HANOI, May 26 (Reuters) - The following is a table of Vietnam's key exports and imports for the January-May period, provided by the government's General Statistics Office. NOTE: ~ Not available EXPORTS Volume Pct chg Value Pct chg (Key items) (tonne) y/y ($mln) y/y Textile, garments ~ ~ 5,334.2 7.7...

MONACO, May 25 (Reuters) - Dany Bahar, the chief executive with ambitious plans for British-based sportscar maker Lotus in Formula One and U.S.-based IndyCars, has been suspended by the new Malaysian owners of Group Lotus. Group Lotus said in a statement on Friday that the move followed an...

(Adds price GM will pay for 1 percent stake in Chinese JV) DETROIT, May 25 (Reuters) - General Motors Co failed to disclose in its 2011 proxy filing that it paid $600,000 for work done by an advertising agency where the wife of GM's chief financial officer works, the automaker said in a regulatory...

MILAN, May 25 (Reuters) - Italian loss-making publisher RCS MediaGroup picked Pietro Scott Jovane, the head of Microsoft Italy, to become its chief executive and lead the business turnaround, the company said on Friday. The Milan-based publisher also decided to enter talks with France's Gallimard...

(Adds detail about GM policy on related party deals, SAIC board approval of stake sale) DETROIT, May 25 (Reuters) - General Motors Co failed to disclose in its 2011 proxy filing that it paid $600,000 for work done by an advertising agency where the wife of GM's chief financial officer works, the...

(Adds EDF, Primacom, Cinven; Updates Talbots) May 25 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday: ** Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical Co have agreed to go ahead with a $7 billion expansion of...

By Adam Tempkin NEW YORK, May 25 (IFR) - Ford is making history by launching the process to switch the capital market's first ABS-to-high-grade convertible bond to corporate debt from securitized form. The conversion of the deal, issued in 2011, was triggered this week by Moody's upgrade of Ford's...

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Auto companies sold 6.56 million vehicles worldwide in April, a 3.4% increase over same-month year-ago, raising total deliveries for the first four months of 2012 to 27.2 million units...

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