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Toyota says labor officials found it responsible for worker suicide

Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday said Japanese labor officials have found it responsible for the suicide of an employee, with the Mainichi Shimbun reporting that workplace bullying at the automaker had led to the employee’s death. Toyota City’s labor standards officials had been investigating the 2017 suicide of a Toyota Motor employee, a spokesman at the automaker confirmed to Reuters. …read more […]

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Sales of grounded Boeing 737 MAX pick up steam at Dubai Airshow

Boeing’s 737 MAX took center stage at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday as the U.S. planemaker prepared to announce orders for dozens of aircraft as it seeks to restore confidence in the jet amid a worldwide grounding, people familiar with the matter said. Boeing was expected to announce the orders, which could be worth $5-6 billion, a day after securing the first firm order for the aircraft since the grounding from Turkey’s SunExpress. Global regulators banned commercial flights of Boeing’s fastest-selling jet in March after two fatal accidents. …read more […]

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Steel Giant to Axe 3,000 Jobs as Crisis Rips Through Europe

(Bloomberg) — Tata Steel Ltd. plans to axe as many as 3,000 jobs across its European operations to cut costs in the latest blow to the region’s industry, with the move coming amid a heated general election campaign in the U.K.About two-thirds of the reductions would be office-based staff, the company said in a statement. Tata Steel — which has steel-making facilities in the U.K. and the Netherlands, as well as other manufacturing operations — didn’t give a detailed breakdown of where the job losses would be made.“Stagnant EU steel demand and global overcapacity have been compounded by trade conflicts, …read more […]

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Exclusive: KKR taps CK Infrastructure, buyout groups for Goodpack sale – sources

KKR & Co. has tapped Hong Kong’s CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd and buyout groups including Blackstone and Sweden’s EQT AB to gauge buying interest for Singapore-based Goodpack, an intermediate bulk container maker, multiple sources with knowledge of the matter said.

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Exclusive: KKR taps CK Infrastructure, buyout groups for Goodpack sale – sources

KKR & Co. has tapped Hong Kong’s CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd and buyout groups including Blackstone and Sweden’s EQT AB to gauge buying interest for Singapore-based Goodpack, an intermediate bulk container maker, multiple sources with knowledge of the matter said. Working with advisors, private equity group (PE) KKR has reached out to more than a dozen potential buyers as it seeks bids for a deal that could give Goodpack a valuation of at least $2 billion, the sources said. KKR, EQT and Blackstone declined to comment, while there was no immediate response from CK …read more […]