europe is soon to have a new giant in the train building business germany's siemens agreed tuesday to merge its real operations with french train maker alstom german i c e n french t.g.v. high speed trains will then come from a single manufacturer that move was prompted by increasing pressure from chinese competition. sid was a chinese group c r c c is today bigger than alstom and kind of combined. pushing it up the next step. is in all likelihood continental europe where it could rely on a purchase of a european manufacturer. will be the chinese rival is already the world's leading maker of train engines the combined siemens and alstom group will speed into second place. just to nurture a key lead to a more balanced killers for for instance ultimate strong enough to. the middle and south america. but was to china europe and the united states the portfolio. excellent match. german labor union see the move as an opportunity. while their french counterparts fear job losses the merger is still subject to approval from the trust authorities. the results of last sunday's general election i

a budget that poll after poll shows the american people do not want well here in germany industrial conglomerate siemens plans to slash thousands of jobs in its power and gas division and insiders so says the company's been hit by a drop in what is this country's switch to renewable energy is not yet clear exactly how many jobs are set to go the company and scientists say it could be as many as several thousand the positions are mainly in power plant technology an area which used to be a cash cow for the company jumps in eastern germany reportedly particularly at risk . now the timing could hardly be worse ahead of japan's elections this weekend yet another corporate scandal shaking the economy this time around it's nice that now the carmaker has shut down all of its factories in the country because unqualified workers were put in charge of quality controls it's the latest in a litany of serious errors from japan's biggest corporations. deneuve a gesture of humility and another apology from the company boss. admitted that the scandal and listen was much worse than originally thought vinyl vehicle inspec

germany has long been known as a powerhouse of industrial design and famous for b.m.w. luxury cars siemens high speed trains and other brands the first exhibition to showcase german innovation has opened in qatar scapel nora bird manley has taken a look. at design lab in the center of this exhibition in doha provides a window into some of the most innovative german techniques from the past seventy years from the evolution of the t.v. intricate furniture virtual reality and sport shoes each design has improved leaps and bounds decade by decade. you know looking a back of some of the older designs of some of the. computers and looking at it thinking my goodness how could we even then use those you know twenty thirty years ago looking at what we have now we're so lucky that transmitting design but that's how it all started and that's what we need to show the audience it also traces the development of some of the most famous german cars which have pervaded popular culture germany's post second world war effort to mend it shattered economy so mass production of ferdinand porsches design of the

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siemens talking about their executive training program. seems like there has been a lot of focus on trying to replicate what has been done in germany and otherces in europe, get people to do apprenticeships and think more seriously about two years of college or community college. what is the challenge of getting programs like that in the u.s.? it's about gearing up at the local and state level. washington can help, there is a lot of discussion about the potential. maybe the federal government ought to recognize, i think about 25 states today would have what would he considered to be an imprint -- an apprenticeship encouraging businesses to work with training institutions, like community colleges and, in some cases, regional collaborations of what would be high schools coming together to figure out, by talking with business. one thing we are looking at is how do you get these workforce every part ofrd, america has a workforce board. are they linked to training and education? often the answer is no, or not very effectively. the washington conversation is outstanding and there is, from the secretary and the council on domestic policy, there is

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