SAO PAULO – Mercedes-Benz Group will put more than five thousand workers on collective vacation in two plants in Brazil due to the shortage of semiconductor chips, the company said …
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STOCKHOLM – Volvo Cars said on Monday car sales in March fell 22% to 58,677 cars as the automaker faced shortages of a specific semiconductor. Volvo, majority owned by China’s …
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FRANKFURT – Daimler Truck, the world’s largest truckmaker, on Monday said it was curbing production at some of its German factories due to a shortage of critical semiconductors. The company, …
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STOCKHOLM – Volvo Cars said on Tuesday that a shortage of semi-conductors was hitting production and would likely to continue through the second quarter, forcing it to cut its forecast …
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LAKEWOOD, NJ – School bus shortages are a major problem facing hundreds of thousands of New Jersey families and students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nowhere in the …
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By Christina Thykjaer MADRID – A Spanish law passed last year forcing food delivery companies to contract their couriers as staff has caused a labour shortage as many prefer to …
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MOSCOW – The Russian banking system’s liquidity shortage widened to 6.9 trillion roubles ($68.25 billion) on Wednesday, the central bank said, up from 5.4 trillion roubles a day before as …
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FRANKFURT – Volkswagen will halt production for a few days next week at two German factories after a delay in getting parts made in Ukraine, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday. …
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From the Desk of Senator Anthony Bucco TRENTON, NJ – Less than two weeks before Governor Phil Murphy’s deadline requiring health care workers to have their second COVID vaccine shot, …
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by Bethanne McCarthy Patrick TRENTON, N.J. – As schools struggle to find bus drivers who can safely transport kids and custodians who can sanitize classrooms, Assemblywoman Bethanne McCarthy Patrick eyes an …
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BERLIN – German carmaker Volkswagen expects a continued hit from a shortage of semiconductors this year, although it should be able to ramp up production in the second half of …
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DETROIT – Ford Motor Co said on Monday it will continue idling some of its assembly plants in the week of Feb. 14 due to the global semiconductor shortage. The …
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By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE – Record volumes of lower quality wheat from India and Australia are set to fill a gap left in Asia’s animal feed market by a shortage …
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BERLIN – Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung expects the chip shortage to lessen significantly in the second half of this year, he said at a press conference on Thursday, adding he …
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– Tesla Inc decided to remove one of the two electronic control units included in the steering racks of some made-in-China Model 3 and Model Y cars to meet fourth-quarter …
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BERLIN – Volkswagen does not expect the global shortage of semiconductors to end this year although it should further ease slightly in the second half, a board member was quoted …
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BERLIN – Luxury carmaker Porsche AG expects another record year for sales despite the global semiconductor chip shortage, its sales chief was quoted as saying by industry magazine Automobilwoche. “When …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Ford Motor plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the United States, Mexico and Canada throughout next week because of chip supply …
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By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO – Automakers, including General Motors, Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor, predict a near two-year chip constraint will ease in the second half of 2022, but …
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Last year, we experienced The Great Resignation, which hit the hospitality industry especially hard. In November 2021, a record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs — and 1 million of those were restaurant …
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By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canadian farmers say they are just days away from running out of feed for cattle, due to severe drought last summer damaging crops needed …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to soon release details from a study of semiconductor chips it conducted last year amid a push to win …
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MOORE, OK – Police officers in Moore, Oklahoma are going from sitting behind the wheel of their police cruisers to sitting behind the desk in front of classrooms. The officers, …
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By Renju Jose SYDNEY – Australia threw out an invitation to backpackers on Wednesday, seeking reinforcements for a workforce crippled by an Omicron COVID-19 outbreak as the country’s health system …
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NEW YORK – The labor shortage making it difficult for businesses to find needed workers may persist because of longstanding trends in demographics and challenges related to the pandemic, Richmond …