German automaker Volkswagen on Wednesday reported a 42% drop in operating profit in the third quarter.
Operating profit fell to 2.86 billion euros , while third quarter sales revenues slipped 0.5% year on year to around 78.5 billion euros.for the second time in just a few months. At the time, the car maker said it was expecting a profit margin of around 5.6% for the year, along with a 0.7% drop in sales.potential plant closures in Germany and scrapping a slew of labor agreements
with local workers in September. The company also said it would end its employment protection agreement, which has been in place for its German workforce since 1994.the company's management was planning widespread pay cuts and layoffs, as well as the closure or size reduction of all of its German plants.
In response, Volkswagen reiterated the need for restructuring and said that it would present plans for work cost cuts during a round of negotiations about the labor agreements, which is also taking place on Wednesday.Standard Chartered lifts income guidance again after beating third-quarter profit forecasts
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