MERCEDES-BENZ COULD BECOME SEPARATE UNIT
Mercedes-Benz could become an independent division of German luxury automaker Daimler AG, the company said Monday. Daimler’s trucks-and-buses division and its financial services business could also become independent divisions in a potential change aimed at giving the units “greater entrepreneurial responsibility,” the company told investors. The plans have not been given final approval and would not include divesting the businesses.