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Tesla expands share, debt offering to repay U.S. loan, hike cash
… reserves. The company said in an SEC filing that it plans to sell as many as 3.9 million shares for $92.24 apiece. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is due to purchase 1.08 million shares for about $100 million and convertible notes may raise as much as $648 million …
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Akerson's GM Pickup Pitch (5/17/13)
… by the world's media. Is not the order of the day as the chief executive Fiat Sergio unique as recently reiterated. This statement ..... Speaking sidelines at a General Motors event this week. CEO Dan touted engine technologies. Like continuously variable …
the world's media. Is not the order of the day as the chief executive Fiat Sergio -- unique as recently reiterated. This statement referred to a Bloomberg report this week -- Fiat was considering the move.
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New S class key to boosting Mercedes profit margins, China sales
SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) -- Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche was leaning back in the rear seat of a prototype Mercedes ..... its Chinese sales operations, and in February, Nicholas Speeks, CEO of Mercedes-Benz China, lashed out at the brand's dealers there …
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Jaguar launches plan to spruce up U.S. stores
… door-to-door" to discuss the new corporate identity standards, starting with about 50 older stores, said Andy Goss, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover North America. He said plans for those dealerships should be worked out by year end. Jaguar wants store …
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Fiat says headquarters shift to U.S. is not on agenda
… media, is not the order of the day as the Chief Executive of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, has recently ..... In the call, Marchionne, who is also CEO of Chrysler, added "Europe is becoming ..... in revenue. When Marchionne was named CEO in 2004, Fiat relied on Europe for more …
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Tariff played a role in Mexico winning Audi plant
… deal and favorable trade agreements with several nations. But at the May 4 groundbreaking for the plant in San Jose Chiapa, CEO Rupert Stadler offered another explanation for deciding not to locate in the United States: Europeans' growing fondness for …
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Fiat: Shift of headquarters to U.S. not on agenda
… media, is not the order of the day as the Chief Executive of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, has recently ..... In the call, Marchionne, who is also CEO of Chrysler, added "Europe is becoming ..... in revenue. When Marchionne was named CEO in 2004, Fiat relied on Europe for more …
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With Mercedes, there's nothing bigger than S-class launch
… of lighting because thunderstorms had erupted. A white and a gray S class drove on the stage and were greeted by Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche. American RandB singer Alicia Keys emerged from the back seat of one of the S-class sedans and entertained …
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Skoda's global April sales hit by switch to new Octavia
… economy's performance. In the January-April period the automaker sold 298,000 cars, down by 8 percent year on year. Skoda CEO Winfried Vahland said the company had expected sales in the first half of 2013 would be below the 2012 levels due to the introduction …
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New S class key to boosting Mercedes profit margins, China sales
SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) -- Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche was leaning back in the rear seat of a prototype ..... its Chinese sales operations, and in February, Nicholas Speeks, CEO of Mercedes-Benz China, lashed out at the brand's dealers there …
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Audi shifting to high-performance models to propel sales
… increase sales of high-performance cars by one third" in 2013, CEO Rupert Stadler said Thursday in the text of a speech delivered ..... percent of the VW's first-quarter operating profit and VW CEO Martin Winterkorn pledged last month to increase the group …
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Audi shifting to high-performance models to propel sales
… increase sales of high-performance cars by one third" in 2013, CEO Rupert Stadler said Thursday in the text of a speech delivered ..... percent of the VW's first-quarter operating profit and VW CEO Martin Winterkorn pledged last month to increase the group …
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Honda returns to F1 racing as engine supplier
… front. Honda's "engine technology and passion for motorsport make them a natural Formula 1 contender," Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of Formula One Group, said in a statement. Toyota has no plan to return to the F1 racing series, spokesman Dion Corbett said …
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Renault expects 5% dip for European car market
… anymore," he said. Turkish car and van sales are expected to grow about 3 percent to 780,000 this year, Ibrahim Aybar, chief executive of Renault Mais Motorlu Araclar Imal and Satis AS, the sales joint venture between Renault and Oyak Group, said on Jan …
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How a pope inspired Zetsche to become a Mercedes man
… religious experience set Dieter Zetsche on his path to becoming CEO of Mercedes-Benz. During the launch of the new S class in ..... in Europe in July and in September in the United States. The CEO also revealed another fun fact about himself during the flagship …
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For AutoNation's Jackson, Penske sets pace for retirement
AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson's employment contract with ..... competitor Roger Penske, the 76-year-old CEO of Penske Automotive Group who moonlights ..... brand. Jackson, who joined AutoNation as CEO in Sept. 1999 and became chairman on Jan …
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Mercedes makes new S class leaner, greener
… to drive itself at speeds up to 60kph. "It may sound like Frankenstein, but it's considerably better looking," Mercedes CEO Dieter Zetsche said during the S-class launch here on Wednesday. Mercedes hopes that the S-class's powertrain, technology …
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Tesla issuing stock, debt to accelerate repayment of U.S. loan
… it would pay back the funds. The company said last week it made a payment of about $13 million in the first quarter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, 41, already Tesla's biggest shareholder, intends to buy $100 million of shares of common stock at the same public …
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A Benz Beauty With Brains (5/15/13)
… headquarters from Italy to the US following a planned merger with Chrysler. That's what three sources are telling Bloomberg. CEO Sergio Marchionne first floated the idea more than two years ago. Instead to be evaluating the switch. As the company's revenue …
a planned merger with Chrysler. That's what three sources are telling Bloomberg. CEO Sergio Marchionne first floated the idea more than two years ago. Instead to be evaluating the switch. As the company's revenue and -
Revamped Mercedes S class strives to set new luxury mark
… best or nothing' in every respect," said Dieter Zetsche, CEO of parent company Daimler AG. "No car stands for the Mercedes ..... Intelligent Drive In an interview last month, Mercedes-Benz USA CEO Steve Cannon said the Intelligent Drive features are "a milestone …
