Also. . .

* United Auto Workers President Stephen Yokich gained new leverage over Chrysler Corp. and Daimler-Benz as Germany’s IG Metall union signed an agreement giving him one of its seats on the merged company’s supervisory board. Once the $38-billion merger is completed this fall, DaimlerChrysler will be a German corporation with a supervisory board of 20 members, including three union members and seven other employee representatives.

* Boston Chicken Inc., operator of Boston Market restaurants, hired Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co. to sell its 52% stake in Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp. in an effort to ease its cash crunch. The company could raise more than $90 million in the sale.