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Focuses on European companies exemplifying management best practices. ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation in Poland; Air Liquide in France; Baan NV in the Netherlands; Gemplus SCA in France.

Discusses the investment opportunities in Europe for American companies. Presence in Western Europe as a way for American firms to gain access to Eastern Europe; Prospects for family-owned businesses and smaller companies; Factors to consider for companies to gain success. INSET: Europeans assess Europe..

Reports on the manufacturing industry in Western Europe. Areas which are considered industrial places in Western Europe; Measures of the United Kingdom's resurgence as a manufacturing area in Europe; Characteristics of the manufacturing industry of Europe. INSET: Western Europe.

Focuses on the proposal of implementing a single currency called TI-Europe among European countries. Impact on pricing, purchasing and marketing; Effect on the regulation of businesses operating in Europe; Adoption of euro for accounting and financial purposes; Reduction of the cost of borrowing capital for investment in Europe. INSET: The timeline..

Presents financial and economic data as of April 2001. Inflation rate in the European Union; Industrial Production in the Asia/Pacific region: Average prices of commodities; Comparison of consumer spending.

Discusses the position of the European Commission led by Mario Monti, antitrust chief of the European Union, regarding mergers and acquisitions of companies. Plan of Boeing to acquire Hughes's satellite business; Issue on market-sharing agreements; Views on the abandoned plan by Time Warner Inc. and EMI Group PLC to merge their music businesses.

Focuses on the impact of Europe's single currency on companies. Lack of planning for a euro meltdown; Major benefits of the euro; Need for a cross-functional team to plan and manage the euro-conversion effort.

Reports on the conversion process to the euro single currency undertaken by businesses in Europe. Completion of the first phase among manufacturers and banks and financial institutions; Assessment of the process in Italy; Euro as an opportunity for strategic change.

Reports on the preferences and attitudes of American expatriates in Europe.

Reports on the results of a European Union survey of cost and standard of living. Copenhagen, Denmark as the most expensive European city in which to live.

Reports on the proposed name change in European currency from ecu to `franken'.

Reports that Boeing Co. chairman and CEO Frank Shrontz has responded coolly to the proposed Concorde airliner of Aerospatiale CEO Louis Gallois.

Reports on Mercer Management Consulting Inc.'s two-stage recommendation for full European telecommunications liberalization.

Reports on United States Vice President Al Gore's offer to European countries with liberal telecommunication policies of generous stakes in American telecommunications firms.

Presents the unemployment rates in Europe for the months of September, October and November 1994.

Reports on possibility of opening a pan-European stock market by the end of 1995.

Compares the outlook of managers in European industry with their United States counterparts toward national and international politics and economy.

Reports on the implications of the re-election of Germany's Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the political situation of Europe. Support of the plan of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary to be integrated into the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Implications on the foreign relations of Europe.

Reports on the economic policy of the European Union (EU) of making formal means of consulting with employees a requirement for multinational corporations. Non-applicability of the requirement in Great Britain under the Maastricht Treaty.

Lists cities in Europe in which to locate a business according to a study conducted for the `European Real Estate Monitor.' Indicators for ranking; Moscow in Russia as last in the list of 29 cities.

Reports on the coming elections in Europe in 1994 and 1995. National elections in Germany and France; Referendums on membership in the European Union.

Reports on the approval of a three-year old antitrust cooperation between the United States and the European Union.

Reports on the disagreement of European business leaders over the causes of high levels of unemployment.

Reports on the results of the 1994 elections for the European Parliament. Support for German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi; Dissatisfaction with the governments of British Prime Minister John Major and Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez; Election of Sir James Goldsmith to the European legislature; Reasons for the low turnout of voters.

Presents a survey of Dod's annual `European Companion' on Europe's best linguists. Danes, Dutch and Luxembourgers as Europe's best linguists.

Reports on the impact of shopping through television in Europe. European Union's agreement with television channels for increased product marketing slots; France's opening of its video-shopping cable channel by the end of 1994.

Reports on the results of a survey conducted by consulting firms Grant Thornton International and Business Strategies Ltd. regarding customer payments in Europe. Timeliest payments; Slowest turnaround; Average payment period for the 17 countries surveyed.

Reports on African farmers' complaints about a European Union (EU) ruling on the cocoa content of chocolate bars.

Reports on the plan of United States President Bill Clinton's administration and European Commission president Jacques Delors to build on the momentum of the completed Uruguay Round of world trade talks under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Reports on new acronyms for organizations and groups in Europe. European Union (EU) as the new general designation for the 12 nations previously known as European Community (EC); European Economic Area (EEA) for the 17-nation amalgam of the EU.

Reports on the unemployment problem survey in Europe. Business leaders' economic expectations; Hiring status of business establishments.

Reports on the fears of Europe's small- and medium-sized enterprises that it will take years for the Single Market to bring business advantages. European Network for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Research; Small businesses' proneness to bankruptcy; Lack of broad market knowledge; Handicaps due to lower productivity and limited access to financing.

Compares Europe's chemical industry to dinosaurs. Views of Imperial Chemical Industries chairman Sir Denys Henderson; Problems besetting Europe's chemical industry.

Reports on the impact of high unemployment rates on workers in Europe. Reluctance to switch employers; Comparative statistics on job changes in 1992 and 1989.

Reports on the further decline of interest rates in Germany and the rest of Europe according to Merrill Lynch & Co.'s Global Securities Research & Economics Group. Forecast on number of points to be cut by Germany's central bank.

Reports on the entry of Atlanta-based Ted Turner's operations in Europe's cable entertainment market. Turner's success with CNN; Cartoon Channel and TNT classic movies.

Reports on the results of a survey conducted on Europe's largest companies on how the United States' Clinton administration will affect their profits. Expectation of profit decline by twenty-five percent of European managers; Anticipation of higher tariffs by two-thirds; Prediction of 75 percent of higher taxes on U.S. profits.