Continental CEO Degenhart resigns for health reasons

Degenhart has faced criticism for several missteps including communication around the closure of a German tire plant in Aachen as well as an unusually harsh letter to employees in September 2018. (Wolfgang Rattay/REUTERS)

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October 29, 2020 09:12 PM

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