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GM talks with Europe break down in anger
AFP, Berlin
Talks over the sale of General Motors' European opera tions acrimoniously collapsed Thursday throwing up a new obstacle to the US auto giant's efforts to avoid bankruptcy.
A New York court was also to hold new hearings Thursday on Chrysler's bankruptcy application to lay on a rescue operation by Fiat of Italy as the world auto industry remained deep in torment
The German government angrily accused GM of using "scandalous" negotiating tactics during all night talks on the sale of European affiliates Opel and Vauxhall.
Fiat and Canadian auto parts maker Magna International remained in the race for Opel after a third bidder, investment firm RHI International pulled out. Beijing Automotive Industry Holding of China has also made a late bid.
Germany has offered billions of euros in soft loans to whoever takes over Opel. German officials blamed the talks breakdown on a last-minute request from GM for an extra 300 million euros (415 million dollars) of funds for Opel.
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said: "We were unpleasantly surprised when this new demand came out of the blue at 8:00pm local time. We found that pretty scandalous.”
Surprise drop in German unemployment an anomaly
AFP, Frankfurt
Germany's unemployment rate declined to 8.2 percent of the work force in May. owing to a change in accounting methods, but analysts warned that an increase in joblessness lies ahead in Europe's biggest economy.
According to data released Thursday by the national labour agency, the number of jobless rose rose on a seasonally adjusted basis by a meagre 1,000 in May after jumping by 58,000 in April.
Analysts had forecast a rise of up to 69,000 this month.
Germany's worst recession since World War II has slammed the labour market, with the number of unemployed rising by an average of 50,000 per month from December through April.
The labour agency said the total number of people registered as unemployed in unadjusted terms had decreased by 126,770 to about 3.458 million.
In May however, the figures were distorted downwards by around 20.000, reflecting a new rule that instructed the agency not to count people undergoing job training by private firms as unemployed.
A typical post-winter improvement in unemployment also appeared to show up in the May figures, somewhat later than usual, analysts said. Costco Q3 profit drops on charge, stronger dollar
AP, Issaquah, Wash
Costco Wholesale Corp, said Thursday that its fiscal third -quarter profit fell 29 percent, partly because of a charge, as sales of bigger-ticket discretionary items continued to soften.
The Issaquah, Wash -based warehouse club operator earned $209.6 million, or 48 cents per share, for the period ended May 10. That's down from $295.1 million, or 67 cents per share, a year earlier.
The retailer's results were partly hurt by a $34 million charge related to a lawsuit settlement involving its membership renewal policy as well as the stronger dollar. Increased employee benefits costs also weighed on its quarterly performance.
Revenue dropped 5 percent to $15.81 billion from $16.61 billion. Costco has seen its sales slip recently as consumers have limited spending during the recession and gas prices have fallen.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected profit of 53 cents per share on revenue of $16.16 billion. Analysts' estimates generally exclude one-time items.
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui to raise up to $8.3b
AFP, lokyo
Japan's number three banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said Thursday (hat it plans to raise up to 8.3 billion dollars from investors to shore up its finances amid the economic crisis.
Sumitomo Mitsui said it would sell common securities worth up to 800 billion yen to domestic and overseas investors.
"The business and financial environment is expected to remain in a state of heightened uncertainty," the banking group said.
"Amid such circumstances, SMFG considers it necessary to enhance its capital base both in terms of quantity and quality in order to maintain its competitiveness," it said in a statement.
Japan's top banks were initially seen as relatively immune to the US-born credit crunch, but they have been badly burned by the financial crisis, partly because they have a large exposure to the stock market.