levels of anxiety here. but out now to some of the other global business stories making news german unemployment has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 in november fewer than 2200000 people were without a job consumers in germany are spending more boosting the economy and the job market german automaker dialer says it will slash at least 10000 positions worldwide by 2022 part of a larger plan to help finance its transition to electric cars is the 3rd cost cutting announcement this week from a german automaker following volkswagen and audi dimer says its plan will seek to avoid forced layoffs. over asia now hong kong carrier cathay pacific says it will trim passenger capacity by 1.4 percent for next year it cited the ongoing protests that have hampered travel to the city that they had planned to actually boost capacity to hong kong international airport the company says the commercial
it is the end of an era german automaker dialer the firm behind mercedes cars its long time c.e.o. david satcher is stepping down today to make room for his successor. led dialer for more than a decade and became one of the most recognizable faces of german business but now it is time to hand over the reins. a grateful goodbye from shareholders after 13 years at the helm. we cannot and will not remain satisfied with the current level was profitability i can assure you the time the team is drawing even more motivation to work with full energy towards our annual targets. but. that message will be welcome following years in which share prices have been rocky profits slumped in 2018 after several good years. sure spent more than 4 decades at a time line as head of the chrysler division he became affectionately known in the
a german engineer in the ground traditional mode of german auto bosses but he s he s from sweden he s more of a matter of numbers and many are hoping that this will help him in his new job it has to be said he s taking over dialer out a difficult time for the company amid weakening sales amid international trade uncertainty so he certainly has his work cut out for him and the expectations are very high thanks so much chanel s in malone do alone in a dime were shareholder meeting. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world the us has said it suspects the syrian government used chemical weapons again this time in an attack over the weekend in the northwest of the country the army is targeting the few remaining rebel held positions there although there were no further claims of a chemical attack washington threatened reprisals if it s allegation is verified. north korea has labeled u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden quote a fool of low i.q.
is also a popular attraction at the festival. a pilot strike at scandinavian airlines s.a. s has stranded tens of thousands of passengers the carrier counselled more than six hundred seventy flights today affecting around seventy two thousand people say its pilots walked out after pay and contract talks collapsed thousands more passengers are expected to be hit by further cancellations over the weekend. german automaker dein learn has said it has no idea where kim jong un obtained the dialer branded armored limousines the north korean leader uses that international summits north korea has been hit by economic sanctions because of its nuclear program insists it has no business dealings with the north. and the dutch are out of net that s after the e.u. badgett using electric pulses as
evaluation dialer for its part has said that it is not saw it is not expecting any fines one has to remember that dialer had applied for a leniency application very early on meaning they could avoid fines and any other kind of punitive measures in exchange for giving helpful information to the investigation they re also thought to be the ones that had tipped off authorities in the first place. and also applied for a similar application but being the second one to do so it can only count on reduced fines rather than rather than being fully let off at the time b.m.w. was only one there who was the holdout and it s also from them that we haven t heard from today all right gentlemen malone and frank thanks so much. in libya forces loyal to a powerful militia leader have reached the outskirts of tripoli the seat of the country s u.n. backed government the offensive launched by general khalifa haftar monks an