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Suddenly, China’s Car Market Falls Apart

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 6:39 am

One reason investors like to own General Motors (NYSE: GM) stock is that that company is the leading car manufacturer in China, when its local partners’ sales results are added to ...
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As Nissan and Toyota Surge, Opel Falters

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 6:45 am

Nissan and Toyota (NYSE: TM), two of Japan’s largest car companies, reported better than expected quarterly earnings and posted solid forecasts. Europe-based Opel, part of General Motors (NYSE: GM), continues ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/7/2012) New Nokia Phone, Toyota Recovery

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 6:49 am

Greece continues to demonstrate that it can teeter almost indefinitely between austerity and the grant of aid packages without a short-term resolution to its sovereign debt crisis. The latest development is that the ...
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Media Digest (2/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 6:49 am

Glencore and Xtrata agree to a $90 billion merger. (Reuters) Greek leaders face a deal for settling sovereign debt matters as workers strike. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) posts good third-quarter ...
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Top Earnings Previews For Tuesday (NLY, BP, BWLD, CERN, CHD, KO, EMR, HIG, JIVE, NTGR, OPEN, PNRA, SNCR, TM, DIS)

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 1:24 pm

We are getting into the last of the normalized quarterly earnings reports and into the first waves of the companies with off-normal quarter-ends.  Tuesday is going to be another busy ...
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GM’s Unrealistic Profit Target

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:45 am

At about the same time that General Motors (NYSE: GM) ran five ads during the Super Bowl, its management said the world’s largest car company has targeted profits of $10 billion a ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/6/2012) Greek Settlement, GM Profit Target

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:44 am

Time has finally run out for Greece. The European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund have said they are tired of waiting to see if Greece can cut is ...
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Eight Brands That Wasted the Most on the Super Bowl

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 11:29 pm

A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. That’s an 84% increase from 10 years ago and the highest amount advertisers have ever ...
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The Best-Selling Cars of All Time

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 6:33 am

The most successful car in history may be the Ford Model T. While other models may have sold more vehicles, Ford managed to sell nearly 17 million cars from 1908 ...
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Eight Industries the U.S. Has Lost to China

Posted: January 24, 2012 at 6:44 am

Americans are used to the U.S. being the leader, or a top-ranked nation, in many areas. But in a number of industries and businesses, the U.S. has lost that first ...
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VW, No. 2 Car Company in the World, Has U.S. Problem

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 8:42 am

Volkswagen came close to having bragging rights. Its global sales made it the second largest car and light truck manufacturer worldwide. That placed it ahead of Toyota (NYSE: TM) and ...
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GM Trumps VW & Toyota As World’s Top 2011 Automaker (GM, TM, F)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 2:40 pm

Just two years after emerging from bankruptcy protection and taking a $50 billion bailout package from the federal government, General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) is once again leading the world ...
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Top Brands in 2011 (KO, IBM, MSFT, GOOG, GE, MCD, INTC, AAPL, DIS, HPQ, NOK, CSCO, TM, AMZN, F, HMC, DE)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 9:24 am

Brand consultancy Interbrand has issued its latest report on brand value, and while the top five did not change, a gap is opening between the fourth and fifth place finishers.  ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/12/2012) China Car Sales, Foreclosures Fall

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 6:27 am

Foreclosures fell for the first time in four years, according to research firm Realtytrac. The firm said “Foreclosure filings were reported on 205,024 U.S. properties in December, a decrease of 9 ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World Today (1/11/2012) Intel Smartphone Chip, Toyota Prius c

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 6:52 am

Germany’s economy took a step closer to recession. The government announced that its GDP grew at 3%, which was less that posted earlier. The economy contracted 0.25% in the final ...
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