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VW America: No Chance To Get US Foothold, A Defeat For Martin Winterkorn

Posted: January 9, 2011 at 8:58 am

VW wants to be the largest car company in the world. It already has strong presences in the EU, much of South American, and Asia--particularly China. The US is the ...
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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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Media Digest 7/7/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 7, 2010 at 3:55 am

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) shares have recovered as a relief well nears the leak. Reuters:   Saudi investors are seeking a 10% to 15% stake in BP. Reuters:   Microsoft Corporation ...
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China Car Sales–A Little Less Attractive To US Companies

Posted: July 5, 2010 at 6:47 am

China's car sales increases slowed very sharply in June, up only 10% compared to the same month last year, according to the China Automotive Technology & Research Center. The news ...
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GM China Sales Top US For First Time

Posted: July 2, 2010 at 5:46 am

China is now the largest car market in the world, having moved ahead of the US last year. Most analysts believe that 16 million cars and light trucks will be ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/25/2010)

Posted: June 25, 2010 at 9:06 am

Updated throughout the day. Hulu will launch a paid premium video service this month (WSJ) Astenbeck Capital Management, run by former Citigroup (NYSE: C) commodities chief Andrew J. Hall, lost ...
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Toyota CEO Apologizes To Shareholders

Posted: June 24, 2010 at 5:45 am

Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) CEO Akia Toyoda spent most of the company's annual meeting today trying to gain back shareholder trust and explain how the Japanese automaker will regain its ...
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As Toyota And Honda Face More Strikes, Their Market Shares Are Threatened

Posted: June 23, 2010 at 6:01 am

At the depth of the recession when there was a falling market for new cars,  strikes were almost welcome in the US and EU. Most car companies had so much ...
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VW, Mitsubishi, Land Rover Finish At Bottom Of Car Quality Survey

Posted: June 17, 2010 at 5:05 pm

Research group J.D.Power came out with its Initial Quality Study for cars, small trucks and SUVs. The survey ranks vehicles  by number of problems per hundred vehicles. This year, the ...
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VW Sales Surge As It Pushes For Spot As World Top Car Company

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 6:40 am

VW wants to be the world's No.1 car company, and may reach that goal through its merger with Porsche. The top spot has changed hands in the last two years ...
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Ford’s Big China Recall

Posted: June 1, 2010 at 5:35 am

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) has announced that it will recall 236,642 Focus cars in China, one of the largest  in the history of the People's Republic. China is now the ...
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Car Sales In China, The Industry’s Salvation, Rise 63% In March

Posted: April 11, 2010 at 3:03 pm

Car sales in China during March rose 63% to 1.26 million according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. US domestic vehicles sales for the same period were 1.07 million. ...
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No Signs Of Intelligent Life At VW

Posted: March 11, 2010 at 7:56 am

Like GM and Toyota (TM) before it, VW aims to be the largest car company in the world within a few years with a huge lead over its competition. In ...
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