Germany’s Beck Bids for SPD Backing as Business Decries Policy - Bloomberg

Germany’s Beck Bids for SPD Backing as Business Decries Policy - Bloomberg
Germany’s Beck Bids for SPD Backing as Business Decries PolicyBloomberg - 1 hour agoBeck’s plans prompted an open letter from German business leaders to Bild, the biggest-selling newspaper, on Oct. 18 warning of a “populist'’ backslide at …

Germany’s Beck Bids for SPD Backing as Business Decries Policy (Bloomberg.com)

Germany’s Beck Bids for SPD Backing as Business Decries Policy (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Kurt Beck will seek re-election as chairman of Germany’s Social Democrats at a party convention in Hamburg today, buoyed by voter support for policies that business leaders say risk plunging the country into recession.

Russia’s business school battle (CNN Money)

Russia’s business school battle (CNN Money)
The big question right now in Russian politics is who will succeed Vladimir Putin as President in the 2008 election. As it turns out, the two front-runners — first deputy prime ministers Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev — are also squaring off in a contest for business-school supremacy in Russia.