ANALYSIS: New Opel management faces tough decisions as works council leader retires
Author: Graeme Roberts | 23 November 2011
In a declining market, options for Opel's new management in terms of reducing costs at General Motors' European operation - other than capacity and job cuts - are limited, IHS Automotive analyst Tim Urquhart wrote in a research note on Wednesday (23 November).
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