Jürgen Klein and his colleagues from the Germany company DMT inspect wire ropes and steel cables around the world, ensuring maximum safety. If they make a mistake, it can be a matter of life and death.

The greater the risk, the higher the potential profit. Risk is the engine of innovation, and its nemesis is security.

The networked society is highly vulnerable to data theft. Cyber crime costs Germany billions.

Thais spend more time on the Internet than any other people in the world. Few are concerned about protecting their private data. While some entrepreneurs are exploiting it, others are setting up companies to protect it.

Everyone is frightened of something – afraid of professional failure or of change, or perhaps of heights or spiders. To confront those fears and relinquish control can be liberating. Olaf Krieger shows you how.

The EU wants to cut off the flow of money to tax havens like the Caribbean island of Anguilla, which has more offshore companies than inhabitants. European authorities now want a list of who owns them.

Fakelaki – that's what Greeks call slipping someone a bribe to get something done. Corruption in the country played a role in sending it into crisis. Yale graduate Kristina Tremonti is fighting against it.

To avoid a default, Greece has had to stick closely to rules set down by the EU for eight years. It survived the Eurozone's rescue package. But has Greece really entered stiller waters?

For many people, racing against the clock has become a normal part of daily life. But it hasn't always been like this. What was life like before clocks were invented, and how did their arrival shape economic and social life?

You don't have to be wealthy to be stylish. In rich countries, thrift shops are a great resource -- designer suits go there to die! In Congo, a very poor country, the sapeurs flaunt their finery. They are the heroes of DW style maven Gerhard Elfers.