Deutsche bahn wants to significantly increase its market share in freight transport with the introduction of an automatic coupler and become more competitive compared to trucks.
The aim is to increase the market share from 18 to 25 percent, which would correspond to 25 million truck trips per year, said sigrid nikutta, member of the executive board of guterverkehrs, at the presentation of prototypes of the new coupling in minden, westphalia, to dpa.
According to a works council spokeswoman, the staff had already received it in summer. The carmaker anticipates a drop in operating profits in its passenger car division due to flat sales in europe and announced a cost-cutting program. However, daimler did not yet want to say to what extent the employees will be affected.
"The more impassable the terrain, however, the more difficult it is to drive." The more important it will be to keep our own "pack" together as easy as possible," wrote zetsche in the letter. "Every euro we spend on expendable items is one euro less for our competitiveness."The "financial times deutschland" had previously reported that the planned savings package was worth 1 billion euros. A daimler spokesman did not want to comment on the figure.
Android boss and father andy rubin will take up a new job within the company. "Andy has decided it’s time to hand over the reins and start a new chapter at google," page wrote in a company blog on wednesday. He was silent about the exact reasons for the change and the new tasks.
Sundar pichai, who is responsible for the chrome browser, the chrome OS computer operating system and the google apps office applications, will be his successor as head of android. He is taking on the new post in addition to his previous duties. With this, google brings together the operating systems that were previously developed side by side in the hands of one manager. It’s not easy to step into andy rubin’s shoes," wrote group CEO page. "But i am convinced that sundar will do a great job."