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Audi To Build Their Own VW Up! [Over The Back Fence] (Jalopnik)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
According to AutoExpress, Audi is reportedly looking to fill the city car hole in their lineup with a version of the VW up!. The UK mag's even mocked up what they think an Audi version of the sub-sub...

Volkswagen’s Flagship Assembly Plant (WTVC Chattanooga)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
At Volkswagen Group headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany the plant that was started by Adolf Hitler to build a "people's car" in 1938 has grown into the largest auto assembly facility under one roof in the world.

Deutsche Boerse Changes DAX Rules After Volkswagen’s Gyrations (Bloomberg)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
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.

Audi To Build Their Own VW Up! [Over The Back Fence] (Jalopnik)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
VW up!. The UK mag's even mocked up what they think an Audi version of the sub-sub compact would look like in a color that appears to be... yes, lime green. The Audi version would get the same engine...

German Stocks Increased, Led by Continental, Volkswagen, BASF (Bloomberg)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks gained, led by shares of Continental AG, Volkswagen AG and BASF AG. The benchmark DAX Index increased 73.18, or 1.5 percent, to 4,942.48 as of 2 p.m. in Frankfurt after falling as much as 1.7 percent earlier.

DJ DGAP-NVR: VOLKSWAGEN AG: Release according to Article 26a, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading … (Financial.de)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
VOLKSWAGEN AG / Total Voting Rights announcement 31.10.2008 Total Voting Rights announcement according to Article 26a of the WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Porsche’s Volkswagen Stake Sparks Call for Disclosure (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
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.

Porsche’s VW Move, Too Clever By Half? (New York Times)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Earlier this week, a maker of fast cars managed to cause a stir by appearing to beat the fast money at its own game. The question now, according to The New York Times’s Floyd Norris in his Friday column, is whether Porsche has pulled off a brilliant new-fashioned corner in Volkswagen stock, using derivatives in clever ways that no one had thought of before, or whether it was too clever for its ...

German Stocks Pare Losses; Volkswagen, BASF Shares Advance (Bloomberg)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks pared earlier declines as Volkswagen AG and BASF SE rose. Allianz SE led falling shares. The benchmark DAX Index slipped 5.33, or 0.1 percent, to 4,863.25 as of 11:42 a.m. in Frankfurt after dropping as much as 1.7 percent.

German Stocks Pare Losses; Volkswagen, BASF Shares Advance (Bloomberg)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks pared earlier declines as Volkswagen AG and BASF SE rose. Allianz SE led falling shares. The benchmark DAX Index slipped 5.33, or 0.1 percent, to 4,863.25 as of 11:42 a.m. in Frankfurt after dropping as much as 1.7 percent.

 
 

 


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