Volkswagen ’s shares are under threat of being withdrawn next week from Germany’s benchmark equity index under rules published in response to days of highly volatile trading in the carmaker’s stock.

Porsche may have pulled off a brilliant new-fashioned corner in Volkswagen stock, using derivatives in clever ways that no one had thought of before.

Deutsche Boerse poised to remove German automaker from its main equity index because of huge price rise.

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG's common shares may face removal from Germany's DAX Index as early as next week after the benchmark's compiler changed inclusion rules to stem disruptions spurred by gyrations in the automaker's stock.

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Porsche SE's use of options to build a stake in Volkswagen AG took advantage of flaws in German securities laws and companies should be forced to disclose transactions sooner, lawyers and investors said.

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Porsche SE's use of options to build a stake in Volkswagen AG took advantage of flaws in German securities laws and companies should be forced to disclose transactions sooner, lawyers and investors said.

FRANKFURT, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Volkswagen's ordinary shares could be expelled from the German blue chip DAX index next week, the Frankfurt stock exchange operator said on Friday. "Volkswagen could be removed as early as Thursday morning," a spokesman for Deutsche Boerse said. VW's preferred shares jumped nearly 14 percent by 1618 GMT on investor speculation that they would be a hot contender to ...

KASSEL/WOLFSBURG – October 31, 2008: The Volkswagen Group conferred the “Best Apprentice Award 2008” on its best apprentices at a ceremony in Kassel. This year, 20 young people from ten countries received the award. The Group currently trains over 9,600 young people worldwide.

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks climbed, sending the DAX Index to its steepest weekly gain on record, as Volkswagen AG shares advanced and investors speculated a slump earlier in the month was exaggerated.

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Boerse AG , operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange, will change the rules that govern a stock's inclusion in the benchmark DAX Index after gyrations in Volkswagen AG 's shares this week disrupted trading.