Exclusive: China's BAIC raising Daimler stake to unseat Geely as top shareholder - sources
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BEIJING/HONG KONG/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler's main China joint venture partner BAIC Group has set in motion a plan to double its stake to around 10% and win a board seat in the German luxury car maker, as it aims to upstage rival Geely, two sources told Reuters.State-owned Beijing Automobile Group Co Ltd (BAIC), which already owns a 5% shareholding in Daimler, has started buying the German company's shares from the open market, said the sources who were briefed on the matter.BAIC is..