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HAMBURG, Germany — Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest carmaker, may buy a 49.9 percent stake in Porsche SE’s automotive unit next week as it takes the first step in the gradual merger of the two manufacturers.
VW will purchase an initial holding in the maker of the 911 sports car “probably next week” and acquire the remaining 50.1 percent in 2011, chief financial officer Hans Dieter Poetsch said Thursday.
