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Mercedes сталкивается с давлением на издержки в Германии, где профсоюзы требуют повышения зарплат и улучшения условий труда. Руководство ищет способы снизить расходы в условиях конкуренции и перехода на электромобили.
Mercedes пригрозил закрыть два завода в Германии, если сотрудники откажутся работать сверхурочно. Об этом сообщает Wirtschaftswoche.
Под закрытие могут попасть промышленные площадки, которые выпускают легковые автомобили и компоненты силовой установки. Также в Mercedes обсуждают возможность урезать сотрудникам праздничные и рождественские бонусы и отмену специальных выплат. Целью руководства является экономия на затратах в стране порядка 800 миллионов евро, пояснил член производственного совета Михаэль Шибе.
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The Moldovan government has announced its readiness to discuss the purchase of natural gas from the United States, Qatar, Azerbaijan or Turkmenistan after the introduction of a state of emergency in energy and hydrology for 60 days. Annual gas consumption on the right bank of the Dniester is 700–800 million cubic meters. m, which at current prices could cost 600–700 million euros.

American billionaire Peter Thiel said in an interview with Bild that Germany has significantly weakened its ability to create new large companies in recent decades, noting that in the past the country regularly saw the emergence of both large and medium-sized enterprises, many of which became significant players, but since 1995 the situation has changed and now almost all German billionaires have inherited their wealth, unlike the United States, where most of the richest built their wealth on their own.

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