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Chinese company to buy Hummer

By John Reed in London and Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai

Published: June 2 2009 13:04 | Last updated: June 3 2009 07:52

A Chinese company is to buy Hummer, the General Motors brand known for its military-inspired off-road vehicles and seen as a symbol of gas-guzzling, road-hogging American excess.

Hummer’s sale to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company will close this year, marking one of the biggest overseas acquisitions in carmaking by a Chinese group.

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