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De acordo com esta notícia, a decisão sobre o futuro da OPEL sairá em breve (a meio desta semana). Até lá, a GM continuará sob forte pressão. Após a decisão final espera-se um recuo na volatilidade do título.

Germany aims for Opel decision by mid-week: reports
By Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Germany's government will try to reach a decision on the three bids for General Motors Corp.'s Opel unit by the middle of this week, a spokesman said on Monday, according to media reports.

Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said talks were continuing with all three suitors and bids were still being improved. Discussions were reportedly most intense with Fiat (IT:F 7.72, -0.09, -1.15%) (FIAT.Y 10.87, +0.11, +1.02%) and Austrian-Canadian auto supplier Magna (CA:MG.A 37.65, +1.41, +3.89%) (MGA 32.32, -0.40, -1.22%) because those offers are most complex. Magna appears to be the frontrunner, said Dow Jones Newswires.

RHJ International, a European buyout firm of investor U.S. Ripplewood with holdings in the auto parts industry, is the third bidder.

The government is seeking clarification over the future of Opel, and progress in the talks has been made over the weekend, Wilhelm said.

Other investors have expressed interest in Opel, but no formal bid has been provided, he said, according to Dow Jones Newswires.

Wilhelm rejected suggestions that there might be a split within the government over Opel's future.

German Economic Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg, a member of the ruling conservative party, on Sunday said the three bids for Opel remained unfeasible because of the financial risk to the government, according to wire reports. He also said insolvency remains an option. See full story.

The ruling Social Democratic Party has criticized these comments, with Vice Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier calling for a stop to talk about insolvency.

"The government's aim remains to keep all four Opel plants in Germany open and to prevent an insolvency," said Wilhelm, according to Reuters.

The government and the states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia and Rhineland Palatinate, which are home to Opel plants, are considering bridge financing for Opel to keep it operating if GM files for insolvency before Opel can be sold, according to Dow Jones Newswires.

Guttenberg spoke to reporters one day after the minister said Italy's Fiat had improved its offer for a stake in Opel. See full story.

Shares of Fiat were trading down nearly 2% on Monday, amid weakness for all auto stocks in Europe.

Fonte: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/story/ ... F269035119