SolarEdge to lay off 16% of workforce to trim operating costs

(Reuters) -SolarEdge Technologies said on Sunday it would lay off about 16% of its global workforce in an attempt to reduce operating costs. The job cuts, which would affect roughly 900 employees, came after SolarEdge discontinued manufacturing in Mexico, reduced capacity in China, and terminated light commercial vehicle e-mobility activity. Costs related to these actions…

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Turkish court acquits three people in retrial over Ghosn escape – lawyer

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court acquitted three people over former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn’s escape via Istanbul to Lebanon after fleeing Japan, a lawyer for one of the defendants said on Tuesday. A jet company executive and two pilots, who were detained for several months, were convicted to four years and two months in…

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Finnish insurer Sampo misses profit forecast in volatile market

(Reuters) – Finnish insurer Sampo on Friday reported a bigger-than-expected drop in fourth-quarter earnings citing challenging capital markets environment, sending its shares falling more than 5%. The group’s profit before tax fell 67% to 390 million euros ($418.43 million) in the quarter, missing analysts’ 553-million-euro estimate in a company-provided poll. Sampo also said it expected…

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Bolsonaro’s political hopes wither as key judge votes to bar him from office

By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was staring into the political abyss on Tuesday when a federal electoral court (TSE) justice voted to bar him from office until 2030 for anti-democratic abuse of power during last year’s fraught election. The vote by Benedito Goncalves, the lead justice in the case against…

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