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Volkswagen chairman resigns as board sides with chief executive

Volkswagen announced the resignation of its chairman, Ferdinand Piech, on Saturday, in a climax to the auto-industry titan’s public disagreement with fellow board members of the German carmaker over long-standing chief executive Martin Winterkorn.

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