In addition, the press has reported evidence that U.S. ballistic missile technology has been passed by German concerns under a program named Condor to Argentina and Egypt as well as Iraq.
First Solar plans to idle half of its German factory and has applied for a government assistance program to put about 1, 200 employees there on a part-time work schedule, the company said Thursday.
Some examples: The German government-owned development bank KfW has launched the first public-private parallel investment program specifically for social entrepreneurs.