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Nature 448, 852-853 (23 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448852a; Published online 22 August 2007

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A change of gear at Siemens

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Europe's largest technology company is switching its priorities, even as it faces a growing bribery scandal. Quirin Schiermeier reports.

Almost half-a-million people work for Siemens, the Munich-based electrical-engineering company with interests in everything from bullet trains to medical diagnostics. So when a bribery scandal hit the company late last year — forcing out several of its top managers — the stakes for German science and technology were high.