Germany nominates economist Isabel Schnabel for ECB board seat

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany nominated university professor Isabel Schnabel to the European Central Bank's executive board on Wednesday, giving Berlin an expert voice on the bank's top decision-making body and a possible bridge-builder in a time of deep divisions.The decision by the German cabinet was expected after a source told Reuters on Tuesday that Finance Minister Olaf Scholz had chosen Schnabel to replace Sabine Lautenschlaeger, another German, who resigned from the ECB board last month..