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Bloomberg Olympus Corp is considering job cuts as the medical device and camera maker pushes forward with plans to almost double operating margin in the medium term, Chief Executive Officer Yasuo Takeuchi said. “The issue of personnel will naturally need to be addressed,” Takeuchi, who was promoted from chief financial officer in April, told reporters in Tokyo . “It’s a ...

Bloomberg A year after his arrest, Carlos Ghosn‘s strategy to exonerate himself from allegations of fraud and financial wrongdoing is becoming clearer: it’s all a conspiracy. Out on bail, the former chairman and chief executive officer of the global alliance between Nissan Motor Co, Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp intends to show that prosecutors, the trade ministry and the ...

Bloomberg Tata Steel Ltd plans to cut as many as 3,000 jobs across its European operations to cut costs in the latest blow to the region’s industry, with the move coming amid a heated general election campaign in the UK. About two-thirds of the reductions would be office-based staff, the company said in a statement. While the steelmaker didn’t give ...

Bloomberg European car sales jumped in October, although not enough to reverse a decline since the start of the year as demand wanes in key markets. Registrations rose 8.6% to 1.21 million vehicles, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association said. The increase was due to a low comparison with a year earlier when sales suffered from new emissions tests. The latest ...

Bloomberg The world’s biggest lithium-ion battery is about to get even bigger, with Tesla Inc set to beef up capacity at the Hornsdale site in South Australia. The system will be expanded by 50% to 150 megawatts, according to an announcement from Neoen SA, the French company that operates the site. The storage site has already saved consumers more than ...

Bloomberg Google announced plans to buy enterprise software firm CloudSimple Inc, another sign the search giant isn’t letting a flurry of antitrust investigations interrupt its expansion strategy. CloudSimple will join Google Cloud, a priority business for the Alphabet Inc unit. The companies didn’t disclose financial terms. The acquisition could help Google get a foothold in a corner of the cloud-computing ...

Bloomberg When fires raged across Brazil this summer and deforestation rates reached startling highs, users began downloading a small German search engine in a modest effort to counteract the devastation. Ecosia GmBH, a Berlin-based alternative to Google, donates as much as 80% of the profit it makes from running ads alongside search results to plant trees around the world. As ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, condoled the death of his brother HH Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President’s Representative, who passed away on Monday. At the directives of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, the UAE will observe an official mourning period of three days with the flag flown at half-mast. In ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, on Monday reaffirmed their cooperation towards the improvement of the health and wellbeing of communities in need. The intention is to identify joint initiatives ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, on Monday announced a firm order for 50 A350-900 XWB aircraft worth $16 billion (AED58.7 billion) at list prices at the Dubai Airshow 2019. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, delivery of the first Emirates A350 XWB is expected in May 2023, and will continue until 2028. His Highness Sheikh ...