Stocks up on Boeing, Amazon.com; housing eyed

(Reuters) - The drop followed news that DaimlerChrysler had postponed a $12 billion auto loan deal.




The Dow Jones industrial average was down 5.52 points, or 0.04 percent, at 13,711.43. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 2.53 points, or 0.17 percent, at 1,508.51. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 3.53 points, or 0.13 percent, at 2,636.33.


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Delphi ends Cerberus deal; sees new plan in July

(Reuters) - Delphi terminated the $3.4 billion equity investment plan on Saturday. Cerberus, which is buying Chrysler Group from DaimlerChrysler AG , was a co-lead investor in the plan with Appaloosa, Delphi's biggest shareholder.




The developments are not expected to prevent Delphi from exiting bankruptcy this year and Delphi's board is scheduled to meet July 16 to consider the matters, it said.


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UPDATE 1-EU approves Cerberus purchase of Chrysler

(Reuters) - BRUSSELS, July 3 - U.S. buyout firm Cerberus Capital Management [CBS.UL] won approval from the European Commission on Tuesday to buy U.S. carmaker Chrysler from DaimlerChrysler .



The deal was approved under a special simplified procedure because neither customers nor competitors had lodged any objections, the Commission said.


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UAW May Hire Lazard for Health-Care Advice in U.S. Auto Talks, People Say

(Bloomberg) -- The United Auto Workers may hire
investment bank Lazard Ltd. to advise the union on health-care
concessions in contract talks with U.S. automakers, two people
with knowledge of the matter said.

The union told New York-based Lazard to be ready to assist
in negotiations that begin next month with General Motors Corp.,
Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler, said the
people, who asked not to be named because the plans are private.


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Road show planned to raise funds in Chrysler deal: WSJ

(Reuters) - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Bear Stearns Cos. , Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley are helping Cerberus raise some $62 billion in debt for the deal, which includes Chrysler's finance arm, WSJ said.




On May 14, DaimlerChrysler AG announced that it was selling Chrysler to Cerberus in a $7.4 billion deal.


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UAW leaders say strike an option in national talks

(Reuters) - The union begins contract talks with General Motors Corp. , Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group, which DaimlerChrysler AG AG is selling this summer.




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DaimlerChrysler sells stake in China bus venture

(Reuters) - He gave no financial terms for the sale.



DaimlerChrysler had to revamp its Chinese plans after Beijing limited foreign companies to two joint-venture projects.


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