Nissan shares fall as reports say Honda merger talks off
Tokyo (AFP) - Nissan shares plunged on Wednesday as reports said the struggling Japanese carmaker was walking away from merger ...
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What Elon Musk’s Twitter tactics may bode for US government
San Francisco (AFP) - As Elon Musk and his aides take control of the US Treasury's payments system, the drastic ...
Beached whales: Airbus grounds its massive Beluga cargo flights
Paris (AFP) - European aerospace giant Airbus confirmed Friday that it was shutting down its speciality freight business using colossal ...
US news giant CNN eyes 200 job cuts, streaming overhaul
New York (AFP) - US news network CNN will shed six percent of staff, some 200 people, the outlet said ...
Job cuts report worries employees at Germany’s Commerzbank
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Suggestions that German lender Commerzbank was considering cutting thousands of jobs as it fights off an ...
Oil giant BP cuts thousands of jobs to slash costs
London (AFP) - British energy giant BP on Thursday said it would axe 4,700 staff jobs, or about five percent ...
Volkswagen boss hails cost-cutting deal but shares fall
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Volkswagen's chief executive welcomed a deal to slash jobs and reduce production capacity in Germany without ...
Tens of thousands strike at Volkswagen’s Germany plants
Hanover (Germany) (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Volkswagen workers went on strike Monday in an escalating industrial dispute, with ...
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal to close two plants in France: unions
Reims (France) (AFP) - ArcelorMittal, the world's second-biggest steelmaker, plans to close two plants in northern France, which together employ ...
Ford to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - US car giant Ford on Wednesday announced 4,000 more job cuts in Europe, mostly in Germany ...
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