BERLIN (Reuters) - German union IG Metall has accused management at US carmaker Tesla's plant near Berlin of aggressive tactics against workers trying to unionise after it fired one of its representatives on the works council. Tesla management dismissed a worker affiliated with IG Metall without notice at the gigafactory plant in Gruenheide, the union said in a statement. This...

10:32 AM EDT, 10/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Affirm Holdings ( AFRM ) is set to benefit from a lower interest rate environment, leading to lower funding costs and incremental growth in gross merchandise volume, or GMV, among others, Wedbush Securities said in a note to clients early Monday. The company has a balanced risk/reward and a number of ancillary GMV...

10:31 AM EDT, 10/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- HSBC Holdings ( HSBC ) started a review of expenses and operational controls at its China digital wealth business Pinnacle a few months ago, Reuters reported Monday, citing several unnamed sources. The bank is looking into staff salary structures and whether suppliers inflated expenses, adding to a sharp increase in costs that exceeded...

* EU tariffs on Chinese-made EVs due to come in at end of month * EU gets minimum price offers from Chinese parties, official says * Hard to reach agreement by end of October, official says (Updates with EU official on challenge, obligation to look at all offers) By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The European Commission has...