rwe will retain strategic control. they plan to use the proceeds from the sales to help reduce its 30 billion net euro debt. a swedish company is disposing of swedish operations in poland. they will focus on germany and the netherlands. they are shutting down heat generation plants in poland as well as the distribution networks to two polish utilities. if approved by officials, the deal will go through later this year. with all of the gloom and doom about the world economy there is a bit of optimism on germany. they predict that exports will grow by 11% this year. they will take the value of foreign sales past the $11 trillion euro mark. political stability in the country could pave the way for smaller countries to invest there on top of the oil and engineering sectors. >> germany is mourning the loss of one of its best humorists and satirists. he has died at the age of 87. he has been in poor health for some time. he achieved fame in the 1970's as a cartoonist and went on to have his own tv series. we will have the la