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Nissan is still reeling from the Carlos Ghosn scandal and tensions with French partner Renault

Nissan shareholders approve post-Ghosn overhaul

Nissan shareholders today approved an overhaul intended to strengthen governance at the crisis-hit Japanese car maker.

French ministers have consistently highlighted the importance of ensuring the Renault-Nissan alliance remains strong

Nissan grants Renault executives boardroom seats

Nissan said today it would grant alliance member Renault's representatives seats on key committees of its board, ending a dispute between the two automakers.

Business • 21 Jun 19

FCA abruptly withdrew its $35 billion merger offer for Renault on June 6 after the French government blocked a vote by its board

FCA-Renault revival may hinge on Nissan stake cut

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Renault are looking for ways to resuscitate their collapsed merger plan and secure the approval of the French carmaker's alliance partner Nissan.

Business • 10 Jun 19

Fiat Chrysler had proposed a 'merger of equals' with Renault last week

Fiat Chrysler withdraws merger offer for Renault

Fiat Chrysler said it has abandoned its $35 billion merger offer for Renault, blaming French politics for scuttling what would have been a landmark deal to create the world's third-biggest automaker.

Business • 06 Jun 19

Italian-American FCA on Monday pitched a $35 billion merger with Renault to create the world's third-biggest carmaker

Renault board to review FCA merger move on Tuesday

The board of Renault will meet on Tuesday to discuss Fiat Chrysler's merger offer, the French carmaker said.

Business • 31 May 19

The deal between Fiat Chrysler and Renault would generate €5 billion in annual savings

Fiat Chrysler and Renault pursue $35 billion merger

Fiat Chrysler today pitched a finely balanced merger of equals to Renault to confront the costs of far-reaching technological and regulatory changes by creating the world's third-biggest automaker.

Business • 27 May 19

Hiroto Saikawa is to stay on as chief executive at Nissan

Nissan says Saikawa to remain on as CEO

Nissan said today that Hiroto Saikawa would stay on as chief executive, backing the protege of former boss Carlos Ghosn.

Business • 17 May 19

Nissan's chief executive Hiroto Saikawa says the company's performance was 'challenging'

Nissan profits hit 'rock bottom' as Ghosn weighs

Crisis-hit Japanese car company Nissan today unveiled net profits at a near-decade low as it battles to recover after the shock arrest of its former boss Carlos Ghosn.

Business • 14 May 19

Carlos Ghosn has posted the $4.5m bail set by a Tokyo court today.

Ghosn wins bail in Japan but banned from seeing wife

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn emerged from his Tokyo detention centre today after accepting bail of $4.5m under strict conditions including restrictions on seeing his wife.

Business • 25 Apr 19

Nissan has cut its projection for net profit in the fiscal year to March from 410 billion yen ($3.7 billion) to 319 billion yen

Crisis-hit Nissan issues fresh profit warning

Nissan has today issued a profit warning, deepening the woes of the Japanese car giant as it seeks to recover from the shock of former boss Carlos Ghosn's arrest.

Business • 24 Apr 19

The 65-year-old strenuously denies all allegations against him

Ghosn hit with fresh charge in Japan, files for bail

Japanese authorities have hit former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn with a fresh charge of aggravated breach of trust, the fourth formal indictment against the auto sector tycoon, who immediately filed for bail.

Business • 22 Apr 19

Carlos Ghosn was arrested for the fourth time last week on suspicion that he had tried to enrich himself at Nissan's expense

Carlos Ghosn's detention extended until April 22

The Tokyo District Court has extended Carlos Ghosn's detention period by eight days, giving prosecutors until April 22 to bring formal charges against the former Nissan boss or let him go.

Business • 12 Apr 19

Carlos Ghosn has high cholesterol and, as a result of treatment, suffers from chronic kidney failure and rhabdomyolysis, his defence team have said

Ghosn was arrested illegally, defence document says

Carlos Ghosn's "illegal" arrest has interrupted his care for chronic kidney failure, which the former Nissan boss suffers from as a result of treatment for high cholesterol, his defence said in documents seen by Reuters.

Business • 11 Apr 19

Journalists look on as lawyers for former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn play a video message recorded by Ghosn before his most recent rearrest

Ghosn accuses Nissan executives of 'backstabbing' plot

Carlos Ghosn has accused "backstabbing" Nissan executives of a "conspiracy" to have him arrested over fears he planned to merge the firm with France's Renault, in a video released today.

Business • 09 Apr 19

Nissan shareholders formally severed Carlos Ghosn's ties with the Japanese automaker he rescued from near-bankruptcy two decades ago

Nissan shareholders sever last ties with ousted Ghosn

Nissan shareholders have ousted former boss Carlos Ghosn as a director today.

Business • 08 Apr 19

Japanese authorities arrested Carlos Ghosn than a month after he was dramatically freed on bail after over 100 days in detention

Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn rearrested in Tokyo

Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn was rearrested today in Tokyo on fresh financial misconduct allegations, with the auto tycoon slamming his detention as "outrageous and arbitrary".

Business • 04 Apr 19

Carlos Ghosn has experienced a dramatic fall from grace that shook the global auto industry

Ghosn to 'tell the truth' ahead of possible new case

Sacked Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has promised to "tell the truth" at a news conference next week.

Business • 03 Apr 19

Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Tokyo in November after Nissan told prosecutors its own internal investigation uncovered evidence of wrongdoing.

Ghosn's lawyers ask his trial be separate from Kelly's

Lawyers for sacked Nissan Motor boss Carlos Ghosn has asked a Tokyo court that he stand trial for alleged financial wrongdoing separately from his former employer, saying he would not get a fair hearing otherwise.

Business • 02 Apr 19

BMW builds just over 15% of Britain's 1.5 million cars

BMW, Peugeot go ahead with UK plant shutdowns

BMW's Mini plant in Britain closed for four weeks from yesterday and Peugeot's Vauxhall car factory shuts for two weeks in moves planned months ago to help the firms deal with any disruption resulting from Brexit, which has since been delayed.

Business • 02 Apr 19

Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa said his former mentor, Carlos Ghosn, had held too much power alone at the company

Nissan urged to shake up governance after Ghosn

An advisory committee established by Nissan to improve governance after the stunning arrest of former boss Carlos Ghosn on corruption allegations has unveiled recommendations to prevent further scandals.

Business • 28 Mar 19

Infiniti Motor Company, a division of Nissan, said it would stop production in Sunderland by mid-2019

Nissan to stop UK production of Infiniti cars

Nissan will stop production of Infiniti cars at its factory in Sunderland, the Japanese carmaker said today, one month after cancelling the plant's plans for the X-Trail SUV.

Business • 12 Mar 19

Nissan's chief executive Hiroto Saikawa said the partnership between Nissan and Renault is 'equal'

Nissan and Renault remodel alliance as 'equals'

Japan's Nissan and France's Renault today retooled the board structure of the world's largest car-making alliance, putting themselves as equals after the sacking of former boss Carlos Ghosn.

Business • 12 Mar 19

Carlos Ghosn has been banned from attending a Nissan board meeting

Court 'bars Ghosn from attending' Nissan board meeting

A Japanese court today barred Carlos Ghosn from attending a Nissan board meeting, according to local media, as the bailed former chairman prepares his defence against charges of financial misconduct.

Business • 11 Mar 19

Carlos Ghosn, the former titan of the global auto industry was released from the Tokyo Detention House today

Ex-Nissan chair Ghosn leaves jail on bail of $9m

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was released from jail today after posting $9m in bail, giving the executive fresh impetus to craft his defence against financial misconduct charges in Japan.

Business • 06 Mar 19

Carlos Ghosn faces charges of aggravated breach of trust and under-reporting his compensation at Nissan for nearly a decade

Japanese court grants bail for ex-Nissan chairman Ghosn

A Japanese court has granted bail to ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn more than three months after his arrest for alleged financial crimes.

Business • 05 Mar 19