1.   The government awarded a German company the contract.

2.   They worried that German companies would lose business.

3.   It was alleged that he had accepted money from a German company bidding for a contract for the construction of the new Macao airport.

4.   A party of students from Rickstones will make a return visit to Waldbrol in the summer to gain work experience with German companies.

5.   Three leading German companies are experimenting with fuel produced from rape seed oil to power a new low pollution truck engine.

6.   Although Daimler was the first big German company to make such a dramatic announcement, analysts said they expected many other companies to come forth with equally grim news.

7.   Although the settlements would relieve German companies of further legal liabilities, Lambsdorff said the payments were not being made because of a legal obligation.

8.   Alusuisse said Ernst Stoeckl, outgoing chief executive of German engineering company AEG AG, has decided step down from the board.

9.   Analysts said two German companies -- Linde AG and Messer Griesheim GmbH -- might be interested in bidding for CBI.

10.   Analysts said they were not surprised by the Bertelsmann sale because the AOL-Time Warner deal had put the German company in an awkward position.