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Loss of U.S. boss seen hitting VW turnaround, but not talks with regulators

By Andreas Cremer BERLIN (Reuters) – The departure of Volkswagen's U.S. boss is a blow to the carmaker's attempts to revive sales after its emissions test cheating scandal, but should not disrupt its efforts to strike a deal with U.S. regulators, analysts and sources told Reuters. Michael Horn, whose surprise departure from the helm of Volkswagen Group of America was announced late on Wednesday, was not on the teams negotiating with U.S. regulators over a fix for almost 600,000 vehicles…

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American Airlines merges operations of unit U.S. Airways

(Reuters) – American Airlines Group Inc said its unit U.S. Airways Group merged with the company, as part of efforts to integrate operations of the businesses following a merger in 2013. American Airlines Group, the owner of American Airlines, said U.S. Airways Group and its airline U.S. Airways ceased to exist as a separate entity effective Dec. 30, 2015. “With US Airways merged into American Airlines and U.S. Airways Group merged into American Airlines Group, all of their obligations (including debts and liabilities) become…

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Jobless claims rise sharply during holiday week

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week, a potential signal the job market was losing steam although some of the increase might be attributed to temporary holiday factors. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 20,000to a seasonally adjusted 287,000 for the week ended Dec.26, the U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday. Many economists expect a slower pace of job market improvement in 2016 even as the unemployment rate falls further from its current 5 percent.

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Turing Pharma seeks CEO to replace Shkreli, plans job cuts

Shkreli, 32, resigned as CEO on Friday, a day after his arrest on charges that he had engaged in a Ponzi-like scheme. On Monday, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals said Shkreli was “terminated” as CEO and had resigned from the board. Turing did not specify the number of job cuts in a statement.

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