Prognosis. "Strategic investing means eliminating daily noise and focusing on the key structural trends," says Lukas Daalder, CIO bei Robeco Investment Solutions. That's why he dares a five-year outlook.
Oldtimer collection. In a former factory building in Hersbruck, Franconia, the Dauphin family created a unique place of communication and a noble event location. A place of amazement, enjoyment and dreaming: the Dauphin Speed Event houses an outstanding collection of 160 precious automobiles and 300 motorcycles.
Cybercrime doesn't stop at the art trade either. Florian Mercker, private-wealth art expert, explains the methods used by criminals and how collectors and gallery owners can protect themselves.
Only rarely do entrepreneurs succeed in creating a product whose name then later becomes synonymous with all variations due to its fame. Edwin Herbert Land is such a case - even today, a photo taken with an instant camera is still known as: I'm taking a Polaroid.
It's the comeback of the year. More instant cameras are sold today than in the days of analog photography. One-of-a-kind photos that can't be replicated and can be held in the hand instantly provide a counterpoint in the digital age. Users have to think before they pull the trigger. And pay for the film.
The renaissance of this slow food of photography puts the spotlight on a very special man: Edwin Herbert Land, born in Connecticut on May 7, 1909.
Land is a fanatical researcher,...
The inventor Antoine LeCoultre catapulted watch production into a new era. The fact that he succeeded in manufacturing all watch parts on machines marked the beginning of the watch industry. But disputes in the family almost prevented his success.
For three years, Antoine LeCoultre had forged razors during the day to earn his living. And at night, he tinkered with his machine. In the summer of 1832, he finally had a milling machine in his forge that cut perfectly shaped watch gears from steel in a single operation.
In the Vallée de Joux, the Swiss valley of watchmakers, this innovation was naturally viewed with skepticism and fear. For centuries, farmers there sawed gears with simple tools during the long winters. Virtually overnight,...
Ole Kirk Christiansen started a building boom on carpeted floors with Lego bricks. In over 80 years, his company has become an internationally successful toy company with over 9,000 employees.
The destitute village where Ole Kirk Christiansen was born on April 7, 1891, is located in the Jutland nowhere. There, where pragmatism, diligence and faith in God are unshakable. And a little stubbornness is part of life. Even as a twelve-year-old apprentice carpenter, Ole doesn't like to conform. He is supposed to make fences, ladders and ironing boards. But he prefers to make toys. Useless stuff, according to brother Kristian.
After the First World War and a few months of apprenticeship in Norway, Ole decides that in future no one should forbid...