really need so many shows?What is lacking in these auto exhibitions? Will these shows keep pace with the growing de- mand?It's really high time for us to think about these questions. The China Association of Auto- mobile Manufacturers reported that in the first 8 months of 2007 China produced a total of 5.75 million automobiles and sold 5.68 million,up 23.57% and 24.95% respectively over last year.     

Taiwan Fruit on Display at Guangdong-Taiwan Fair

More than 10 species of fruit and tea originally grown in Taiwan were imported to Guangdong‘s Jiangmen on May 18, and are on display at the 7th Guangdong (Taiwan) Business Fair for Economic Development, Trade and Technology,which opened on May 19 in Jiangmen.     

EU Extravaganza at Beijing＇ Chaoyang Park

The 16th Asian Games （www.gz2010.cn/en）, part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia has unveiled its official Pictograms and logos of the Asian Games Culture Event as well as the Environment and Volunteers for the 16th Asian Games.     

China＇s Standpoint at G20

One the fourth and fifth day this month, Chinese Fi- nance Minister Xie Xuren and the governor of People＇s Bank of China Zhou Xiaochuan led a Chinese delegation to participate in the meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors held in Bushan, the Republic of Korea. At the meeting they exchanged views about the current macroeconomic situation, the framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth, financial supervision and regulation,     

United Airlines Offers Passengers Complimentary Accommodation at Marriott

United Airlines announced today that passengers who book a United First or United Business ticket for the UA888 non-stop flight between Beijing and San Francisco between March 1,2005 and April 29,2005, will qualify for complimentary accommodation at the San Francisco Marriott near Union Square. This promotion will also be available to travelers who book tickets to United‘s other destinations in the U,S. via this flight. United First passengers will be entitled to two free nights,     

CNOOC to Double Oil Production at Bohai Bay

China's biggest offshore oil producer China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) plans to more than double production at the Bohai Bay field to more than 27 million metric tons, or about 542,000 barrels a day,in five to six years as new fields come on stream.     

World Economic Forum's Shanghai Business Roundtable at CEIBS

With a strong domestic market and the government's "go out" policy, China's leading companies are quickly making investments and doing business abroad.     

Food Safety,Who s at Fault?

So many frequently reported scandals keep reminding us that Chinese have the strongest and toughest stomach in the world.Food safety problems constantly attract Chinese public attention.This time,it was about Red Bull.A high school student's mother in Harbin,northern China,worried if the drink would do any harm to her beloved son,who drank bottles of Red Bull during his exams     

Insurers Domestic Stock Holdings at US$13 Billion

Insurers had investcd nearly RMB106 billion （US$13 billion） in mainland stock mar-kets by late October, encouraged by officials eager to prop up sagging markets, the Xinhua News Agency said on Dec. 3.     

Open Season：Foreign Banks Take Aim at China

Global consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers （PWC） issued a report about foreign banks in China this May. According to the report, it was the great market potential and the ever-improving business performance in China that attracted more foreign investment rushing into the country.[第一段]     

Managing millennials’ personal use of technology at work

Growing up with the internet and unparalleled access to technology, millennials (individuals born during 1981–1995, also known as Gen Y and Gen Me) extensively use various technologies for non-work-related reasons while at work. Both popular media and scholarly research have portrayed this issue negatively and have supported monitoring and restricting personal use of technology. However, if organizations are to attract and retain millennials—now the largest generation in the U.S. workforce—it is crucial to understand their characteristics and what drives them. Drawing on research on generational differences, organizational control, and cyberloafing, this article explains how unique characteristics of millennials lead them to engage in personal use of technology at work and how organizations might address this issue. Specifically, I contrast two one-sided approaches (deterrence and laissez-faire) that can lead to dysfunctional outcomes when used in excess and recommend more viable solutions. These solutions include establishing a workplace technology use policy based on shared understanding, fostering both relaxation and urgency mentalities, and training both millennials and their managers.     

pen Season:Foreign Banks Take Aim at China

Global consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC)issued a report about foreign banks in China this May.Accord- ing to the report,it was the great market poten- tial and the ever-improv- ing business performance in China that attracted more foreign investment rushing into the country. As one of the world's largest and most vigorous emerging finan- cial market,China has been at the limelight of the financial institutions all over the globe. Foreign banks' business in China     

The Oriental Finance and Trade Center Emerging at Lujiazui

The development of Pudong hasattracted worldwide attention whilePudong's "face", the Lujiazui Financeand Trade Zone, is more striking. Hundredsof tall buildings have sprung up likemushrooms in Pudong; the grand YangpuBridge and Nanpu Bridge cross the HuangpuRiver, setting each other off fantasticallywith the imposing Oriental Pearl TV Towernearby; the broad avenue traverses the zonelike a rainbow; the new Shanghai CommerceCity is emerging on the horizon, adding