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Head of Russian car giant Avtovaz quits
All’, Moscow
The head of Russia's biggest car company Avtovaz has quit, the firm said on Tuesday, amid a structural shake-up at the crisis-battered manufacturer of the Lada automobile.
Boris Alyoshin has decided "to quit his post as head of the company in connection with moving to another post," Avtovaz said in a brief statement posted on its website.
The company, which is 25-percent owned by French auto giant Renault, added that the issue would be discussed at a meeting of its board of directors in "the nearest future."
Russian Technologies, a state-owned firm that owns 25 percent of Avtovaz, said it would propose that Avtovaz vice president Igor Komarov take over as the new president.
The announcements came amid media reports that Russia is planning to create a new holding firm to bundle together state-owned stakes in three of its top auto firms, including Avtovaz.
T he stakes owned by Russian Technologies in Avtovaz, truck maker Kamaz and engine-manufacturer Avtodizel will be consolidated into a holding named Avtoin vcstholding, news agency reports have said.
Russian Technologies, a sprawling conglomerate with holdings in a variety of sectors, owns 37.8 percent of Kamaz, 25 percent of Avtovazand 30 percent of Avtodizel.
Dollar mixed ahead of US data
ATP, London
The dollar was mixed on Tuesday as dealers waited to see whether US economic data would support recent optimism over a possible recovery and eyed fresh falls on the Chinese stock market.
Approaching midday trade in London, the euro fell to 1.4284 dollars from 1.4300 dollars in New York late on Monday.
Against the Japanese unit, the dollar slid to 94.29 yen from 94.56yen late Monday.
The market now wants to see US economic data, especially the consumer confidence index for August, to be released later Tuesday, said Resona Bank currency analyst Shigeru Nakane.
"Now that the housing market has bottomed out and that a correction in manufacturing is coming to an end, we want to know how consumer spending and employment are faring," Nakane said.
Market optimism has grown since US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke said last week that the prospects for a global economic recovery "appear good."
The falling Chinese stock market meanwhile set the tone, with the yen gaining ground as some investors sought a safe-haven for their cash.
"China's stock market fell ... following comments by the premier on theeconomy and reports of weaker profits
at Chinese companies," said Barclays Capital analyst Adarsh Sinha.
US home price declines slow
AFP, Washington
US home prices fell in June but at a sharply slower pace, a key survey of major cities survey showed Tuesday in a report providing fresh evidence the housing crisis is stabilizing. jti'T
The S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 metropolitan areas showed home prices fell 15.4 percent in lune from a year ago, compared with a steeper 17.1 percent annual decline in May.
Most analysts had expected the decline in prices to accelerate to 17.9 percent year-over-year.
A 1 O-city index also showed a moderation in falling prices, with a reading of a 15.1 percent decline in June following 16.8 percent in the preceding month.
"For the second month in a row, we're seeing some positive signs," said David Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at Standard & Poor's.
S&P/Case-Shiller's US national composite index rose 2.9 percent in the second quarter, compared with the first quarter of2009, the first increase in three years.
The national index declined at an annual pace of 14.9 percent in the April-June period, after dropping a record 19.1 percent in (he first quarter.
This is the first time we have seen a positive quarter-over-quarter print in three years," Blitzer said.
Mitsubishi closes 'lawless'
Venezuelan plant
AfP, Caracas
Mitsubishi Motors has shuttered indefinitely a subsidiary's plant in Venezuela due to a lack of productivity and problems with worker discipline, the company said Monday.
The factory in eastern Venezuela, which also assembles Hyundai and Fuso cars, was closed because of the high level of absenteeism, disobedience, aggression and lawlessness of some of the workers," the Japanese firm said in a statement.
Run by MMC Automotriz, a joint venture between Japan's Sojitz Group and a Venezuelan company, the plant may still reopen if there is a guarantee for "the safety of its workers and employees in a climate of peace and discipline," Mitsubishi said.
The closure affects some 2,000 employees, and the company said it was ready to negotiate with the 1 depart ment of Labor on reopening the plant.