Tag: annual-news

  • VW CEO eyes solid 2016 growth despite crisis

    Volkswagen has a chance of posting solid growth in its operating business this year even as it grapples with its diesel emissions scandal and a strategic repositioning, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said. Cost reductions at Europe's largest automaker are “in full swing” at individual brands and across the group, Mueller said at Volkswagen's (VW) earnings…

  • VW CEO eyes solid 2016 growth despite crisis

    Volkswagen has a chance of posting solid growth in its operating business this year even as it grapples with its diesel emissions scandal and a strategic repositioning, Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said. Cost reductions at Europe's largest automaker are “in full swing” at individual brands and across the group, Mueller said at Volkswagen's (VW) earnings…

  • Obama wants $1.9B to fight Zika: Where does it stand?

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request for emergency money to combat the Zika virus has been sitting before Congress for more than two months, and there's no obvious path forward despite a growing threat in the hot summer months and increasing public anxiety.

  • Adviser to top EU court says EU cigarette law is valid

    An adviser to Europe's highest court in Luxembourg on Wednesday said an EU law on cigarettes was valid, rebuffing a challenge from Philip Morris International, although the court still has to deliver a final ruling. The opinion, if adopted by the court, would be a blow to Big Tobacco, which had lobbied vigorously against what…