The German business, financial and industrial world exerts its influence on us all. "Wirtschaft - aus der Zeitung" is a course designed with the very specific aim of enabling partners and competitors with the Germans to read and understand the news and features from the business section of the best of their national press. Themes covered by this thorough, most up-to-date textbook include: "Unternehmensberichte, Wirtschaft und Politik, Personalien, Finanzmarkte" and "Aktienmarkte", as well as initial units on how to find one's way around such papers as "Die Frankfurter Allgemeine, Die Suddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt" or "Die Zeit". A good knowledge of German is assumed.