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AROLLS BY ANY OTHER NAME

Motoring
19 May 2007

FScott Fitzgerald springs to mind when one thinks of Rolls-Royce owners. His redolent portraits of the impossibly rich and handsome, such as The Great Gatsby, or Dick and Nicole Diver in Tender is the Night, sum up how I’d like them to be. Such... read more...

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Daimler revs up quickly
By Christoph Rauwald And John D. Stoll
The Wall Street Journal Europe
16 May 2007

DaimlerChrysler AG, which unveiled plans on Monday to sell a majority stake in its ailing U.S. Chrysler division, said first-quarter net profit more than doubled, as its Mercedes premium-car division bounced back from a loss, helping to offset losses... read more...

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Cerberus looks set to win Daimler’s Chrysler unit
By Gina Chon, Jason Singer, Dennis K. Berman and Jeffrey McCracken
The Wall Street Journal Europe
14 May 2007

DaimlerChrysler AG looked set to announce as soon as today a deal to sell a controlling stake in Chrysler Group to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, in a move that will allow the German auto maker to shed Chrysler’s $18 billion in... read more...

Tech Tags: The Wall Street Journal Europe newspaper Front Page

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Vietnam’s auto sales surge 83%

The Nation
09 May 2007

Vietnam’s car sales rose 83.5 per cent last month on the back of a strong economy, industry data issued yesterday showed. It was the ninth straight month of increases. The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association said 4,682 cars were sold last... read more...

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