London (CNN Business)Renault may not survive the shock of the coronavirus pandemic without help from the French government.The French government and Japan’s Nissan (NSANF) are Renault’s largest shareholders, each owning a 15% stake in the company.The government is currently negotiating the terms of a €5 billion ($5.4 billion) loan for Renault.
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Uber to cut 3,000 more jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (Xinhua) — Uber said on Monday that the company is cutting about 3,000 more jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have made the incredibly difficult decision to reduce our workforce by around 3,000 people, and to reduce investments in several non-core projects,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote in a letter to employees.
Along with the 3,700 jobs the company announced to cut earlier this month, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company is laying off 25 percent of its staff.
Uber is also closing or consolidating some 45 offices globally, including its Pier 70 office in San Francisco, a branch responsible for its experimental projects like self-driving cars. Over the next 12 months, it will begin the process of moving its Asia-Pacific headquarters out of Singapore to a new location “in a market where we operate our services,” according to the company.
Uber will reduce its costs by over 1 billion U.S. dollars a year by these actions, the company said.
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