For carmakers, Germany proves a chronic headache
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FRANKFURT Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country&#39;s two largest car manufacturers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen, both of which reported mixed earnings on Thursday.
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Auto manufacturers had a great month, with one glaring exception.
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Continued depreciation in the dollar  is forcing Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen to consider  building VW and Audi brand cars in the United States, the  company's sales and marketing head said.
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German financial markets are rife with speculation that Porsche intends to take over Volkswagen, and Porsche is acting as if it already calls the shots.
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A new facility for VW and Audi could take the edge off the companyâs currency woes. VW sales and marketing chief Georg Flandorfer, in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, said that steep losses
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BOHMTE, Germany -- Like countless other communities, this west German town lived for years with a miserable traffic problem. Each day, thousands of cars and big trucks barreled along the two-lane main street, forcing pedestrians and cyclists to scamper for their lives.
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Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country's two largest carmakers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen , which both reported mixed earnings on ...
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Indian automakers are plagued by a shortage of skilled workers, inferior product quality and deficient highway infrastructure, among other challenges.
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Franco-German tension at the heart of Airbus is a destructive force for the group and is at the root of many of the problems currently afflicting the European plane manufactuer, analysts say.
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Like many Silicon Valley engineers, Martin Eberhard loves cars, especially fast ones. But the self-described &quot;closet gearhead&quot; didn&#039;t feel comfortable buying a hot rod that guzzled gas from the Middle East or some other troubled region.
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German car giant Volkswagen complained that cut-throat competition, high oil prices and the weak dollar had nearly halved its earnings so far this year.
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Leaders of Germany's auto industry rejected a recent rash of criticism they lack initiative to build more environmentally friendly cars, saying in comments published Sunday they are working on new, ...Comment
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Negotiations between VW and unions about radical cost savings at its German factories resume against a backdrop of falling profits at Europe's largest car maker.
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Outraged workers in Germany refuse to resume production as automaker seeks to save $623.8Ma year. FRANKFURT, Germany  - General Motors management started negotiations with union leaders Monday over
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Germany's auto industry was once its pride and joy. It was the main driving force behind the country's post-war economic miracle and even now still accounts for 20 percent of Germany's gross domestic product ...
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There is not much to laugh about in Germany these days, everyone from its bakers to its bankers readily will tell you, citing with long faces their chronic unemployment and how they are suffering under ...
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The German car maker - losing market share fast in recent months - hits back with models to enable it to compete in new markets.