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The US Car Market: Making Money Vs. Making Sales

Posted: January 5, 2011 at 5:19 am

The Ford (NYSE: F) brand outsold the Toyota (NYSE: TM) brand in 2010. That crown has to be worth something. Ford makes popular, well-designed cars. Toyota's image has been hurt ...
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Today’s Best Rumors (1/3/2010)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 7:55 am

Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs and a Russian investment fund will put $500 million into Facebook at a $50 billion valuation. (NYT) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will begin a digital ...
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Hyundai Ruins The US Car Market For Its Competition

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 5:36 am

Hyundai and its stablemate Kia had almost no presence in the US car market five years ago. Hyundai and Kia now have 7.8% of monthly domestic sales, higher than Nissan, ...
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Ten Brands Americans No Longer Love

Posted: December 27, 2010 at 6:18 am

Americans do not merely love their favorite and most cherished brands, they love them. Consumers love Apple. They love the Mustang. They love Starbucks, and they once loved The Dallas ...
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GM’s CEO Edward Whitacre, Jr: The Great Pretender

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 8:44 pm

Ed Whitacre, the former chairman and CEO of AT&T and current head of GM looks like the Wizard of Oz scarecrow—tall and under-stuffed. Whitacre, however, can afford to buy ...
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Chrysler: Losing Money Is Never Good News

Posted: April 21, 2010 at 10:15 am

The pig was out at Chrysler and so was the red lipstick. The floundering US car company presented the case that its $197 million loss in the first quarter was ...
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A bailout of the bailout of Detroit?

Posted: April 7, 2010 at 3:54 am

GM and Chrysler are short about $17 billion in contributions to the pension plans of their workers, or so says the a report from the United States General Accountability Office ...
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Media Digest 4/7/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 7, 2010 at 2:48 am

Reuters:   The Chinese hinted they were ready to let the yuan rise. Reuters:   Asian stocks are near a 22 month high. Reuters:   Regulators plan to track fast frequency trading. Reuters:   ...
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Toyota Finds Forgiveness In China And Japan

Posted: April 2, 2010 at 4:03 am

Toyota (TM) found some measure of redemption in the US last month. Its sales rose 43% over March 2009.  Its unit sales were nearly the same as those of GM ...
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Tie For No.1 Among GM, F, And Toyota While Hyundai Falters

Posted: April 1, 2010 at 1:12 pm

Hyundai has been the star of the domestic car industry for over a year, as it picked up market share with its slick new cars and relatively low prices. Its ...
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Toyota Sales Incentives May Cost Firm Record Rebates

Posted: March 26, 2010 at 3:42 am

Research firm Trucar expects Toyota (TM) to spend $395 million on incentives this month. The company's incentive per car will be 37% higher than in February and 47% higher than they was ...
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Car Sales To Have Huge Surge In March But At Big Cost To Firms

Posted: March 22, 2010 at 4:59 am

Edmunds reports that incentives have increased the public's "intent to purchase" Toyota's by 40% in March. That may help the Japanese car company some, but its competitors have rolled out incentives ...
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Chrysler Soon Fully Under Cerberus? (DAI)

Posted: September 24, 2008 at 11:49 am

Daimler AG has confirmed that it is in talks with Cerberus over the possible redemption of the 19.9% stake it still has in Chrysler LLC.  That would put Chrysler ...
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Autos Next In Government Handouts? (GM, F)

Posted: September 19, 2008 at 11:49 am

If you look at the auto stocks today, you might deduce that they are next in line for the government corporate bread lines and farm camp jobs.  Ford Motor Co. ...
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The Word “Default” Enters Detroit’s Lexicon

Posted: June 26, 2008 at 5:27 am

Three years ago, rating firms like Moody's were talking about the chances that one of the "Big Three" automakers might have to file Chapter 11. That seems like a long ...
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