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* Volkswagen said it would collaborate with DaimlerChrysler’s Chrysler Group on a Volkswagen minivan for the North American market that would start production in 2008.

* The judge at the retrial of former Cendant Corp. Chairman Walter Forbes urged jurors to keep working toward a verdict on accounting fraud charges after they deadlocked in their 12th day of deliberations.

* Verizon Wireless announced a music download service for its subscribers with a catalog of 1 million songs, going head-to-head with its biggest rival, Sprint Nextel Corp., which launched a similar service last year.