Daimler begins sale of its 7.5 percent stake in EADS
Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Daimler AG approves dividend of €2.20 per share
At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Daimler AG in Berlin on Wednesday, the shareholders approved the distribution of a dividend for the year 2012 of €2.20 per share (prior year: €2.20). The total dividend payout amounts to €2,349 million.
In view of the earnings achieved and the course of business in the year 2012, the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board recommended the distribution of a stable dividend of €2.20 per share (2011: €2.20). This represents a total dividend of approximately €2.35 billion or a distribution ratio of about 40%.
2 nap múlva lesz döntés az osztalékról 2,2 EUR a várt, kicsit többet is kibrusztolhatnak a részvényesek...
Dübörög a hazai Mercedes-gyár
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DAIMLER AG : ex-dividend day for annual dividend
04/11/2013 US/Eastern
An annual dividend is removed today from Daimler AG's share.
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A szűkülő piacon az olyan prémium- illetve luxusmárkák tudták növelni eladásaikat, mint a BMW (+9,8 százalék), a Mercedes (+4,7 százalék), a Land Rover (+18,5 százalék), vagy a Jaguar (+21,5 százalék), miközben a Ford 25,5, a PSA-csoport 16,3, a FIAT 12,3, a Toyota-csoport 16,8, a továbbra is piacvezető VW-csoport pedig 5,2 százalékos csökkenést produkált. A Renault-csoportban a Dacia-eladások növekedése javította a képet, a kis szereplők közé számító Suzuki viszont közel 19 százalékos zuhanást mutatott fel, ami 10,3 ezer eladott kocsit jelentett.
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A Big Hit: Over 1,000 BharatBenz heavy-duty trucks sold in India after only 3 months
By Margit Feher
BUDAPEST--Hungary's economy contracted by about 1.5% last year, but this year will bring a turnaround due to a recovery in investment and household consumption, Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy said Thursday.
Mr. Matolcsy largely attributed the decline in Hungary's gross domestic product last year to a drought in the agricultural sector, but also cited other factors such as lower domestic consumption, a withdrawal of capital by the foreign owners of Hungarian retail banks, and a failure to use all available European Union development funds.
The minister made the comments in his regular review of books about the economy published in the political weekly, Heti Valasz.
Hungary's GDP shrank in the first nine months of last year and the central statistics office, KSH, will publish its first estimate for fourth-quarter GDP Feb. 14.
Industrial output fell 4% in the last quarter of 2012 from the previous quarter, the deepest quarterly decline since the corresponding quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, when the global financial crisis was at its peak, the KSH said earlier Thursday.
However, Mr. Matolcsy said Hungary's economy would stage a recovery this year due to increases in car manufacturing output at several automobile makers with plants in Hungary, such as Germany's Audi AG (>> Audi AG) and Daimler AG (>> Daimler AG).
A better use of EU development money will also support the recovery, he said. Household consumption should also rise as government cuts in utility prices will lead to an increase in disposable incomes, he added. Lending, which has been anemic, will also pick up, Mr. Matolcsy projected.
The government forecasts that GDP will expand 0.9% this year. Most economists expect the economy will shrink slightly more, or stagnate with growth levels close to zero this year.
Write to Margit Feher at margit.feher@dowjones.com
Mercedes-Benz starts the year with a 9.2% rise in sales
Dr Joachim Schmidt:
"Following the record figures achieved in 2012, our sales for January represent a strong start to the new year."
"With the new E-Class family and the new S-Class we are launching our model initiative for the high-end and luxury segment in 2013."
