Nissan to close 3 factories, cut shifts in U.S., in bid to end string of quarterly net losses

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida, desperately trying to dig out from back-to-back quarterly net losses, plans to shutter three factories in the next two years, cut shifts at U.S. plants, slash executive ranks by 20 percent and cast about for new partners in a bid to keep the Japanese carmaker going.