Private equity firms eyeing Chrysler: report
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At least four private equity groups have been in preliminary talks with DaimlerChrysler AG  about buying Chrysler, the Financial Times reported on Friday on its website.
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Chrysler Group, the embattled U.S. unit of DaimlerChrysler AG , reported an 8 percent drop in February sales on Thursday, becoming the last of the Detroit automakers to confirm weaker results for the month.
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Ford Motor Co.  had preliminary  talks with Cerberus Capital Management about selling Cerberus  its Jaguar and Land Rover brands, but the discussions have been  inconclusive, according to a report on the website of The Wall  Street Journal.
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Automaker Chrysler LLC aims to cut its  product lineup by around a half and dramatically shrink its  dealership network so it can sell its three brands under one  roof, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people  familiar with the plan.
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Private equity firm The Blackstone Group  may bid for the troubled U.S. division of German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG , a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Ford Motor Co.  has hired investment banks to help it explore options including a sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover European luxury brands, sources familiar with the matter said, as several companies ruled themselves out from bidding.
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Ford Motor Co.  has hired  investment banks to help it explore options including a sale of  its Jaguar and Land Rover European luxury brands, sources  familiar with the matter said, as several companies ruled  themselves out from bidding.
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A major Chrysler Group retailer expects  the struggling No. 4 U.S. automaker to maintain its share of  the pickup truck market this year by offering generous  discounts in the face of tough competition.
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The disclosure that DaimlerChrysler might sell or spin off its Chrysler unit has put the spring back into its stock.
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General Motors is in talks to buy DaimlerChrysler AG's struggling Chrysler group in its entirety, according to several reports.
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DaimlerChrysler AG  is advancing plans to sell or spin off Chrysler Group, its struggling U.S. unit, and has already received "several expressions of interest from around the world," the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Canadian auto parts supplier Magna International Inc.  has been "seriously considering the potential purchase" of Chrysler Group, an analyst for KeyBanc Capital Markets said, citing unnamed sources.
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Spinning off Chrysler on the stock  market may be easier and faster than finding someone to buy the  loss-making North American arm of DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE),  analysts said on Thursday.
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The past five years have become known as the "golden age of private equity," with easy credit fueling multibillion-dollar corporate takeovers, a seemingly endless stream of old-line U.S. companies like Chrysler and Burger King being scooped up by private-equity firms, and the minting of a cadre o...
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DaimlerChrysler   shareholder DWS has called on the carmaker's management to consider a spin-off of the firm's ailing U.S. Chrysler unit as an option as it gets ready to unveil its latest restructuring plan for Chrysler, a German newspaper reported.
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Buyout firm Cerberus Capital Management LP  has hired Chrysler's former chief operating officer to advise it on a possible bid for the U.S. carmaker, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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General Motors Corp.  is  in preliminary talks to buy Chrysler, a source familiar with  the situation said on Friday.