Tag: emissions-tests

  • Cost-cutting deal with unions key to VW’s recovery

    By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen's ability to agree a big cost-cutting plan with its powerful labor unions in the coming weeks could determine whether the German carmaker's shares make a full recovery from its emissions scandal. A year after it admitted using illegal software to rig diesel emissions tests, Volkswagen (VW) has still…

  • Cost-cutting deal with unions key to VW’s recovery

    By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen's ability to agree a big cost-cutting plan with its powerful labor unions in the coming weeks could determine whether the German carmaker's shares make a full recovery from its emissions scandal. A year after it admitted using illegal software to rig diesel emissions tests, Volkswagen (VW) has still…

  • Novo plans larger study after encouraging semaglutide results

    By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk's experimental injectable diabetes drug semaglutide reduced cardiovascular risk by 26 percent, according to results released on Friday, paving the way for a new and bigger study on the drug's benefits. Semaglutide is the third diabetes drug to show such heart benefits, after Novo's Victoza injectable and Eli…

  • Japan confronts disability stigma after silence over murder victims’ names

    By Kwiyeon Ha and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – The stabbing deaths of 19 disabled people in their sleep last July and the silence surrounding their identities are forcing Japan to grapple with its attitudes toward physically and cognitively impaired persons, less than four years before Tokyo hosts the Paralympics. Almost nothing except their genders…

  • Canada amplifies label warnings on common pain reliever

    Over-the-counter pain-relief drugs containing widely used acetaminophen will have clearer warning labels in Canada to help reduce potential liver damage that can be fatal, health authorities said Thursday. Health Canada pointed out that acetaminophen is one of the most commonly used pain and fever relievers in Canada, and requires clearer labeling and stronger warnings to…

  • VW denies Qatar talks sought to curb labor role

    Volkswagen has denied a report saying its chief executive and chairman were urged on Sunday by its third-largest shareholder to reduce the influence of VW's powerful unions as it battles to overcome its emissions scandal. CEO Matthias Mueller and Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch met with leaders of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) in Doha on…