Bloomberg German officials and lawmakers are concerned the state rescue of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA is stretching the credibility of the European Union’s new regime for too-big-to-fail banks. Wolfgang Schaeuble’s Finance Ministry remains skeptical about Italy’s plan to protect individual investors and would prefer them to seek individual compensation through the courts rather than en masse …

  Washington / DPA Scientists of all stripes have appeared as characters in movies and TV shows: from the meglomaniacal Dr Frankenstein, to archaeologist adventurer Indiana Jones, the “Back to the Future” time-machine inventor Doc Brown and the palaeontologists in dinosaur-filled “Jurassic Park.” But rarely has scientific accuracy in an entertainment medium been so carefully researched as in the popular …

  Bamberg / DPA When Annemarie Sommer enters the seminar room she’s convinced that in order to be a YouTube sensation, you have to do things others wouldn’t think of doing. When the 15-year-old leaves, she knows that in fact, YouTube stars don’t necessarily have the best videos – but they are the best connected. “How to Become a Rockstar …