Bitter experience bred a special kind of housewife
Julia KolleweIn the sleepy, picturesque towns and villages of southwest Germany, the paragons of thrift are doing what they do best.
Britain's growth is 'meager and pathetic'
Julia KolleweA slow-down in Britain's growth in the second quarter means that the economy is weaker than was thought and has no chance of meeting its growth target
$10-billion later, BP plugs the oil leak
Julia KolleweBP's bill for containing and cleaning up the oil spill has reached nearly $10-billion.
Edging closer to a cure for Alzheimer's
Julia KolleweScientists from various laboratories are racing to what will be a very profitable finishing line.
Patent trolls feed off innovators
Julia Kollewe'Non-practising entities' in hog-hunting land use intellectual property loopholes to prey on firms.
Sharp fall raises fears over UK manufacturing
Julia KolleweThe recovery in British manufacturing has stumbled, with factory orders falling at the sharpest rate since April and optimism reaching a 14-month low.
Slimmer BP is looking more digestible
Julia KolleweBP has sold its Californian oil refinery to United States firm Tesoro as part of a $38-billion selling spree following the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
