A programme of job cuts at Mercedes may cost the company more than it had planned, according to German weekly magazine Focus Money.

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Mercedes had planned to cut 8,500 jobs by September, at a cost of around EUR950m,


However the company now expects costs to exceed EUR1bn.


Around 7,000 employees have already been cut or had signed severance agreements, according to a source quoted by the magazine.

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