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Tata Steel to launch UK sale process by Monday: UK minister

India's Tata Steel will launch the formal sale process for its British assets by Monday and give a “reasonable” timeframe to find a buyer, Britain's business minister said after meeting the company's chairman in Mumbai. Prime Minister David Cameron's government has sought to broker a deal with potential buyers after Tata Steel put its British operations up for sale last week, threatening thousands of jobs. Tata had said it wanted…

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Fiat Chrysler cuts 1,300 workers in Michigan, scraps shift

By Bernie Woodall DETROIT (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said on Wednesday it is laying off about 1,300 workers indefinitely and ending one of the two shifts at its Sterling Heights, Michigan plant that makes the slow-selling midsize Chrysler 200 sedan. U.S. sales of the Chrysler 200 were down 63 percent in the first three months of this year from a year earlier, as FCA has de-emphasized sales of the model which had been often sold to rental agencies. The company did not say how long it would continue to make …

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Fiat Chrysler cuts 1,300 workers in Michigan, scraps shift