German automaker Daimler AG and its US subsidiary Mercedes-Benz have agreed to pay $ 1.5 billion to the US government and California regulators as part of a friendly settlement of a dispute over the manipulation of data on the content of a harmful substances in the exhaust gases of the company’s diesel engines. This stated in the documents submitted to the court on Monday, September 14.
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Attorney General’s Office accuse Daimler AG of violating of the environmental laws, which involves the use of special software to circumvent emissions testing, and the sell about 250 thousand cars with diesel engines that did not comply with federal laws and regulations of the state.
The amicable agreement also provides that the concern will have to carry out maintenance of these vehicles in order to eliminate the defect. In addition, the company will pay $ 700 million to cover consumer`s claims.
In September last year, Daimler was fined in Germany for 870 million euros. According to the decision of the Stuttgart Prosecutor’s Office, the management of the automaker showed negligence, which led to the fact that since 2008 diesel cars have been put into operation, although the content of nitrogen oxides in their exhaust in some cases exceeded the norm.
In addition, the Stuttgart prosecutor’s office is conducting another investigation regarding a number of persons suspected of manipulating software on Daimler diesel cars.
On Tuesday, shares of the four largest US technology companies declined, as the 16-month government investigation of their competitive practices led to the first results in the form of 449-page report on their abuse of the market power. Shares of Apple, Amazon, Facebook and the parent company Google Alphabet fell to 2.9%, 3%, 2.26% and […]
Next
One of the largest airlines in Singapore – Singapore Airlines recently named the price for the shares in the acquisition of the budget carrier Tiger Airways, which is about $ 0.10 per share. Today the Singapore Airlines company already owns a 77% stake in the Tiger Airways, a final deal on the acquisition initially planned […]
Next
JP Morgan Chase will pay $ 307 million as a fine to regulatory authorities. The reason of such decision of the regulators is that the bank did not disclose the information about conflicts of interests to investors in the implementation of its own advertising investment products to clients. Based on the date of the Securities […]
Next
Jim Hackett, president and CEO of Ford Motor Company, intends to resign. This is stated in the statement, published on August 4 on the company’s website. The new head of Ford from October will be Jim Farley, who is now the company’s chief operating officer. As specified in the document, Hackett in the coming months […]
Next
Chief State Sanitary Doctor, Viktor Liashko, said that the drug “Remdesivir”, which was planned to treat patients from the coronavirus, have already been purchased, and the party is taken to Ukraine. He said the news in the interview with Radio Svoboda on Sunday, October 18. “And now it is being transported to the territory of […]
Next
The judicial panel on criminal cases of the Kiev Court of Appeal March 16, 2016 considered and settled the appeal, canceling the seizure of property of the GREENSTONE group of companies: “Petroprodukt-Ukraine”, “Yagotynske HPP”, “Protein-Production” and “League “. This was said in the press release. At the request of the investigator of the National Police – […]
Next
The net profit of the German automaker Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) for January-September 2020 decreased almost 1.7 times year on year and amounted to 2.11 billion euros. Adjusted earnings per share were € 3.2 against € 5.37 a year earlier. Annual revenue decreased by 7.1% to last year’s level – to 69.508 billion euros. […]
Next
British airline Virgin Atlantic Airways, which has assets and leading business, including in the United States, 49% of which belongs to the American Delta Airlines, filed a claim for bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York. Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code: “Law on Prevention of Abuse in Bankruptcy and Consumer Protection” […]
Next
Unfortunately, most businesses in our country learn about foreign investments from the media but not directly from their own production facilities. Despite the recent positive changes in the state, we still can’t talk about a high or at least a satisfactory level of foreign direct investment in the Ukrainian economy. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT According to […]
Next
Shares of Moderna that up to 252.6% since the beginning of the year, increased by 9% before the opening of trading on Wednesday against the backdrop of President Donald Trump signing a major government agreement with the company to supply 100 million doses of its mRNA-1273 vaccine against COVID-19. According to a Moderna press release […]
Next
Some owners of PrivatBank payment cards can have difficulties while paying goods and services via the terminal or PayPass. It is reported by Ukrainian news portal AIN.UA referring to the information furnished by the Bank. According to official explanations by consultants of nationalized financial institution customers whose card starts from a combination of numbers 5457, […]
Next
Spouses McMahon, the owners of the “Morgan Fenice company ” – a large manufacturer of the upholstered furniture (Morgan Furniture LLC, Kvasyliv, Rivne region), are going to invest 280 million UAH (€ 9.3 million) within the next three years to expand production capacity and specialty-equipment. This will increase the volumes of production and export by […]
Next
Tesla is recalling about 50,000 Model S and Model X cars manufactured in the United States in different years and imported to China due to the identified suspension problems. This was reported on its website by the Chinese State Administration of Market Regulation. According to the statement of the Chinese regulator, almost 30 thousand Model […]
Next
During the first weekend of weekend quarantine, catering establishments lost 27% of turnover. This is as of Monday, November 16, according to the platform Opendatabot, citing data from Poster, a restaurant automation company. It is noted that during the week the turnover of cafes and restaurants fell by 10% compared to the previous week. In […]
Next
Uber has already tried to give drivers more autonomy so that they are considered contractors rather than employees. A California court has issued a preliminary order ordering Uber and Lyft to immediately retrain drivers from contractors to company employees. The order will take effect in 10 days. As independent contractors, Uber and Lyft drivers do […]
Next
Hypermarket chain Karavan may go under the leadership of the french sub domestic corporation Auchan. This information was confirmed by a source in the Ukrainian network Auchan, several members of its advisory on commercial real estate, and also the authorized representatives of companies that are working with a network of hypermarkets Karavan. The final deal […]
Next