NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's CreditWire) Oct. 10, 2000--Standard&Poor's today revised its outlook on DaimlerChrysler AG and related entities to negative from stable. Ratings for DaimlerChrysler (A+/A-1 corporate credit rating) and its related entities were affirmed. (A complete list of ratings for DaimlerChrysler and its related entities is available on RatingsDirect, Standard&Poor's on-line credit research service, or by calling the Standard&Poor's Ratings Desk at 212-438-2400.) The negative outlook reflects the risk that the current problems affecting the profitability of DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler division will not prove temporary in nature. Management has indicated that Chrysler, which had accounted for about one half of the group's earnings since the merger in late 1998, is expected to record
