31.   Because of high wages and rigid work rules, he said, German companies have over-invested in automation and hired a minimum number of skilled workers at high wages.

32.   BellSouth is mulling a multibillion boost to its investment in a German wireless company.

33.   Bertelsmann is not the only German company to have entered the American media market.

34.   Boeing handed the last four airplanes to Bavaria International, a German leasing company, Wednesday, according to John Kvasnosky, a Boeing spokesperson.

35.   Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, a wholly owned subsidiary of the German company, declined comment.

36.   A German company, SAP, produces the best electronic inventory-control software in the world.

37.   A group of German companies led by Siemens already has won the contract to build the first subway line and construction is to start in November.

38.   A German company has teamed up with an English importer to bring the grass-flavored drink to Britain.

39.   A German company buys CompuWorld, promising not to interfere so long as advertising quotas continue to be met.

40.   A number of other companies also make digital hearing aids, including Siemens, a German company, and Telex, based in the United States.