German corporations, which only recently appeared to be spoiling for a fight with organized labor, are on the verge of crying uncle.

West German corporations are not rushing to invest in East Germany.

German corporations are not known as bastions of shareholder democracy.

But surviving forced laborers received little or nothing, largely because German corporations insisted that the government was responsible.

"A lot of people are investing in German corporations."

She also served on the boards of various German corporations, including Volkswagen.

German corporations would pay at least half the money for the new humanitarian fund and the German government the rest.

Essen is home to 13 of the 100 largest German corporations and seat to several of the region's authorities.

Nor has either candidate chosen to focus on the deep involvement of German corporations in Iraq.