Key Daimler investors oppose plan to make Zetsche chairman, report says

Zetsche is seen by some investors as responsible for problems at Daimler. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)

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Staff report

July 18, 2019 10:28 AM

FRANKFURT -- Key Daimler investors oppose Dieter Zetsche's elevation to chairman of the automaker's supervisory board, according to a report in the German business paper Handelsblatt.

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