DaimlerChrysler hopes for U.S. healthcare deal
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DaimlerChrysler DCXGn.DE still   hopes to win cost-saving concessions on healthcare from its   unionized U.S. workforce despite resistance from the United   Auto Workers union, its U.S. arm Chrysler said on Friday.
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The United Automobile Workers union has cracked open the door a little wider to the kind of deal on retiree health benefits that Detroit auto companies would like to see.
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The choice may signal the unionâs willingness to bargain on a health care trust as the current contract with automakers is set to expire Friday night.
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A decade after U.S. automakers supported Hillary Clinton's failed plan to transform the U.S. health-care system, the car companies are taking a more cautious approach even as costs climb at threatening rates.
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers bargained for a fourth day as the automaker seeks a cost-saving healthcare accord. The UAW told members it may set a new deadline.
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General Motors Corp  and Ford  Motor Co  are likely to establish a trust fund for health  care costs that would be administered by the United Auto  Workers union, JP Morgan analyst Himanshu Patel said on Monday.
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U.S. regulators asked automotive giants General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.  for information on how they account for pension and health care plans, the companies said on Tuesday.
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German-US auto giant DaimlerChrysler no longer rules out the sale of its loss-making US subsidiary Chrysler and may present a plan at its annual earnings news conference later, newspapers have reported.
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The generous health benefits paid by automakers will be a crucial sticking point in pivotal union negotiations.
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General Motors Corp  in its  contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union has  proposed one option that excludes establishing a union-run  healthcare trust but calls for deeper cuts in several areas,  the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.
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BERLIN/STUTTGART/FRANKFURT  - DaimlerChrysler  could announce the transfer of shares in European aerospace group EADS   to a financial consortium as soon as Friday, industry sources said.
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The German government and DaimlerChrysler will reveal details next week of a deal enabling the car maker to sell part of its stake in European aerospace giant EADS while keeping it in German hands, a business daily has reported.
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Executives from Wal-Mart and three other major U.S. employers on Wednesday joined hands with union leaders in setting a goal of providing "quality, affordable" health care for millions of workers by 2012.
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The German government and DaimlerChrysler have reached agreement on the &quot;broad outlines&quot; of a deal that will enable the car maker to sell part of its stake in European aerospace giant EADS while keeping it in German hands, a government spokesman has said.
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Stock futures rose on Wednesday as news of a tentative deal ending a strike at General Motors Corp  raised hopes that Detroit's automakers would soon slash their health-care costs.
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The U.S. health secretary on Thursday enlisted Midwest employers including Motorola Inc. and McDonald's Corp. to push insurers to meet new federal standards on the price and quality of healthcare services.
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Finding the cure to Detroitâs health-care ills in upcoming contract talks could prove critical to American automakersâ survival.