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Porsche boss braces for boardroom clash
AFP, Frankfurt
Embattled Porsche chief Wendelin Wiedeking is gearing up for one of his toughest board meetings on Thursday, when the debt-laden sports car maker's late could take a decisive turn.
An extraordinary meeting of the Porsche supervisory board is to study an offer by the state owned Qatar Investment Authority for a stake in the company along with Volkswagen (VW) stock options owned by Porsche
VW, meanwhile, has made a counter-offer to buy almost half of the shares in Porsche, in which case Wiedeking, currently chief executive, could be left stand Ing by the side of the road.
Media reports have said Qatar was prepared to pay up to seven billion euros (9.9 billion dollars) for the stakes, while VW's bid is estimated to be worth around four billion euros.
Both Porsche and VW, which is holding its own supervisory board meeting the same day in Porsche's hometown of Stuttgart, want to create an integrated auto group. The question is who will be behind the wheel.
Qatar and creditor banks are keen meanwhile for Porsche and VW to end their epic boardrooom battle.
Just a few months ago, it looked like Wiedeking might pull off an audacious plan to lake over VW after building up a stake of almost 51 percent in Europe's biggest car maker.
Battle brewing to save Toyota's California plant
AFP, Detroit, Michigan
A battle is brewing to save the only automotive plant still operating on the west coast of the United States after General Motors pulled out of a joint operating venture with Toyota.
The Japanese automaker has not yet announced whether it will continue to run the Fremont, California plant or phase it out and shift production of its popular Corolla sedan and Tacoma pickup truck elsewhere.
But it has warned that closing the plant is a distinct possibility as it struggles to cut costs after falling into the red for the first time in nearly 70 years, with a whopping 436.9 billion yen (4.6 billion dollars) net loss for the year ending in March.
"We are carefully evaluating our options with respect to the NUMMI joint venture as a result of General Motors' actions," Toyota spokesman Mike Michels said.
"That could, but not necessarily would, involve closing the plant. But at this time there has been no determination."
Toyota has never been responsible for closing an assembly plant anywhere in the world, so this could be a first for the world's largest automaker. US banks report using govt assistance for loans
AP, Washington
The internal watchdog overseeing the US government's financial bailout is pressing Treasury to seek more information from banks that receive taxpayer assistance, brandishing his own bank survey as evidence that such data can be obtained.
More than eight out of 10 banks responding to Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky s survey said money they received from the government had been used for loans or to avoid reduced lending.
Fewer than a third of the 360 banks surveyed said their lending levels would have been lower without money from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program Banks also reported using the money to provide additional cushions of capital or to buy other institutions.
The law that created the bailout fund did not require banks to segregate the government's assistance or to track how it was used, though Congress' intent was to increase loans, either directly or by unclogging credit markets. But there is no process in place to make sure the money is specifically used to boost lending and there are no consequences for banks that don't use it to that end.
British Airways to raise 600m pounds
AFP, l.ondon
1Youbled airline British Airways said on Friday that it was raising about 600 million pounds (694 million euros, 977 million dollars) to improve its cash pile.
" British Airways plans to raise 600 million of cash funding to ensure it has strong liquidity consistent with the current difficult trading conditions," BA said in a statement.
After the close of trade on Friday, BA said it would earn 350 million pounds from the sale of bonds to agreed buyers who eventually would be able to convert their pur chased debt into shares.
BA's share price closed up 2.95 percent to 136 pence on Friday in London, where the benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.62 percent
Additionally, the trustees of the group's pension fund have agreed to release some bank guarantees back to the airline, allowing it to draw up to 540 million dollars (383 million euros) in cash.