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Fiat Nears Stake in Chrysler That Could Lead to Takeover
Fiat Nears Stake in Chrysler That Could Lead to Takeover
[Chrysler] Associated Press In this Jan. 6, 2008 file photo, the Chrysler company logo shines off of a minivan in Aurora, Colo.
Fiat and Chrysler
calculatedriskblog.com — From the WSJ: Fiat Nears Stake in Chrysler That Could Lead to Takeover Under terms of a pact that is being hammered out, Fiat is likely to take a 35% stake in Chrysler by the middle of this year. It would have the option of increasing that to as much ... (more) Fiat and Chrysler
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Fiat and Chrysler
Calculated Risk — From the WSJ: Fiat Nears Stake in Chrysler That Could Lead to Takeover Under terms of a pact that is being hammered out, Fiat is likely to take a 35% stake in Chrysler by the middle of this year. It would have the option of increasing that to as much as 55% ... Fiat ... wouldn't immediately put cash into Chrysler. Instead it would obtain its stake mainly in exchange for covering the cost of retooling a Chrysler plant to produce one or more Fiat models to be sold in the U.S. ... Thirty five percent of Chrysler for the cost of retooling a plant ... ...

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