Mar 22nd, 2009 - Bloomberg
March 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks posted the first back-to-back weekly rallies of the year after the Federal Reservesaid it will buy $1 trillion of bonds and a report showed thelongest streak of declining home construction in 18 years ended.Daimler AG, the world’s second-largest maker of luxury cars,will sell 1.95 billion euros ($2.7 billion) of shares to AbuDhabi’s Aabar Investments PJSC, making it the company’s largestshareholder.
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3:24BBC Middle East Business Report: Daimler deal with Abu Dhabi
The world's car makers are bearing the brunt of the economic slowdown as consumers reign in their spending. But this week - a lifeline for one of them. Daimler announced that it had sold a stake in the firm to Abu Dhabi backed fund Aabar ...
1:42Daimler Jumps On Share Sale - Bloomberg
Daimler's $2.7 billion share sale to Aabar signals tough times. Aabar's stake to total 9.1% making it Daimer's biggest shareholder. (Bloomberg News)
