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Volvo will cut 1,300 Swedish jobs as coronavirus speeds up change

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Bloomberg
April 29, 2020 08:37 AM

STOCKHOLM -- Volvo Cars will lay off 1,300 white-collar employees in Sweden, with the automaker saying it needs to step up its shift to new products and business models amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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