Volkswagen to start firings over emissions scandal: sources

HAMBURG/BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen will start firing people responsible for rigging U.S. emissions tests and shake up management on Friday, two sources familiar with the plans said, as the German carmaker tries to get to grips with the biggest scandal in its 78-year history. The supervisory board of Europe's biggest automaker is meeting on Friday to decide a successor to chief executive Martin Winterkorn, who resigned on Wednesday. The sources said it would give initial findings from an inter