VW CEO Apologizes, Asks for Trust
Detroit — Volkswagen AG’s smog-test scandal escalated Tuesday as the company acknowledged putting stealth software in millions of vehicles worldwide. The crisis has already cost VW more than $26 billion in market value. The world’s top-selling carmaker now admits that 11 million of its diesel vehicles contain software that evades emissions controls, far more than the 482,000 cars identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Voters Elect New Members to Co-op’s Board of Directors
Hanover — A quartet of new members of the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society’s board of directors discussed their plans for office following the publication of election results Monday night . They hoped to address employee treatment policies, affirm the organization’s commitment to a cooperative model of business and better engage with members. Voting began March 28 and ended April 26. The Co-op announced the results Monday night on...
Inside Tuesday’s ‘Valley News’
Local designers, from left, Mark Merrill and Sigrid Lium, both of White River Junction, Colleen McCleary, of Canaan, and Rene Gerrior, of Lebanon, are honored with flowers and applause at the end of the fashion show held at the Main Street Museum in White River Junction earlier this month. The May issue of Enterprise: The Business Magazine of the Upper Valley, uses the fashion show — and the continued redevelopment of downtown White...
RadioShack sale approved, keeping hundreds of stores open
Radioshack Sale Approved, Keeping Hundreds of Stores Open The judge overseeing RadioShack’s bankruptcy said he will approve the sale of about 1,700 stores to the chain’s biggest shareholder. Tuesday’s decision ensures the survival of the 94-year-old electronics retailer, for now, and saves thousands of jobs that might have been lost if the stores were liquidated. The buyer, Standard General, has said it plans to run the business in a...
