Fiat Says GM Talks Inconclusive
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Fiat and General Motors failed to settle  a row over whether the Italian group can sell its ailing car  unit to its U.S. partner and Fiat said it could exercise the  option any time from Wednesday.
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The United Automobile Workers union and General Motors remained in opposition Tuesday night, even as the union acknowledged the need for talks to move more quickly toward a settlement.
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Italian group Fiat has until midnight on Tuesday 1 February to settle a contested agreement to sell itself to US car giant GM.
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Fiat threw down the gauntlet to General Motors on Monday when the Italian industrial group dismissed the political and legal efforts by the American carmaker to avoid buying Fiat Auto, its heavily lossmaking car division.
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Fiat SpA said Wednesday it had failed to settle with General Motors Corp. over an option to force the U.S. giant to buy its ailing auto unit, raising the prospect of a legal battle and sending Fiat's shares tumbling.
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Negotiators from General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers were making significant progress on Saturday on a new labor contract, but major issues remained unresolved, a person close to the talks said.
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Fiat (FIA.MI: Quote, Profile, Research) does not plan to delay any further a contested option allowing it to sell car unit Fiat Auto to partner General Motors Corp
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Some Fiat autoworkers struck for two hours Monday, a day ahead of a top-executive meeting that could determine whether Fiat SPA insists on an option to force General Motors Corp. to buy the struggling Italian auto group.
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Fiat SpA faced the challenge of managing its troubled auto division on its own Monday &#151; but it will have the help of &#36;2 billion from General Motors Corp. to be paid in a deal that releases the U.S. auto giant from the obligation of buying Fiat's car unit.
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The CEO of Fiat (FIA.MI: Quote, Profile, Research) believes that exercising an option forcing General Motors (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to buy its loss-mired car unit would probably result in more work for the operation
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General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers made progress at the bargaining table Saturday but still faced significant hurdles and ended negotiations for the day without reaching an agreement.
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General Motors has reportedly agreed to pay two billion dollars (1.5 billion euros) to the Italian industrial conglomerate Fiat if it will abandon its option to sell Fiat Auto to the US automaker, the RadioCor news agency reported, citing sources close to the affair.
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An option allowing Fiat to sell its car  unit to General Motors came due on Monday but Fiat said it  would hold off exercising the put until the groups wrap up  talks to settle a dispute over its validity.
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Fiat kept up the pressure on General  Motors Corp. before a key meeting on Tuesday, saying the U.S.  group would not be able to shut down the Italian carmaker if it  ends up having to buy it.
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Two months of talks between General   Motors Corp. GM.N, Renault SA RENA.PA and Nissan Motor Co.   7201.T have resulted in little progress toward a possible   alliance, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday in its   online edition, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Fiat's board is due to meet on Sunday, a  source close to the company said, as newspapers reported that  the Italian carmaker was close to settling a long-running  wrangle with U.S. partner General Motors.
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Fiat SpA said Monday the end of its mediation period with General Motors Corp. had been pushed back until Feb. 1, but that it will have the option to compel GM to buy its troubled auto division beginning the following day.