Siemens hit by industrial slowdown and energy problems
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MUNICH (Reuters) - German engineering company Siemens , hit by a global slowdown in power and gas and among industrial customers, said on Wednesday it missed forecasts for first-quarter sales and profit in what its chief executive called a "slow start to the year".Losses at its Gamesa wind power unit and feeble demand for large turbines in the slowdown pushed the company's industrial profit down by almost a third.There were also problems at its flagship digital industries division, where..