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Why Germany's Volkswagen could cut 100,000 jobs
Europe's biggest automaker, Volkswagen, faces Chinese competition, high costs and US tariffs. What could its restructuring mean for the German car industry?
4 min read · 25 Aug 2026
€US Treasury’s Scott Bessent ‘making mistake’ interfering with bond markets, former mentor warns
Up to £464m ‘moved through more than 3,000 UK high street shell companies’
Iran vows to retaliate against countries that cooperate with fresh US sanctions
The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
UK graduate job vacancies plunge to lowest in a decade
The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile
‘The line’s running half-empty’: Llanwern steelworks feels the heat from cheap steel imports
Retail sales in Great Britain fall despite heatwave increasing food and drink demand
UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget
Why is US bond market turmoil hitting governments worldwide? | Richard Partington
‘Starve the beast’? The $40tn cost of Republicans’ false promises to cut spending
Sales of trainers dive as cost of living pressures hit JD Sports performance
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