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MONEY TALKS

Does a Higher IQ Equal a Healthy Bank Balance?

Everybody knows that some people are better with money than others. And now, a research institute in Bonn has investigated why that might be. In particular, it looked into whether certain types of behaviour might be linked to intelligence. And it turns out being smart is a definite advantage when it comes to earning more money. Dave Croft has this report.


The Tour de France: From a Sponsor's Dream to an Advertising Nightmare

Doping verdicts and accusations plagued this year's Tour de France. Yet the gruelling cycling race's Spanish victor, Alberto Contador, has been hailed a ?Champion of Hope' by his country's media, and his performance ?a break from a past overshadowed by doping'. But despite this optimism, both spectators' and sponsors' faith may take longer to recover. Several large advertisers, such as Adidas and T-Mobile, have been pouring hundreds of thousands of Euros into the sport, in return for huge exposure. But they may now reconsider their financial support in light of the past years' doping revelations. Money Talks asks how the doping scandal has coloured people's view of the Tour de France, and of professional cycling as a whole; and speaks to Aaron Patrick from the Wall Street Journal about what the sport's future could look like without corporate sponsors.


Stuttgart 21: Urban Ideal or Environmental Disaster?

It's the biggest investment the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg has ever made and it's one of the biggest modernisation projects that Germany is currently undertaking. Stuttgart is investing almost 5 billion euros in the construction of an underground train station, a nine-kilometre tunnel and a new neighbourhood the size of 140 football pitches. Last week, Berlin gave the go-ahead to the controversial project which should be completed by 2016. The mayor of Stuttgart is praising the new station as a huge opportunity for urban development, but environmentalists and rail experts are heaping criticism on the project. Daniel Scheschkewitz's report is presented by Nina Haase.


Business Bankruptcies On The Decline In Germany

Last week, Money Talks looked into why so many more Germans have been registering themselves bankrupt in the last year. This week, we're investigating corporate bankruptcy, and discover a very different picture. The number of companies filing for bankruptcy actually dropped by 17% in 2006, and this healthy downward trend is continuing this year. So why are fewer businesses going bankrupt? Leah McDonnell takes a closer look into the not always transparent world of corporate insolvency.


ARTS ON THE AIR

A tribute to the late film and theatre director Ingmar Bergmann

One of the most influential film directors of the 20th century, Ingmar Bergman, has died at his home on the Swedish island of Faaro, at the age of 89. Bergman was widely acclaimed for films such as the 1957 "The Seventh Seal" and the 1982, "Fanny and Alexander" which won that year's Oscar for best foreign film. His films won a total of three Oscars, as well as the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear, Venice's Golden Lion and France's Cesar. (Reporter Joanna Smith)


The first week of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival

The Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth is in full swing, at a moment in its 131 year history of heightened expectations and nervous speculation about developments both onstage and off. Having begun on July 25, the festival continues until August 28. In Bayreuth for the first cycle of the seven operas on this year's lineup is Deutsche Welle's resident Wagnerian Rick Fulker, who files this report from the Radio Bavaria studio tucked away in an attic room within Wagner's venerable Festspielhaus. (Reporter Rick Fulker)


China's most prestigious literature award goes to German Professor

The German sinologist and translator, Wolfgang Kubin, has been awarded China's most prestigious literature award, "The Pamir International Poetry Prize". A Professor at the university of Bonn, Wolfgang Kubin, also teaches at Peking's University. The Pamir Poetry Prize is one of the most important prizes in the Chinese speaking world, with the prize Professor Kubin was honoured for his work in translating Chinese works into German. He will officially receive his award on October, 16th in Peking. Professor Kubin joins us in the studio. (Interview: Prof. Wolfgang Kubin/Breandáin O'Shea)


Edinburgh set to raise the curtain on annual festival

Each year The Edinburgh International Festival presents a rich programme of classical music, theatre, opera and dance. This year, the 60th festival, runs from the 10th of August to the 2nd of September. The event began in 1947, with the aim of providing a platform for the flowering of the human spirit'. Right from the start it inspired people to put on shows of their own out with the official Festival, and soon these grew into what has become known as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. But, the city of Edinburgh is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Old town which stretches from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace is one part, and the neo-classical New Town built in the 18th century is the other. (Reporter Mariana Schroeder)


Remembering Dalida - an exhibition dedicated to the Egyptian singer

French-Egyptian singer Dalida committed suicide 20 years ago. She's not that well-known in the English speaking world, but she was huge in Mediterranean countries, thanks to her hit songs in French, Italian and Arabic, among other languages. The Egyptian-born Dalida lived in France, recording several dozen albums. She was the first artist to receive a diamond disc. She continues to be extremely popular, both thanks of her musical legacy and her tragic end. To celebrate her life, Paris City Hall is holding a very popular Dalida exhibit this summer. (Reporter Genevieve Oger)

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