The government is injecting £8.9m of public money into the second phase of a project to boost the production of diesel engines at Dagenham. In September, Ford announced a £287m plan to build low carbon two-litre diesel engines for commercial vehicles, which meet the air quality requirements for London’s proposed ultra low emission zone. That first phase received £9.2m in government funding from central government, via the regional growth fund. … [Read more...] about Ford reverses UK cuts with new jobs at Dagenham plant
Ford announces job cuts
Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley ‘wants to buy Sir Philip Green’s Topshop empire Arcadia Group’ – two years after saying he wouldn’t pay a POUND for it – as experts warn it faces ‘inevitable’ ruin within days putting 13,000 jobs at risk at ‘worst possible ti
However, there is a limit to his frugality: Mr Ashley has a helicopter to fly between his mansion and the office. He also bought Newcastle United but many fans are not keen on him. For a period he was unable to take his family to matches for fear of abuse. … [Read more...] about Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley ‘wants to buy Sir Philip Green’s Topshop empire Arcadia Group’ – two years after saying he wouldn’t pay a POUND for it – as experts warn it faces ‘inevitable’ ruin within days putting 13,000 jobs at risk at ‘worst possible ti
Peugeot and Vauxhall owner agrees merger plan with Fiat Chrysler
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D.C.’s biggest corporate donors including Amazon, GE, Verizon and Best Buy plunge Republicans into cash crisis by boycotting ‘treason caucus’ and other firms stop ALL political donations
A growing list of companies, including Ford Motor Co, Microsoft Corp, American Airlines, Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc, Goldman Sachs , BP Plc, Smithfield Foods Inc and Union Pacific Corp said they would temporarily suspend donations to Democrats and Republicans alike. … [Read more...] about D.C.’s biggest corporate donors including Amazon, GE, Verizon and Best Buy plunge Republicans into cash crisis by boycotting ‘treason caucus’ and other firms stop ALL political donations
$1million Forrest Fenn chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains for treasure hunt is finally found after hundreds of thousands joined in decade-long search that KILLED five
He added: ‘I’ve given to charity, and everybody else has, too. That’s been done. I wanted to do something that would last. I wanted to introduce the Rocky Mountains to people – flatlanders – that’d go back over and over again. I mean, if I gave to a charity, that’d be the end of it. … [Read more...] about $1million Forrest Fenn chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains for treasure hunt is finally found after hundreds of thousands joined in decade-long search that KILLED five
