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2012 Offers Huge Auto Opportunity If Valuations Can Be Overcome (SIRI, P, F, M)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 11:13 am

2012 may seem like a resurgence of the banking sector is afoot, but what about the resurgence of the U.S. auto industry.  The age of the consumer fleet is at ...
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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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Media Digest (1/12/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 6:27 am

Olympus may partner with Samsung. (Reuters) RBS cuts 3,500 investment bank jobs. (Reuters) RealtyTrac reports that foreclosures reached a four-year low in 2011. (Reuters) International Monetary Fund senior executive Lipton ...
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Ford… Loss, Actually NO LOSS (F)

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 11:24 am

As per a retraction or a correction, CNBC's Phil LeBeau has just retracted (or corrected) his statement that Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is going to post a loss for ...
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News Break: Unexpected Quarterly Loss At Ford (F)

Posted: January 10, 2012 at 11:10 am

UPDATED BELOW Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is going to report a loss for the quarter. CNBC's Phil LeBeau just announced that a presentation at a conference is telegraphing that ...
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Nearly Every Car Company Says It Will Best Rivals in 2012

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 6:48 am

It is impossible for every company in an industry to gain market share. Yet, almost all of the large car manufacturing executives say that in 2012 they will beat their ...
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Media Digest (1/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 6:46 am

http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.htmlThe U.S. may start legal proceedings against Swiss financial firm Wegelin & Co. based on beliefs that it helped shield Americans from taxes. (Reuters) The EPA may send fresh water ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (F, GM, TM, EMC, GD, GMCR, POT, TIVO, UNF, PRGS, STZ, MON, FDO, LCAV, REE, NFLX, APKT, LPHI)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 4:04 pm

Markets opened lower today and stayed in negative territory until mid-afternoon. Car makers reported December sales throughout the day, with Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Co. (NYSE: ...
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Media Digest (1/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 6:42 am

  Bill Gross’s PIMCO Total Return Fund has $1.4 billion in outflows in December, according to Morningstar. (Reuters) MF Global sold some assets to Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) before its collapsed. ...
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Chrysler Wins the Car Sales War

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 6:28 am

Chrysler was supposed to stumble out of Chapter 11. The recovery of General Motors (NYSE: GM) was remarkable. Ford’s (NYSE: F) success was based on its ability to introduce new products ...
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Could Sears Be Broken Up?

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:28 am

What Eddie Lampert put together in 2005 could be broken into pieces again, and that might be the only realistic way to “fix” Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD). Lampert engineered a ...
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The Good & Bad of 8.1% December New Car Sales Growth (GM, F, HMC, TM)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 1:06 pm

New car sales in the US for December are forecast to rise 8.1%, including fleet sales, to an annual seasonally adjusted sales rate of 13.5 million new vehicles. The annualized ...
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The Worst Product Flops of 2011

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:35 am

A number of incredible new products were launched this year. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the iPhone 4S -- a phone with voice command -- and Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner ...
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What’s New in the Financial World (12/27/2011) Toyota Prius, Bank of America Asset Sales

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 6:31 am

The retail industry, just off a successful holiday season, must now wait for data on how post-holiday sales went. The Monday after Christmas is one of the busiest of the ...
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