Porsche seeks majority stake in Volkswagen: report
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German sports car maker Porsche  aims to raise its stake in German car maker Volkswagen (VW)  to 51 percent, the German current affairs weekly Der Spiegel reported.
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Bernd Pischetsrieder, the outgoing chairman of German car giant Volkswagen, has been entrusted with finding a solution to the bitter takeover battle between Swedish and German truck makers Scania and MAN, a VW spokeswoman said.
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Volkswagenâs chairman, Ferdinand Piech, may join the board of the truck maker MAN, of which Volkswagen owns a 29.9 percent stake, MAN said. Mr. Piech, along with an executive with Volkswagenâs truck division, Stephan Schaller, will be among those directors whom shareholders will vote on during the May 10 annual meeting, MAN said. Mr. Piech, above, and Mr. Schaller would join Rupert Stadler, an executive with Volkswagenâs Audi subsidiary. Volkswagen has been pushing for an alliance formed of itself, MAN and Sania, another truck maker.
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Volkswagen  plans to prices its vehicles in the U.S. market more aggressively and drop costly features many customers there don't want, Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn was quoted as saying.
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Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, becomes the latest German firm to try and update controversial labour agreements.
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Porsche, the German maker of luxury sports cars, wants to extend working hours and cut jobs, its chairman said in a newspaper interview at a time when other car makers in Germany are also drastically reducing their workforce in an attempt to drive down costs.
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The head of VW's workers' council said in an interview published Monday he wanted assurances that luxury car maker Porsche would respect contract agreements and preserve jobs if it bought the European auto giant.
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Volkswagen is to buy a 15% share of  truck firm MAN, as it seeks to create a three-way alliance in the industry.
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Volkswagen AG, Europe&#39;s largest carmaker, wants German workers to agree to a two-year wage freeze to cut costs amid a stagnating market, dismissing a union demand for a 4 percent yearly raise.
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Volkswagen AG said Tuesday it has increased its stake in German truckmaker MAN AG to nearly 30 percent, a move that would give it a better say in guiding the company toward a friendly alliance with Swedish truckmaker Scania AB.
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Volkswagen, the biggest European carmaker, sold a record 6.2 million vehicles last year owing to strong demand in eastern Europe, Brazil and China, VW said Monday.
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The German automaker Volkswagen named Stefan Jacoby, left, as president and chief executive of Volkswagen of America, the company said. Mr. Jacoby, currently executive vice president for marketing and sales with the companyâs Volkswagen Group, succeeds Frank Witter, who is moving to Volkswagen Credit to become co-president with Kevin Kelly, Volkswagen said. It added that Mr. Jacoby, 49, would reorganize the automotive business in the United States âin close coordination with the board of management.â It said in a statement that âthe objective is to achieve further significant expansion in the position of Volkswagen and Audi on the U.S. market through attractive and competitive products.â.
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Top managers of German car giant Volkswagen were aware of a system set up to provide labour leaders with favours in exchange for peaceful relations, witnesses told a court here Tuesday.
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German automaker Volkswagen said it had bought 15.06 percent of German industrial group MAN with a view to creating a three-way alliance in the trucking business between with MAN and Swedish group Scania.
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FRANKFURT - Sports car maker Porsche has an open road to make another bid for Volkswagen now that the European Union's highest court struck down the nearly 50-year-old "VW law" enacted to protect Europe's largest automaker from a hostile takeover.
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German luxury automaker Porsche AG expects continued strong profits in its fiscal year ending July 31 despite the potential burden of the strong euro on U.S. sales, company executives said Wednesday.
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German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler is interested in buying a majority stake in the Formula One racing team McLaren, the business daily Handelsblatt has reported.