It would be hard to tell a story about America's stockmarket without mention of at least one company that listed this century—Google or Facebook, say. Europe is rather different. Its bourses are heavy with giants from the age of industry but light on the digital champions of tomorrow. It is telling, perhaps, that its character can be captured in the contrasting fortunes of two companies, Nestle and Daimler, with roots not even in the 20th century, but in the 19th.
展开▼
