CLIPS 2002

NEWSWEEK. December 30, 2002. 629 words.
Recovering From The Tech Bubble
By William Boston

Among the class of new CEOs at struggling European technology giants, none will be more intriguing to watch in 2003 than Deutsche Telekom's Kai-Uwe Ricke. He shares almost nothing with his flashy and argumentative predecessor from Sony, Ron Sommer, who had always remained something of an outsider in the notoriously political company. The son of a former Telekom chief, Ricke is a born insider.
He inherits huge problems, including a huge debt load from years of splurging, a …

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. December 23. 809 words.
In Germany, newly jobless form an army of free agents
By William Boston

BERLIN Annette Lindinger's career was zooming along. A university-trained translator, she had become an information technology consultant and risen to lead a 12-person team running projects for large multinationals. But then the technology boom began to sputter. Ms. Lindinger's employer, an American IT consulting firm, slashed its staff to 500 employees from 2,500 in three waves over the course of just over a year. Unemployed since November, the Heidelberg native is par...

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. October 11. 983 words.
New laws aid German security
By William Boston

BERLIN Just over a year after the terrorist attacks on the United States, tougher security laws and broader knowledge of the Islamic community in Germany are helping authorities crack down on the people who allegedly played a supporting role on Sept. 11. One of them is Abdelghani Mzoudi, a stocky 29-year-old man, whom authorities have suspected of providing key logistical support for the group of hijackers that made up the Al Qaeda cell in Hamburg. Mr. Mzoudi had close ...