VOLKSWAGEN
General Motors and Volkswagen are best positioned in the largest and fastest-growing emerging markets where auto sales could grow over 40 percent by 2014, a study released by Boston Consulting Group said.
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Investment company Franz Haniel & Cie GmBH placed a 500 million euro, seven-year bond on Thursday to pay down bank debt used to buy a stake in Metro.
EADS
Airbus and seven European NATO nations adjourned crucial talks over the troubled A400M military transporter plane until Friday. A source close to the talks said they remained far apart on a possible rescue package.
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HUGO BOSS
The premium fashion house sees growing signs that the fashion industry has turned the corner and expects it to get back to past growth rates from 2011 as well-heeled shoppers splash out again, its CEO told Reuters.
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