spyker cars

Less than a year after Saab was given up for dead when GM couldn't find a buyer, and five months after it was acquired by Dutch automaker Spyker, the quirky Swedish car's biggest fans are feeling a bit more optimistic about the brand's future.

After a year-long search, General Motors finally found a buyer in the Dutch sports-car maker. The $400 million offer comprises $74 million in cash and $326 million in preferred shares. Saab workers and customers finally have a good reason to be hopeful.

Company news that could affect stock prices today including: a Swiss court's decision that chief financial markets regulator broke the law when it ordered UBS AG to give the U.S. data about its clients, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' withdrawal of its appeal of a U.S. court ruling that favored Merck and its patent on the asthma treatment Singulair.