CEO says Chrysler split could be difficult: paper
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The chief executive of DaimlerChrysler , Dieter Zetsche, said it would be difficult to break up Chrysler, as analysts and other experts have speculated recently, due to an integrated production system that binds together its various brands, The New York Times said.
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The United Auto Workers union wants to see German automaker Daimler hold on to its struggling Chrysler unit, the president of the union said on Tuesday, adding that he was "not ready to concede" a spin-off was inevitable.
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Representatives from Cerberus Capital Management  met executives from Chrysler Group on Monday to consider a possible bid for the struggling automaker, the Detroit News reported on Tuesday.
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Altria Group Inc., the parent company of cigarette maker Philip Morris and Kraft Foods Inc., may split into three separate units to improve shareholder value, according to Chief Executive Louis Camilleri.
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DaimlerChrysler AG Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said Tuesday he is confident the plan to re-energize Chrysler will work, but reiterated that all options were still open for the unprofitable U.S. division.
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DaimlerChrysler's (DCXGn.DE)  U.S. arm Chrysler will cut its production by around 90,000  units in the third quarter and around 135,000 in the second  half to try to reduce a glut of inventory, the company said on  Tuesday.
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John Snow, the chairman of the private equity firm that is buying Chrysler, said on Wednesday higher fuel economy standards threatens future of the domestic auto industry.
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General Motors Corp.  Chief Executive Rick Wagoner declined on Tuesday to say whether the world's largest automaker would bid for struggling rival Chrysler Group, but said the escalating costs facing the industry favored more alliances and mergers.
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Chrysler Group Chief Executive Tom LaSorda has told employees of the struggling automaker that it might take months before questions about a possible sale of the unit of DaimlerChrysler AG  could be answered.
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DaimlerChrysler AG   could lay off up to 4,000 in North American truck operations next year, Andreas Renschler, a member of the automaker's board of management who heads its truck operations, said on Monday.
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Chrysler LLC has proposed shedding non-core assets in contract talks with the United Auto Workers, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.
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Chrysler LLC faces a serious financial  crunch and is trying to sell assets to raise cash, just months  after the automaker was bought by private equity firm Cerberus  Capital Management, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE)   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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DETROIT -- DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group will cut deliveries to dealers by 90,000 vehicles, or nearly 24 percent, in the third quarter, as falling sales of trucks and SUVs have left it with bloated inventories, DaimlerChrysler Chairman Dieter Zetsche said Tuesday.
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Dieter Zetsche, DaimlerChryslerâs chief executive, said it would be difficult to separate and sell single brands.
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Chrysler Group Chief Executive Tom LaSorda on Friday said that the closing of a $7.4-billion deal for the acquisition of a majority interest in the automaker from German parent DaimlerChrysler AG  is "very, very close."
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DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE) will  consider a wide range of strategic options for its loss-making  U.S. arm Chrysler Group, the world's fifth-biggest carmaker  said in a statement on Wednesday.