Dec 23

Volkswagen accelerates in Asia to gain a global presence

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The German car maker Volkswagen (VW) will invest 250 million euros to enter a landmark production in Malaysia next year.

The company said yesterday it will begin manufacturing its Passat sedan in the country since late 2011, adding another signature models to the production center in 2012.

Volkswagen has set in the Asian market one of his references to meet its goal of becoming the first global automotive manufacturer in 2018, ahead of Toyota and with an annual turnover of 10 million cars.

With 6.3 million units sold in the globe last year, the company spent 12,700 million euros in purchases in Asia in 2009, up 58% over the previous year. Europe alone accounted for more investment in the form of purchases Asia.

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Dec 21

China and Russia raised the optimism of the motor industry

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The strong momentum in sales of automobiles in China and Russia will cause the global automotive market grows 8.6% in 2010, a record growth rate for a sector undergoing reorganization of its activity after the economic and financial crisis.

The last historical record of an increase in the distribution of cars was in 2007, when sales grew 7% over the previous year.

This exercise will register 59,980,000 of cars and light vehicles in the world, according to forecasts by the U.S. consulting Polk & Co, which said the global market increased their numbers by 7.3% in November, with 5.04 million units sold for 4.70 million the same month of 2009.

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The positive drift of the engine business has been consolidated in the last year in the business of Asia and particularly China, but Russia has capitalized on the growth in Europe.

Both countries are the only powers who have direct incentives to buy cars, after all major economies to withdraw their support, in the form of grants-sector during the early part of this year. Russia last month starred in the world by increasing its car sales, with 190,000 units shipped, 80% on the same stretch of 2009, according to figures provided by the European Business Association, which breaks down car sales Russia monthly.

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Dec 20

Leave unemployment by creating a company

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Something many people are thinking who remained unemployed, victims of the crisis: “Never again will serve the company can fire me!”.

You spend years working for a company struggling and trying to give better results every day, and suddenly there comes a time when you delivered the settlement because it closed an entire department, because your pay is cheaper than others, or have not been close enough to the boss at the moment that decided who went to the street.

After the moment of shock, you’re at home with a horizon of several months of unemployment, a compensation money and a rather low probability of finding a job like you had a few days ago.

And you’re thinking whether it would be a good start up something on your own. For years you thought about how you might do better if it was you who ran the company. Or have you fantasized about creating a business related to your true love: climbing, gardening … Maybe you take time dreaming of retiring to a village on the coast to write or compose music.

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Dec 18

The revised framework 1.3 million units of its Jazz compact

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The Japanese automaker Honda to recall 1.35 million units of its utility Jazz in several countries, equivalent to 37% of the park since it was released in 2001, a year marked by so-called millionaire a review of the leading manufacturers of automotive vehicles.

Honda said today in a statement issued in Japan to 729,000 units of the review in Japan, where it is called Fit, and 621,000 in other parts of the globe, the car is sold in 115 countries, to repair a defect in the electrical system of lighthouses the vehicle.

The company specified that the affected models were manufactured between November 2001 and October 2007. also indicated that it has detected 130 cases with defects, and that there has been any accident related to the problem.

Of the total affected away from Japan, 385,000 units and 143,085 under Europe-in the years 2007 and 2008 – in the U.S., American Honda said yesterday in a separate note.

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Aug 11

Purchase of investment shares, entrepreneurs, proposed surcharges

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Following the announcement by Mexicana Airlines on its application for insolvency, pilots and flight analysis options and proposals for new negotiations with the airline. For this approach both unions request the intervention of the three levels of government with the aim of making the process transparent and also require the company to accountability on the issue.

In an interview with Notimex, the general secretary of the Association of Flight Attendants (ASSA), Lizette Clavel, said that on Tuesday evaluate the proposal in the equity, ie stock, but noted that the measured value would be greater than one peso per share. This is would be a lot higher than that proposed by Manuel Borja, president of the airline to sell shares to a weight. “We would be trying to inject fresh capital either by way of financial resources with entrepreneurs who are willing to delve into with the workers, also in the possibility that contracts are considered as equity participation which is a totally different condition to what they raised us. “

In July Mexicana turned 89 years of being in the market in 2005 Grupo Posadas acquired the airline through a state grant worth 160 million dollars. Click here to read more.. »

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