1.   A decision by the German electronics, power, automation and industrial systems is expected within four to six weeks, the company said.

2.   A German electronics company is tackling those banner advertisements with a product that strips most advertising off Web pages.

3.   Severing ties to the money-losing German electronics company was among early cost-cutting measures by Cor Boonstra, who became chief executive a year ago.

4.   Severing ties to the money-losing German electronics company was among early cost-cutting measures by new Philips Chief Executive Cor Boonstra.

5.   Siemens AG, the German electronics giant that produces Web Washer, estimates that roughly a million people have begun using the program since it was released in December.

6.   Siemens Nixdorf is a unit of German electronics company Siemens AG.

7.   Siemens, the German electronics and transportation giant, is introducing a tablet for medical settings.

8.   The OSS said Sud Atlantica was writing insurance policies for such important Axis defense industries as Siemens-Schuket, a subsidiary of the big German electronics firm.

9.   The Singapore office of Siemens, the German electronics conglomerate, declined to comment on the case.

10.   German electronics giant Siemens AG said Thursday it would sell its defense electronics divisions to British Aerospace and the German conglomerate Daimler-Benz.