Scandal in Germany: In an unprecedented step, the University of Bayreuth has revoked the doctorate of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, accusing him of plagiarizing most of his dissertation. Should the popular German defense minister, at under 40 a rising political star in the conservative coalition, tough it out? Or should he take the consequences and resign?
One of the unlikely heroes of Egypt's revolution is Wael Ghonim, Google's head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, who sparked the protests through Facebook and Twitter. Is Ghonim a new type of 21st-century leader?
In 2008, Siemens was the first company on the DAX 30 index of German blue-chip companies to appoint a woman, Barbara Kux, to its executive board. Do European women executives suffer from a "pipeline leak" or from an "upgrade problem"? And what needs to be done to close the gender gap in European C-level positions?
Egypt's government has virtually shut down communications among the protesters: The last Internet provider has just been paralyzed. But the opposition is getting unexpected help: Now Google makes it possible for Egyptians to tweet via phone.
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