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GM pulls out of Opel sale

By Daniel Schäfer in Frankfurt

Published: November 3 2009 22:18 | Last updated: November 3 2009 23:59

GM has abandoned its planned sale of Opel to Canada’s Magna and Russia’s Sberbank . The surprise move will be an embarrassment for the German government which has expended a lot of political capital on the controversial deal.

After a six-hour board meeting on Tuesday, the US carmaker said it would hold on to Opel and start restructuring its European unit, which also comprises British marque Vauxhall.

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