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 General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. are now going head to head in the markets for shares of Jaguar PLC, 
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as GM got early clearance from the Federal Trade Commission 
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to boost its stake in the British luxury car maker.
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 GM confirmed Friday 
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that it received permission late Thursday from U.S. antitrust regulators 
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to increase its Jaguar holdings past the $15 million level.
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 Ford got a similar go-ahead earlier in October, 
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and on Friday, Jaguar announced 
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that the No. 2 U.S. auto maker had raised its stake to 13.2%, or 24.2 million shares, from 12.4% earlier in the week.
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 A spokesman for GM, the No. 1 auto maker, declined to say 
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how many Jaguar shares that company owns.
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 In late trading Friday, Jaguar shares bucked the downward tide in London's stock market 
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and rose five pence to 725 pence 
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($11.44).
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 Trading volume was a moderately heavy 3.1 million shares. 
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In the U.S., Jaguar's American depositary receipts were among the most active issues Friday in national over-the-counter trading 
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where they closed at $11.625 each, up 62.5 cents.
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 Analysts expect 
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that the two U.S. auto giants will move quickly to buy up 15% stakes in Jaguar, 
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setting up a potential bidding war for the prestigious Jaguar brand.
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 British government restrictions prevent any single shareholder from going beyond 15% before the end of 1990 
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without government permission.
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 The British government, 
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which owned Jaguar until 1984, 
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still holds a controlling golden share in the company.
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 With the golden share as protection, Jaguar officials have rebuffed Ford's overtures,
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 and moved instead to forge an alliance with GM.
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 Jaguar officials have indicated 
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they are close to wrapping up a friendly alliance with GM 
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that would preserve Jaguar's independence, 
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but no deal has been announced.
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 Ford, on the other hand, has said 
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it's willing to bid for all of Jaguar, 
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despite the objections of Jaguar chairman Sir John Egan.
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 Analysts continued to speculate late last week 
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that Ford may try to force the issue 
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by calling for a special shareholder's meeting 
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and urging 
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that the government and Jaguar holders remove the barriers to a full bidding contest before December 1990.
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 But a Ford spokeswoman in Dearborn said Friday 
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the company hasn't requested such a meeting yet.
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 Individuals close to the situation believe 
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Ford officials will seek a meeting this week with Sir John 
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to outline their proposal for a full bid. 
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Any discussions with Ford could postpone the Jaguar-GM deal, 
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headed for completion within the next two weeks.
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 The GM agreement is expected to retain Jaguar's independence 
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by involving an eventual 30% stake for the U.S. auto giant as well as joint manufacturing and marketing ventures.
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 Jaguar and GM hope to win Jaguar shareholders approval for the accord 
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partly by structuring it in a way 
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that wouldn't preclude a full Ford bid 
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once the golden share expires.
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 There's either a minority {stake} package capable of getting Jaguar shareholder approval 
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or there isn't, 
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said one knowledgeable individual. 
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If there isn't, 
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{the deal} won't be put forward to shareholders.
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 Union sentiment also could influence shareholder reaction to a Jaguar-GM accord.
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 GM's U.K. unit holds crucial talks today with union officials about its consideration of an Ellesmere Port site for its first major engine plant in Britain.
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 One auto-industry union leader said, 
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If they try to build it somewhere else {in Europe} besides the U.K., 
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they are going to be in big trouble with unionists over any Jaguar deal.
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