Police raid Volkswagen headquarters as probe mounts in Germany, US
BERLIN: German police swooped on Volkswagen's headquarters on Thursday, carrying away files and hard disks as the investigation into a massive pollution cheating scandal expanded on both sides of the...
View ArticleThe Latest: VW's Porsche unit appoints Oliver Blume as CEO
BERLIN (AP) -- The latest developments in the Volkswagen emissions scandal. All times local. --- 1:50 p.m. Sports car maker Porsche has appointed Oliver Blume as its new chief executive - replacing...
View ArticleVolkswagen Chief Warns of Existential Threat of Cheating Scandal
Volkswagen AG’s next chairman warned that the diesel-emissions scandal could pose an existential threat to the German carmaker, even as Chancellor Angela Merkel said the turmoil won’t have a lasting...
View ArticleVW cuts investment in core brand, steps up push into electric cars
Volkswagen will cut investment plans at its biggest division by €1 billion ($1.6 billion) a year and step up development of electric vehicles, it said on Tuesday, as it battles to cope with the fallout...
View ArticleFormer VW chief Winterkorn to be investigated for fraud
German prosecutors launched an investigation on Monday into former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn over the rigging of vehicle emissions tests, as the carmaker suspended three top engineers in an...
View ArticleSunday Papers: 'Britain's place in the EU does not matter', says GE chief
Top stories The Sunday Telegraph: The head of GE, the $254 billion (£167 billion) industrial giant which employs 17,000 people in the UK, has said that it does not matter if the UK remains in the...
View ArticleSaturday Papers: Barclays to shrink investment bank
Top stories Financial Times: Barclays plans to accelerate the shrinkage of its investment bank by exiting trading operations in continental Europe, Asia and Latin America in a plan supported by...
View ArticleVolkswagen emissions scandal: German carmaker prepares for world's biggest...
Volkswagen has scrambled to contain the damage from the diesel emissions scandal by, saying it is already working on technical measures to refit 11 million vehicles that contain the illegal software....
View ArticleMonday Papers: EDF to sell €10bn of assets
Top stories Financial Times: EDF plans to sell as much as €10 billion of assets over five years to shore up its balance sheet, as the French energy group prepares to start the expensive process of...
View ArticleVW readies external inquiry into emissions scandal - source
By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior Volkswagen officials will examine on Wednesday findings from an internal investigation into its rigging of vehicle emission tests and prepare for an external...
View ArticleVolkswagen CEO Will Brief Board Leaders on Diesel Investigation
Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Matthias Mueller will brief the leadership committee of the company’s board on Wednesday on findings of an internal investigation as the company struggles to...
View ArticleScandal-hit Volkswagen needs more than a year to fix all cars
BERLIN: Volkswagen's new boss said today it would take more than a year to fix all its cars fitted with pollution cheating devices, as the German auto giant scrambled to put its biggest crisis behind...
View ArticleFrench police raid Volkswagen offices in emission scandal
Police have raided Volkswagen's French headquarters over an investigation into the massive pollution-cheating scandal that has engulfed the German auto giant, a judicial source said today....
View ArticleVolkswagen identify 1.2m cars in UK affected by software
Volkswagen UK said around 1.2 million vehicles in Britain, including Audi, Seat and Skoda cars, were affected by the emissions software at the centre of an investigation into rigging of vehicle...
View ArticleVolkswagen readies external inquiry into emissions scandal: source
Berlin: Senior Volkswagen officials will examine on Wednesday findings from an internal investigation into its rigging of vehicle emission tests and prepare for an external inquiry, a source familiar...
View ArticleVolkswagen to refit some 11 million cars affected by emissions scandal
Volkswagen has said it will repair up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its namesake brand following the scandal over its rigging of emissions tests. New chief executive Matthias Mueller said the...
View ArticleGermany Orders Recall Of 2.4 Million Volkswagen Cars
HAMBURG/BERLIN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Germany ordered Volkswagen on Thursday to recall and refit 2.4 million diesel vehicles next year, following the company's admission it rigged emissions tests....
View ArticleVolkswagen promises diesel emissions scandal won't be settled 'on the backs...
Volkswagen's CEO told employees today that the company faces financial "pain" but both he and other executives strongly denied the obvious suspicion that jobs will be cut after the company's...
View ArticleVW to repair up to 11 million vehicles
Volkswagen said it will repair up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its namesake brand following the scandal over its rigging of emissions tests. New Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said the German...
View ArticleVW suspends some sales in Australia
Embattled automaker Volkswagen AG (VW) yesterday suspended the sale of some diesel-powered cars in Australia as the fallout from its emissions-cheating software expanded. Volkswagen Group Australia...
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