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VW’s Profit Plunge Sets Stage for Skirmish Over Plant Closings

  • Operating return on sales shrank to just 3.6% in third quarter
  • Weak results buttress management’s case for drastic measures
WATCH: VW’s operating margin shrank to the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic. Oliver Crook reports.Source: Bloomberg
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Volkswagen AG cast its least-profitable quarter in years as cause for the first factory closures in Germany in its 87-year history, setting the stage for contentious negotiations with labor leaders.

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