Workforces in many German companies are changing, and the buzzword is ‘diversity management’. It doesn’t focus just on the social aspects of the issue, but also a company’s prospects.

When firms conspire, customers, suppliers and competitors lose out. Cartels may be illegal in Germany, but they are not a rarity. Collusion has affected the sausage, chocolate and the beer business. Is nothing sacred?

Does the idea of global free trade have a future if countries are seeking to erect trade barriers? Donald Trump says the World Trade Organization is a disaster, while others stress its importance. We have an exclusive report straight from the WTO.

Five hundred thousand Chinese tourists visit one southern German city each year to go shopping. Stores even stage special events for their new customers. Luxury goods are in high demand because they cost more in China.

What can be done to stop cartels? We ask Anna Blume Huttenlauch, lawyer for competition and antitrust law at Blomstein law practice in Berlin.

It has a range of 120 kilometers, a three-hour charging time, and a low price. The eGo Life, developed at a university in Aachen, Germany, is a small car for big cities.

Encyclopedias, once repositories of collected wisdom, have been pushed aside by the internet. Publisher Alexander Bob has experienced the downfall of Germany's leading encyclopedia from the inside.

Wikipedia is the fifth most-visited website, one of the world's most valuable internet platforms. A non-profit foundation runs it, and does not accept advertising.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales could be rolling in money if he allowed advertising on the online encyclopedia. But ads are unwelcome. Why isn't Wales interested in cashing in? What's the concept behind the donation-financed platform?

Catalonia is Spain's industrial heartland, generating 25 percent of its exports. But the region's independence bid has made businesses jittery. Major corporations are moving their headquarters. What are mid-sized and small businesses doing?