Volkswagen plans to sell or reduce stakes in more than 700 companies
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- Volkswagen plans to sell or reduce its stakes in more than 700 companies and other entities, according to WirtschaftsWoche.
- The plan reportedly appears in a 147-page internal document reviewed by the German magazine.
- The reported move would affect investments ranging from Ducati to a car-rental company.
Volkswagen is preparing to slim down a sprawling portfolio that includes stakes in more than 700 companies and other entities, according to WirtschaftsWoche.
The German magazine said it analyzed a 147-page internal document in its possession outlining plans to sell holdings or reduce Volkswagen’s stakes in the businesses.
The portfolio reportedly includes Ducati and a car-rental company, pointing to the wide range of activities covered by the planned review. The available details identify the scale of the proposed changes but do not specify which holdings Volkswagen would sell or how much it would reduce each stake.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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