She will work for a German company during the war.

Half the money is to be paid by more than 6,000 German companies.

It said no German companies would be able to leave.

But it did agree to talk with the German company.

"You wanted to send this back to that German company."

One German company even offered the service for free, according to an executive involved in the competition.

Little has been heard from them, though, as the focus narrowed to the two German companies.

The final deal between the two German companies left a lot of ambiguity.

All this means that German companies must be doing something right on the export front.

On their own, most eastern German companies have little chance at survival.