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Stellantis sign goes up outside Auburn Hills HQ after FCA-Peugeot merger
Read full article: Stellantis sign goes up outside Auburn Hills HQ after FCA-Peugeot mergerAUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The merger between PSA Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) that will lead to the creation of Stellantis was officially complete Saturday. The Stellantis sign is now up outside the now former FCA headquarters in Auburn Hills. Stellantis was launched Monday on the Milan and Paris stock exchanges, giving life to the fourth-largest auto company in the world. Read more: Carmaker Stellantis shares jump in Milan, Paris on first day
Morning Briefing Jan. 16, 2021: Michigan Capitol on alert ahead of expected protest, counties cancel appointments due to COVID vaccine shortage, FCA and Peugeot merge
Read full article: Morning Briefing Jan. 16, 2021: Michigan Capitol on alert ahead of expected protest, counties cancel appointments due to COVID vaccine shortage, FCA and Peugeot mergeGovernment buildings in Lansing are boarded up in preparation of an expected armed protest this weekend at the state Capitol. Some county health departments are canceling COVID-19 vaccine appointments due to a supply shortage. Additionally, as of Friday Beaumont Health was forced to stop making COVID-19 vaccine appointments due to the same issue. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 533,602 as of Friday, including 13,701 deaths, state officials report. New: Coronavirus in Michigan: Here’s what to know Jan. 16, 2021Here’s a look at more of the data:
Merger between FCA and Peugeot finalized amid concern over business deal
Read full article: Merger between FCA and Peugeot finalized amid concern over business dealFiat Chrysler Shareholders of Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Group met Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 to vote on a merger that will create the world's fourth-largest automaker. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)DETROIT – The merger between Peugeot maker PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles that will lead to the creation of Stellantis was complete Saturday. The Peugeot and FCA merger has been the subject of much controversy. Speaking to Local 4 News earlier this month, Frank Rhodes, the great grandson of Walter Chrysler who founded famed auto company Chrysler in 1924 expressed concern over the business deal. Read more: Great grandson of Walter Chrysler worries about fate of automaker
Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot sign $50B merger deal
Read full article: Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot sign $50B merger dealFiat Chrysler, Peugeot sign $50B merger dealPublished: December 18, 2019, 6:23 amThe companies said in a joint statement the new group will be led by PSA's cost-cutting CEO Carlo Tavares, with Fiat Chrysler’s chairman John Elkann as chairman of the merged company. Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley will stay on, but it was not announced in what capacity.
New PSA warns against youth tackle football, compares it to smoking
Read full article: New PSA warns against youth tackle football, compares it to smokingThat's the premise for a new PSA from the Concussion Legacy Foundation, which wants parents to consider the long-term damage youth tackle football could inflict on their kids. The goal is for parents to keep kids out of tackle football until they're 14 to lessen their risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Plus, children's bodies aren't built to withstand the head-bobbling hits of tackle football, he told CNN. "They can choose not to play tackle football at all," he said. Bailes called the comparison between smoking and tackle football "misleading and inaccurate."
Haunting Back-to-School PSA Spotlights Ordinary Items That Might Save Kids' Lives in a Shooting
Read full article: Haunting Back-to-School PSA Spotlights Ordinary Items That Might Save Kids' Lives in a ShootingA new back-to-school commercial is turning heads because it is more than meets the eye. Teens show off the ordinary items they would bring to school like book bags, sweaters, folders and skateboards, and demonstrate how they might save their lives in case of a school shooting. The chilling PSA was released by Sandy Hook Promise, a gun safety advocacy group formed in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012. Most chilling of all is a scene of a young girl, hiding in the bathroom and using a new phone to text her mom during a school shooting, tears running down her face. RELATED STORIESDad Whose Daughter Died in Sandy Hook 'Succumbed to Grief,' Says WifeFormer Columbine Principal Recites Shooting Victims' Names Every MorningDebunking the Myths Around Columbine High School Shooting
Artists coming to UK want to be paid in dollars
Read full article: Artists coming to UK want to be paid in dollarsFergus Linehan, director of the Edinburgh International Festival, told CNN Business that many artists think the UK currency could weaken further ahead of the October 31 deadline for Brexit, eating into their earnings. The Edinburgh festival decided last November to take out insurance against a weaker pound, buying euros and dollars when one pound purchased $1.30 instead of the current $1.22. The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Berlin's Komische Oper have asked to be paid in dollars and euros, respectively. "We are doing work with people from Lebanon to Shanghai and they are also asking for tour fees to be confirmed in dollars or euros," Linehan said. The festival exchanged 1 million for dollars and euros in November, and will likely do so again next year, despite the costs and hassle.