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- November 24, 2010
German prosecutors are probing accusations that Porsche conducted dodgy share deals during a failed takeover bid for Volkswagen. Meanwhile, hedge funds are suing the sports car maker in the US. Porsche may have to pay billions in damages, and VW could also find itself pulled into the mess. By Frank Dohmen and Dietmar Hawranek more... [ Forum ]
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- February 17, 2010
Auto racing is hardly one of the greenest sports out there. But Porsche has now come up with a racecar outfitted with a hybrid engine. The technology could ultimately find its way onto the street. By Christian Wüst more... [ Forum ]
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- December 02, 2009
The long-running takeover battle between VW and Porsche has created deep divisions between the two auto manufacturers. Now they are dependent on each other for their future success, but some people at both firms are clearly reluctant to bury the hatchet. By Dietmar Hawranek more...
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- October 01, 2009
Officially, history began for Porsche in 1950. But the company existed before that as a supplier for Hitler's war machine. New research suggests that the company benefited much more from its Nazi ties than it has admitted to. By Nils Klawitter more...
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- July 24, 2009
Now that Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking has agreed to step down the path is clear for a takeover by Volkswagen. The decision leaves VW's Ferdinand Piëch the victor in this power struggle, but German papers warn that VW's future must not be dominated by the whims of the Porsche and Piëch families. more...
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- July 23, 2009
New Porsche boss Michael Macht could hardly be more different from his outspoken predecessor, Wendelin Wiedeking. But that's no coincidence: Volkswagen, which is set to acquire Porsche AG, wants a pliable CEO at the helm. By Yasmin El-Sharif more...
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- July 23, 2009
Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, who became one of Germany's highest-paid executives after turned the company around in the 1990s, has resigned. He fell from grace after a bungled attempted takeover of Volkswagen which brought Porsche to the brink of bankruptcy. more...
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- July 22, 2009
Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking turned the luxury sports carmaker around in the 1990s. But his archrival Ferdinand Piëch would put a stop to Wiedeking's grandiose scheme to take over much-larger Volkswagen. The plan would nearly bankrupt Porsche. By Dietmar Hawranek more...
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- July 21, 2009
Both Volkswagen and Porsche had close connections with the Third Reich. It was Ferdinand Porsche who designed the "people's car," the legendary VW Beetle, in 1934. Adolf Hitler was so taken with the engineer he declared him "brilliant." By Dietmar Hawranek more...
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- July 21, 2009
Volkswagen looks set to acquire Porsche, the troubled German sports car manufacturer. At the core of the companies' tightly intertwined histories is a deeply divided family engaged in a power struggle worth billions -- and which could determine the fate of two of Germany's most famous carmakers. By Dietmar Hawranek more...
