TV & Magazine Guide

March 2007

Cnbc European Business March 2007

Features March 2007

COVER STORY
Pernod Ricard managing director Pierre Pringuet on getting to number two and keeping it in the family

TROUBLE IN STORE
As Wal-Mart can attest, Germany is proving a tough nut to crack for foreign retailers

HABANOS PEOPLE
A look inside the idiosyncratic and arcane world of Cuba’s cigar industry

THE INNOVATION ISSUE
We examine the importance of innovation to surviving in business, and profile 50 of the top innovators in Europe

VIKING OF THE BROWSERS
Meet Opera Software’s Jon von Tetzchner, who’ s eager to take on Microsoft

PORTUGUESE TUG OF WAR
Portugal’s clean energy tariffs are attracting a wave of marine power developers

COUNTRY REPORT: SLOVAKIA
Economy, politics and industry

NEW AMSTERDAM
Will the Dutch capital’s massive regeneration efforts propel it to a new golden age?

A SALE OF TWO CITIES
International investors set their sights on Moscow and St Petersburg

THE WAVE BREAKS
As Korea’s World Cup euphoria fades, is its residential bubble set to burst?

PARIS STILL TOWERS
The eurozone’s real estate capital continues to go from strength to strength

EMPIRE REBUILDING
Buying property in the Roman renaissance

VIEWPOINT
A look forward to the CNBC European Business Leaders Awards

DE-BRIEF
Faits divers from the world of business

EUROPEAN DISPATCHES
Political and economic developments

START-UP
We talk to the owners of online social networking service iWiW

HANNAN’S VIEW
Life is sweet for Brussels’ political elites

CNBC Europe
The battle for the French presidency is under way

INVESTMENT The rise of cross-border funds

PROPERTY Spain

FLYING VISIT The real Prague

WATCHES Audemars Piguet

CULTURE Books and exhibitions

AUCTIONS European Fine Art Fair

ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS Corkscrews

PARTING SHOT No Butts

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Start-Up: Iwiw

Networking site iWiW’s popularity with savvy Hungarians has been noticed by T-Online, which has paid €4m for the business. By NEIL BARNETT

The Innovation Issue

We examine the importance of innovation to surviving in business, and profile 50 of the top innovators in Europe

Country Report: Slovakia

An uncertain future

Trouble In Store

As Wal-Mart can attest, Germany is proving a tough nut to crack for foreign retailers

Watches: Too Long A Shadow?

Audemars Piguet made its name almost solely on the back of the Royal Oak, but does this one model put its other watches in the shade? NICK FOULKES reports

Delivering The Next Windfall

Improved transport links are creating new property hotspots across the continent

Radar

A look at what's happening across Europe

Top 50 Low-Carbon Pioneers

The second edition of our renewable energy roll call

From Tanks To Banks (And Back Again)

Jirí Komínek examines the new Russia, where energy dominance has replaced military might as the primary lever of power

Country Reports: Czech Republic And Georgia

Focus on central and eastern Europe

European Dispatches

Political and economic events across the continent

Business Round-Up

A look at what's happening around the globe

Arts & Books

The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781-1997 Piers Brendon.

Face Off

Social website Facebook is a phenomenon but its ambition to dominate the business networking arena may be a link too far, says Barry Mansfield.

The Quick And The Dead

Retail opportunities in eastern Europe