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Volkswagen

Volkswagen

Volkswagen (abbreviated VW) is a German automobile manufacturer and the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, Lamborghini, SEAT, 49.9% of Porsche, Giugiaro, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.

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VW Close To Agreement On Staff Taking Stake In Company - Labor Chief

WOLFSBURG, Germany -(Dow Jones)- Volkswagen AG's (VOW.

XE) top labor representative and deputy supervisory board chairman said Thursday he expects an agreement on staff taking a stake in the company to be reached soon."Talks are progressing well...we're close to an agreement," Bernd Osterloh told reporters. He declined to elaborate as a final decision hasn't been reached.Osterloh told Dow Jones Newswires in June 2011 that Volkswagen's labor unions want to take a voting stake of up to 3% in the company to safeguard workers' rights.A 3% voting stake would make Volkswagen employees the company's fourth-largest shareholder after Porsche Automobil Holding SE (PAH3.XE) with a 50.7% stake, the German state of Lower Saxony with just above 20% and Qatar Holding LLC with 17%.The deal would be based on a plan drafted in August 2009 after Volkswagen's labor unions in a joint effort with the company's management successfully averted a takeover launched by Porsche's former chief executive, Wendelin W...

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  1. Volkswagen Sets Guidance On GBP200 Million 3Y Bond, Gilts +1.55 Area

    German automaker Volkswagen AG (VLKAY) is planning a GBP200 million, three-year bond, one of the banks running the deal said Tuesday.Initial price guidance is in the...

  2. Porsche SE Considers Strategic Investments In Car Industry

    Porsche's strategic shift anticipates paying back debt-Porsche to adjust corporate statutes to keep its options open-Sale of remaining stake in sportscar unit worth ...

  3. VW Unit Skoda Auto Posts Record Sales In First Four Months

    Czech car maker Skoda Auto AS, a unit of Volkswagen AG (VLKAY), said Thursday it sold 9.8% more vehicles in the first four months of this year than a year earlier, m...

  4. Henkel Joins Some European Peers In Lauding US Recovery

    Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (HEN.XE), maker of laundry detergents, beauty products and consumer and industrial glues, Wednesday said it was experiencing a recovery in the U...

  5. Volkswagen Prices EUR1.5 Billion 2017 1.875% Bond

    Issuer: Volkswagen International Finance N.V., guaranteed by Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE)Issuer credit rating: A3/A-Reoffer Price: 99.378Coupon: 1.875%Spread: 65 basis poi...

  6. EUROBONDS: Corporates In Market Despite Gloom, But Monier Bond Fails

    Concern and fear got the upper hand on credit markets Wednesday as a political stalemate in Greece, which could lead to the country exiting the euro, continues to ra...

  7. Audi April Car Sales Rise On Demand In China, Germany

    Volkswagen AG's (VOW.XE) Audi premium brand Wednesday said global sales rose 14% on the year to 125,200 cars, fueled by China, Germany and the U.S., marking the late...

  8. Volkswagen Brand Global Car Sales Continued To Rise In April

    Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE) said Tuesday global sales at its core VW passenger car brand rose 6.3% on the year in April to more than 456,200 vehicles, driven by demand in...

  9. Brazilian April Auto Sales Fall 10.8% On Year -Anfavea

    Brazil motor-vehicle sales fell in April as rising auto-loan defaults led to a constriction in auto credit, while output continued to decline on rising stockpiles an...

  10. Porsche Holding Posts Profit As Earnings Outweigh Book Loss

    Porsche Automobil Holding SE (PAH3.XE) said Monday it posted a first-quarter profit after tax of EUR327 million as earnings worth EUR1.17 billion from its holdings i...

  11. Europe Stocks Tumble In Wake Of EU Elections

    European stock markets opened lower on Monday after French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost to Socialist challenger FranÛois Hollande and Greek voters punished mainstr...

  12. Mounting Remuneration 'No' Votes Keep Europe Financial AGMs In Focus

    Executives at several European banks and insurers will be watching anxiously for signs of investor discontent at upcoming annual meetings, as a wave of "no" votes on...

  1. BMW To Boost China Investment, Opens New Plant In Shenyang

    SHENYANG, China -(Dow Jones)- BMW AG (BMW.XE) and its joint-venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (1114.HK) will together invest an additional EU...

  2. Audi To Invest EUR1 Billion In New Mexico Plant - Report

    Volkswagen AG's (VOW.XE) Audi premium brand will invest around EUR1 billion in its new plant in Mexico, Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler is cited as saying by Ger...

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  4. BMW Eyes Sites In Hungary, Slovakia For Production - Report

    German car maker BMW AG (BMW.XE) is considering Hungary and Slovakia as possible locations for additional production capacity, German business newspaper Handelsblatt...

  5. Maryland Redefines Definition of Rich

    Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan on the state’s decision to increase taxes on those making more than $100K.

  6. BMW Keeps 2012 Targets As Economic Risks Persist

    BMW AG (BMW.XE) Wednesday said it sticks to its sales and profit targets for 2012, but warned the European sovereign-debt crisis continues to bear risks for the glob...

  7. Volkswagen Prices GBP250 Million 2015 2.00% Bond At 99.787

    German automaker Volkswagen AG (VLKAY) has priced its GBP250 million, three-year bond at 155 basis points over gilts, one of the banks running the deal said Tuesday....

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