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Media Digest (4/10/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 6:47 am

Charles Blahous, a George Mason University research fellow, reports that the new health care law could add $530 billion to the deficit. (Washington Post) Fed Chairman Bernanke says many banks ...
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Big Manufacturers Fall into China Car Trap

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 6:14 am

China recently was the most attractive car and light truck market in the world. The Asian nation’s vehicle sales are nearly 18 million a year now, ahead of the second-largest ...
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Media Digest (4/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 5:54 am

A federal judge approves a $25 billion mortgage misconduct settlement between the federal and several state governments and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP ...
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One More Car Company’s Risky Bet on China

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 6:39 am

One more foreign car company will take the chance that the Chinese auto market, the world’s largest, will continue to expand. But car sales have not grown in the past year, and signs ...
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Car Companies Face Dying Growth In Chinese Market

Posted: March 9, 2012 at 6:23 am

The market value of General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Volkswagen, two of the largest car companies in the world, rely a great deal on their dominant positions in the Chinese ...
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The End of Chrysler’s Smooth Road

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 6:18 am

The recent news from Chrysler has been almost all good. U.S. sales rose 40% in February, well outdistancing the improvement for most of its rivals. The car maker repaid $7 ...
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Media Digest (3/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Marketwatch

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 6:17 am

The CEO of Chrysler said he took no pay in 2011 and that, based on financial results, the company is now worth $7.5 billion. (Reuters) The Treasury will sell $6 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (TM, LVS, P, MWW, PCS, LEAP, CVGW, CCRN, SUP, VRNM, NATR, KERX, TSON, ARCL, GRH, YELP)

Posted: March 5, 2012 at 4:07 pm

After opening lower this morning on weak data from Europe and Asia, the ISM non-manufacturing index for the US came in better than expected, but it was not enough to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALL, GWRE, KMT, LVS, LEAP, LO, PCS, MWW, P, PIR, TM, ZNGA)

Posted: March 5, 2012 at 8:11 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Raised to Buy and $36 target at Argus. ...
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Toyota Prius Sales Surge

Posted: March 2, 2012 at 6:39 am

Toyota (NYSE: TM) said its U.S. car sales rose faster than expected in February and that March sales are off to a strong start. Much of the credit, the company ...
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Media Digest (3/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 2, 2012 at 6:37 am

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV may buy China’s Kingway Brewery Holdings’ assets. (Reuters) The Department of Justice is expected to widen its probe of mortgage-backed securities. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) sets new standards that will ...
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Car Sales Soared In February, Most Makers Up Double Digits

Posted: March 1, 2012 at 11:02 am

The still-sputtering economy which continues to be undermined by high unemployment and low home prices has not arrested a tremendous revival of car sales. In 2008 and 2009, national sales barely ...
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America’s Most Fuel Efficient Cars

Posted: March 1, 2012 at 6:43 am

With gasoline prices inching closer to $4 and even $5 a gallon, more Americans will make high gas mileage a priority when they buy their next car. The good news ...
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As Car Business in U.S. Brightens, in Europe It Gets Uglier

Posted: March 1, 2012 at 6:40 am

February car sales in the U.S. will be at multimonth highs and the annual sales run rate will be 14 million. Chrylser has already announced a 40% improvement. That is ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/24/2012) Apple Cash, VW Sales

Posted: February 24, 2012 at 6:42 am

The U.S. Postal Service has begun a cost-cutting process meant to save it $10.5 billion between now and 2015. The first tranche is a consolidation or shuttering of 223 locations. The effect ...
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