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Hyundai Loses Ground in the Car Sales Race

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:17 am

Hyundai, and its sister brand Kia, have had the hottest selling cars in the American market since the recession began. The rational for this is that the South Korean company ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/23/2012) China GDP Trouble, Fiat’s New Car

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 6:43 am

The World Bank’s new “East Asia and Pacific Economic Update” forecasts that China’s GDP growth will only be 8.2% in 2012, which is a substantial come down for a nation that ...
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Mazda And Fiat Build A Sports Car

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 6:32 am

Fiat and Mazda will build a small convertible together. Fiat is the controlling shareholder of Chrysler. The deal is an example of how large car companies which face slow ...
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America’s Hottest Brands

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 6:18 am

24/7 Wall St. asked CoreBrand to identify America’s hottest brands. We wanted to know the biggest brands that were the best known and most well regarded. Read: America's Hottest Brands ...
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Tesla Glides by Poor Results (TSLA, F, GM, TM, HMC)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 11:59 am

Over the past 12 months, the best performing car maker stock is -- drum roll -- Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA). Shares in the maker of electric vehicles (EVs) are ...
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Luxury Cars On A Rise

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 7:15 am

The luxury car market around the world continues to explode as the relatively small portion of the globe’s population which is rich consumer at extraordinary levels. VW reports that ...
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What’s Important In The Financial World

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:52 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) said it would finally turn around is prospects and make money in the next year. Bumbling CEO Sir Howard Stringer is gone. Sony's core problems are not. ...
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Toyota’s Earnings Surge and Brand Power

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 6:32 am

After a three-year period in which Toyota (NYSE: TM) recalled more than eight million cars worldwide for problems that included faulty accelerators, as well as natural disasters in Japan and ...
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The Cars Americans Will Not Buy

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 6:46 am

April car sales data are out, and they are not cause for celebration. Though sales are up 2% overall from last April, they have cooled somewhat since the February and March ...
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North American Sales Hike Ford Revenues, Profits (F, GM, TM, HMC)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 8:50 am

Higher revenues and profits in its North American region boosted first-quarter results at Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F). The company posted EPS of $0.18, well above the consensus estimate of ...
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April New Car Sales on Track for Best Month Since 2008 (F, GM, TM, HMC, NSANY)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 2:51 pm

Auto industry research firm truecar.com released its sales and incentives forecast for April today, and the company expects the sales forecast to translate to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of ...
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AutoNation Posts Best-Ever Earnings (AN, CRMT, KMX, F, GM, TM, HMC, NSANY)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 8:11 am

The largest car dealership in the US, AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) reported earnings this morning for the first quarter. The company posted EPS of $0.56, an all-time high, on revenue ...
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Men Love Ferrari, Women Love MINI (GM, F, TM, HMC, NSANY, KIMTF, MZDAF, SZKMF)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 10:17 am

Car sales by gender in 2011 pretty much reflect what you’d expect. Men prefer fast cars and big SUVs and pickup trucks. Women favor smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles. Men ...
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Apple, Nokia, Sony Top Asian Brand List (AAPL, NOK, SNE,CL, KO, HMC, TM, GOOG, MCD, MSFT, AMZN, SSNLF, NKE, DIS, YHOO)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 10:19 am

Among the more developed countries of Asia -- China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan -- the top global brand is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in three and trails only a ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/10/2012) Sony Loses More Money, Northeast Refineries Shut

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 6:48 am

The Sony (NYSE: SNE) train wreck continues. The Japanese company has appointed a new CEO and will fire 10,000 workers. But annual earnings for the fiscal year are much worse than ...
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