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Daimler AG 's Mercedes-Benz, Brazil's second biggest truck and bus manufacturer by market share, said it's laying off more than 10 per cent of its workforce to cope with a slowdown in what only a few months ago was a market that was predicted to soon overtake Japan as the world's fifth biggest for auto sales.

Aleris is the leading merchant aluminum recycler and supplier of specification alloys in the "We have a longstanding relationship with Daimler and our partnership continues to be mutually beneficial," said Steven J. Demetriou, Aleris chairman and chief executive officer.

Car manufacturers must prove consumers intentionally thwarted refund offers to escape liability under Wisconsin's lemon law, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding a $482,000 judgment against Mercedes-Benz USA LLC.

Daimler AG is a German luxury car and truck manufacturer, including the well-known Mercedes-Benz brand and the Freightliner trucks brand.

The failure of China's mass-market electric car producers to meet government sales goals is prompting one major carmaking partnership to change tack and develop a "luxury" e-car for the world's largest auto market where upscale brands trump environmental concerns.

On May 16, 2012, 25 SLR Club Members, set out from Stuttgart-Unterturkheim on this year's Mille Miglia.

Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, center, reacts after placing the electric charging cable into a VW E-Golf automobile, produced by Volkswagen AG, as Wen Jiabao, China's premier, right, looks on.

Daimler AG is flooding Berlin with Smart cars to claim a greater share of Europe's burgeoning rent- by-the-minute urban auto market.

Daimler AG is flooding Berlin with Smart cars to claim a greater share of Europe's burgeoning rent- by-the-minute urban auto market.

Germany's top three carmakers and their suppliers have benefited most from thriving demand in China, with first-quarter profits at Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG all beating analyst estimates.

BMW and Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG are among a group of more than a dozen private and public entities that are working together on a project designed to speed up the development of urban electric vehicles.

IG Metall's strikes expand including 36,000 employees in a dispute which has as purpose improving pay and terms.

Around 800 IG Metall union members kicked off the action at a Daimler AG car factory in Dusseldorf at 4am when they were due to start their morning shift.

A union representing German metal workers has called on thousands of its members to begin two days of strikes over demands for better pay.

Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz regained the U.S. luxury-vehicle sales lead for the year over Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's BMW brand with April deliveries rising 24 percent, the biggest gain of any premium brand.