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Volkswagen Profit Plunges On High Costs, Chinese Slump

Volkswagen is planning an unprecedented restructuring that could include thousands of job cuts (Credit: AFP)

Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen reported a 64-percent drop in third-quarter net profit Wednesday, as it struggles with high costs and slowing sales in China.

Net profit fell to 1.58 billion euros ($1.7 billion) year-on-year, said the group, which is planning an unprecedented restructuring that could include thousands of job cuts.

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