Nissan Seeking Buyer for Truck Unit
DaimlerChrysler refused to comment on reports that it plans to purchase financially troubled Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Bloomberg News reported last week.
In an earlier report, Tsutome Abe, managing director of the Industrial Bank of Japan, an important creditor, said parent company Nissan Motor and its major shareholder, Renault, plan to seek a suitable buyer for Nissan Diesel after improving its profit picture.
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“This is speculation, and we don’t comment on speculation,” said Karin Funke, a spokewoman for DaimlerChrysler in Stuttgart, Germany.
The report, said to have been filed by Germany’s VWD news agency, said DaimlerChrysler had decided on the acquisition as part of a plan to expand its presence in Asia.
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