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  • June 2008

    • Germans Get Engineers Started Young

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 17, 08 12:49 PM CDT

      Germans Get Engineers Started Young

      (Newser) - With a personnel shortfall that's serious and getting worse, Germany wants to get its next generation of engineers started as soon as possible, the Financial Times reports. Hundreds of companies are sending materials and experts to kindergartens to try interest youngsters in technology and science. They hope getting the tots interested early will preserve Germany's reputation as a land of engineering. More »

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      Germany  • education  • engineering  • preschool  • Siemens  • engineers  • kindergarten

  • February 2008

    • Siemens to Slash 4,000 Jobs

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 25, 08 6:31 PM CST

      Siemens to Slash 4,000 Jobs

      (Newser) - Siemens is cutting nearly 4,000 jobs and moving 3,000 workers away from its troubled telecom equipment unit, sparking fears of union outcry in Germany, the Wall Street Journal reports. Once a $30 billion annual revenue giant, the business has been trailing competitors in cheap-labor countries like China and struggling with a $1.9 billion bribery scandal. More »

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      China  • Germany  • labor unions  • job  • job cuts  • Siemens

    • Siemens Brings Trams to America

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 22, 08 8:34 PM CST

      Siemens Brings Trams to America

      (Newser) - Siemens is importing eco-friendly trams and light-rail transport to gas-guzzling America, Der Spiegel reports. The conglomerate has been making them in Sacramento for 2 years, and is seeing a brisk increase in demand from the almost 30 tram-loving US cities. The California plant has 200 orders already and expects more when another 50 US cities finish building new rail lines. More »

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      California  • public transportation  • Siemens  • streetcar system  • tram system  • light rail

  • December 2007

    • Inside the Siemens Bribery Scandal

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 28, 07 8:40 AM CST

      Inside the Siemens Bribery Scandal

      (Newser) - In one of the world's largest corporate bribery scandals in recent years, German industrial giant Siemens allegedly channeled millions of euros in bribes to customers in Nigeria, Russia, Libya, and other countries to win infrastructure contracts. The Wall Street Journal traces the unearthing of the Siemens case across four years of investigations in Switzerland,  Liechtenstein, and Germany. More »

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      Russia  • Germany  • Switzerland  • Libya  • Nigeria  • bribery  • bribe  • Siemens  • Liechtenstein

  • November 2007

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