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The article looks at the growing popularity of Riesling wines. German wine exports, composed mostly of Riesling, have doubled in four years. Sales of German wine have risen 89 percent in Great Britain since 2003. The Riesling wines pair well with many kinds of foods. Some of the Riesling wines mentioned include Gunderloch 2004 Jean Baptiste Riesling Kabinett, Dönnhoff 2004 Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spätlese, and the Selbach-Oster 2004 Zeltinger Schlossberg Spätlese.

Looks at the export of the American diet and how it has negatively impacted the eating habits of Europe, Asia and the developing world. Processed foods high in calories and low in nutritional value; Globalization; Health danger of too much refined flour, oils, and sugars; Lack of physical activity; Health care costs on the rise; Obesity.

Discusses the forces that are creating a single European stock market. Obsolescence of country-by-country investing in light of the single European currency; Alliance of the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse AG; Development of pan-European mutual funds; Long-term impact of the London-Frankfurt alliance; The strength of Europe's equity market; Rush by United States companies to create European funds. INSET: A tangle of tie-ups.

Assesses the performance of the telecommunications market in Europe. European Union's opening of telecommunications industry to full competition beginning January 1, 1998 is what is known as the Big Bang; Entry of Americans to compete in the telecommunications business.

Reports that, as of July, 2001, Internet company employees are seeking protection from work councils and unions. Mention of layoffs at dot-com companies; Election of a work council, employees with the legal power to negotiate hirings, firings and company policy, by employees of the German Web-design agency Pixelpark; Mention of a study which concluded that job applicants expect security.

Discusses the European defense industry. Difficulty of deciding who would control merged companies; Plan to merge France's Aerospatiale with Lagardere; Role of British Aerospace (BAe) and Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa); BAe and Dasa's development of the Eurofighter; Negotiations with United States companies.

Focuses on Gerhard Schmid's development of MobilCom AG. The firm's rivalry of Deutsche Telekom in Germany's deregulated telephone market; How Schmid developed the business from its start in 1991 to his spring 1998 acquisition of Cellway; His un-German approach to business.