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  • Germany's IG Metall union eyes four-day week for steel workers

    Germany's IG Metall union is to demand the introduction of a four-day week with full salary, said a union negotiator ahead of a new round of collective bargaining talks covering steel workers in the north-west of the country.

    April06,2023


  • IG Metall: 70,000 auto-sector jobs endangered by electric vehicles

    Nearly every tenth job in the German automotive industry is in danger of being eliminated by the year 2030, according to German metalworkers’ union IG Metall.

    May28,2018


  • China-Britain cooperation highlighted at business forum

    Participants at a roundtable discussion in Britain have called for continued mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Britain, arguing that those who talked about "decoupling" fail to understand "the absolute importance" of a pragmatic economic relationship between the two countries.

    April22,2024


  • New Opportunities of China-Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation in New Era

    The report mainly presents the fruitful results achieved in bilateral economic and trade cooperation, the key cooperation construction projects between the two countries, and the vast opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the future.

    December08,2023


  • Union open to investor in small parts production at Airbus

    IG Metall, the primary metalworkers’ trade union in Germany, is open to the controversial sale of Airbus' small-parts production to an external investor - but only on condition that the aircraft manufacturer simultaneously examines the possibility of remaining part of the Airbus Group.

    December15,2021


  • Bosch to sell passenger car brake disc production with 900 employees

    ​​The German technology group and automotive supplier Bosch is aiming to sell its passenger car brake disc production unit.

    July13,2021


  • 【Financial Str. Release】Publicly-offered funds suffer over RMB200 bln losses in Q3

    Publicly-offered funds in China suffered as much as 292.63 billion yuan of losses in the third quarter, with equity funds bearing the most brunt from a diverged and volatile stock market, reported Xinhua Finance on Thursday.

    October28,2021


  • "Dark day" for German shipbuilding as two firms file for insolvency

    German cruiseliner manufacturer MV Werften and another shipbuilder, Lloyd-Werft, both filed for insolvency on Monday, in what unions have called a "dark day" for German shipyards.

    January13,2022


  • 750 jobs to go at German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp

    ​German industrial firm Thyssenkrupp announced the loss of another 750 jobs on Wednesday as it dealt with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

    March12,2021


  • Car makers Volkswagen, Tata freeze cooperation talks

    Germany's Volkswagen AG and India's Tata have broken off talks concerning a potential cooperation between the two car makers, a spokesperson for the Volkswagen brand Skoda confirmed on Thursday.

    August11,2017


  • Chinese mutual funds earn 20 bln USD in Q4

    Chinese public mutual funds earned a total of 130 billion yuan (20 billion U.S. dollars) from investment in stocks, bonds, commodities and money market instruments in the fourth quarter of 2017.

    January23,2018


  • Germany's Thyssenkrupp to cut 3,000 steel jobs

    Germany's ailing industrial giant Thyssenkrupp and union IG Metall agreed on Wednesday to 3,000 job cuts in the company's steel division.

    March27,2020


  • German union warns of job losses from electro-mobility

    The new gas emissions targets of the European Union could result in substantial job losses and incalculable social repercussions in Germany, the top official of the country's metalworkers union IG Metall warns.

    December29,2018


  • 【Financial Str. Release】China's Social Security Fund inks agreements with six new securities firms for contracted broker service

    China's Social Security Fund, a government-run investment fund to reserve fund for the country's social security system, signed contracts with six new securities companies for contracted broker service, reported Xinhua Finance on Monday.

    March09,2021


  • Study: E-mobility threatens hundreds of thousands of German jobs

    Hundreds of thousands of jobs in the German automotive sector are under threat due to the transition to electromobility, according to a government-commissioned report released on Monday.

    February20,2020


  • ​Germany government acts to help stricken steel industry

    The German government is moving to help the stricken steel sector in a bid to rescue jobs and preserve the industry's long-term prospects.

    July17,2020


  • China's Geely makes inroads into Japanese electric taxi market

    Chinese automaker Geely's subsidiary London EV Company (LEVC) brought the electric version of its iconic black cabs to Tokyo on Friday, aiming to help promote green public transportation in Japan.

    January13,2020


  • Chery EXEED LX model to debut on Chengdu Motor Show 2019

    Chinese automaker Chery is poised to present EXEED LX, the latest compact SUV member to its EXEED brand, at southwest China’s Chengdu Motor Show (CDMS) 2019 on September 5, 2019.

    September02,2019


  • Schaeffler builds new central laboratory for 80 million euros

    Schaeffler, the automotive and industrial supplier based in Franconia, a region in the western German state of Bavaria, is building a new central laboratory at its headquarters in Herzogenaurach at a cost of 80 million euros.

    February26,2021


  • Electric version of London iconic black cabs land in Berlin

    Chinese automaker Geely's subsidiary London EV Company (LEVC) brought the electric version of its iconic black cabs to Berlin on Thursday, aiming to explore German market for the "green" cabs.

    July09,2018


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