Good news for Volkswagen's German workforce as Europe's largest carmaker is sharing some of the record profits the company delivered in 2012 with its employees.
VW said on Wednesday that it will pay German workers a bonus of €7,200 or a little over US$9,400 at the current exchange rates for 2012, which is about 4 percent less than what the company handed out in 2011 (€7,500), despite the fact that its preliminary net profit rose to €21.72 billion in 2012 from €15.41 billion the previous year.
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