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Nike plans restructuring and job cuts | Beginner German Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News
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Episode Nike plans restructuring and job cuts | Beginner German Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News
Today's story: Nike announces restructuring and job cuts.. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in German: Nike kündigt Neuordnung und Stellenabbau an
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:38) Three more stories today
(01:34) Today's headline, slowly
(02:19) Jobs and restructuring
(03:06) A fall in sales
(04:08) Shares fall
(05:08) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-10-02
TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT
Nike kündigt Neuordnung und Stellenabbau an
Nike kündigt am Donnerstag eine Neuordnung mit weniger Stellen ab 2027 an.
Im ersten Quartal ist der Umsatz von Nike um vier Prozent gesunken.
In China ist der Umsatz um 26 Prozent gesunken.
Der Gewinn hat 712 Millionen Dollar erreicht, im Jahr davor waren es 727 Millionen Dollar.
Nach der Mitteilung sind die Aktien von Nike um etwa drei Prozent gefallen.
ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE
Offene KI-Modelle sind leichter zu manipulieren
Manchester City plant Berufung gegen Urteil
Andy Burnham nimmt Aussagen zu Manchester City zurück
WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- vocabulary (Stellen)
- vocabulary (Im ersten Quartal)
- vocabulary (In China)
- verb (erreichen)
- vocabulary (gefallen)
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