Will Chrysler be run from Germany again?
I note from this Financial Times story that Germany may require the Fiat-Opel-Chrysler auto group that Sergio Marchionne is attempting to assemble to be headquartered there.
This is one of the 14 criteria mooted by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, vice-chancellor and foreign minister, for any bidder for Opel – currently the European arm of General Motors – to obtain financial support from the German government. Read more
Representing the American public, Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs makes much of its ability to navigate deftly and legally all the conflicts of interest inherent in being a full-service investment bank – and one that is supported by $10bn of US government capital – but it has a struggle to convince others.
The latest evidence of that is a long piece in the Wall Street Journal this morning about Stephen Friedman, the former Goldman senior partner who chairs the New York Federal Reserve’s board of directors. Read more
The long-awaited arrival of electronic newspapers
There are no prizes for guessing what Amazon plans to announce this week at a press conference to which I received an invitation by email this morning. It seems highly likely to be a larger-sized Kindle designed for reading newspapers and magazines.
As the New York Times reports this morning: Read more
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John Gapper is an associate editor and the chief business commentator of the FT.
He has worked for the FT since 1987, covering labour relations, banking and the media. He is co-author, with Nicholas Denton, of 'All That Glitters', an account of the collapse of Barings in 1995.
Andrew Hill is an associate editor and the management editor of the FT. He is a former City editor, financial editor, comment and analysis editor, New York bureau chief, foreign news editor and correspondent in Brussels and Milan.
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