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Ford Is Said to Shift Plans Again for Underused Mustang Plant

(Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. is changing course a third time in as many years with its Mustang assembly plant in Michigan, nixing plans to make a new model there and tentatively shifting production to a factory in Ohio, according to people familiar with the matter.Ford no longer intends to build electric vehicles alongside Mustangs at its plant in Flat Rock, south of Detroit, according to the people, who asked not to be identified. The product now appears to be heading to the automaker’s plant in Avon Lake, Ohio, where it’s investing $900 million to build an unspecified new product …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-California Governor to convene meet of PG&E shareholders, execs next week

California Governor Gavin Newsom said he will convene a meeting of Pacific Gas and Electric Co executives, shareholders, wildfire victims, and PG&E’s other creditors in Sacramento next week to speed up the resolution of the bankruptcy case that creates a new entity. The new company can only happen “if we first get out of bankruptcy court,” Newsom said in a statement https://medium.com/@CAgovernor/governor-gavin-newsom-outlines-roadmap-for-wildfires-communities-and-utility-c9d886dee571 on Friday, without elaborating on his plans. The San Francisco-based power producer in January filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection anticipating its liabilities from massive wildfires in 2017 and 2018 blamed on its equipment could top …read more […]

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Some Employees Chafe as Google’s New Internal Rules Take Hold

(Bloomberg) — A controversial new hire at Google has provided a test of the company’s new community guidelines, which it says are an effort to curb increased incivility at work. But some employees say the new rules smack of censorship.Tensions at the company have flared over the hiring of Miles Taylor, who previously served as chief of staff to former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, as a government affairs and public policy manager. Some employees have accused Taylor of helping to support the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies.Karan Bhatia, Google’s global policy chief, told employees in a staff meeting last …read more […]