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Crash Testing Geely’s Volvo Bid

Will the Chinese be able to close a deal with Volvo? The view from the peanut gallery of politicians, analysts and auto industry bloggers is that Geely Holding Group’s $2 billion bid for Volvo has to navigate many potholes ...full story at China Journal

from China Journal on Fri, Oct 30 2009

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11 Nov 09 visit Will China’s Government Be Another Hurdle For Geely’s Volvo Bid?  »  China Journal One of Geely’s biggest fears, says a person close to the company, is a last-minute request by the central government to let some state-owned auto maker in on the deal, perhaps as a member of Geely’s bidding consortium for Volvo.
29 Mar 10 visit Geely's bid for Volvo to benefit both: executives  »  People's Daily China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group purchased Ford Motor Company's Volvo car unit on March 28 in a deal worth 1.8 billion U.S. dollars. China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong attended the signing ceremony held in a Volvo...
29 Mar 10 visit Geely buys Volvo  »  Danwei From The China Daily: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, China's No 10 automaker, sealed a binding deal on Sunday to buy ailing Swedish luxury car brand Volvo from US giant Ford for $1.8 billion. "Today represents a milestone in the history of Geely,"...
01 Nov 09 visit From junky motorbikes to Volvo  »  Danwei China auto industry veteran Jack Perkowski looks at the rise of privately-owned Geely from a producer of low-end motorbikes to its position today, where it's set to acquire Volvo. If Geely can bootstrap its way to the top of the auto industry, one of...
03 Nov 09 visit Is Geely Capable of Managing Volvo?  »  China Journal The world isn’t kind to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd. when it comes to assessing the Hangzhou-based auto upstart’s ability to acquire and manage Ford Motor Co.’s Volvo unit.

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