Mazda May Be Forced To Sell Soccer, And Baseball Teams To Make Ends Meet

Two weeks after selling $1.8 billion in new stock to replenish its depleted capital, the nation's only unprofitable automaker said last month that it will sponsor the All-Star baseball game in July.

Mazda is the only Japanese carmaker to own control of a team in the league and also has a professional soccer club, a hospital and more than $5 billion in land holdings.