Mitsubishi likely to say in mid-Feb. whether to join Honda-Nissan merger

The chief of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Monday that the Japanese automaker will make a final decision on whether to join a planned merger between Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. in mid-February or later, pushing back the plan from the end of January.The delay comes as Honda and Nissan, which is the largest shareholder of Mitsubishi Motors, said last week that they would release the details of their plan by the end of January but postponed it to mid-February."We will announce our decision after thoroughly considering various possibilities" following Honda and Nissan's unveiling of the…READ FULL ARTICLE