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Cars and Drivers
July Auto Sales Hit Speed Bump
New car sales for July in the US have slowed from the solid growth pace of the first six months of the year. General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) reported sales down by…
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Cars and Drivers
Chrysler Earnings Gains May Be Problem For GM & Ford
Chrysler Group LLC is profitable again and the report may be creating some envy for Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM). While Chrysler was in perhaps the…
7:38am ET
Investing
Ten Must-Watch Events for the Week Ahead
The week ahead is going to be a busy week. There are many traditional events to watch, but by now the market participants and investors have learned that they have to pay…
11:51am ET
Cars and Drivers
Tires Defy Auto Slowdown Woes… Trading Against The Grain
Apparently it seems that as long as you are driving, you have to keep buying those darned tires. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) showed up as an unusual price gainer…
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Investing
New Passenger Vehicles Have Record Fuel Efficiency
Industry analysts Baum & Associates have released data on fuel efficiency for new passenger vehicles entering the U.S. in the first half of 2012. The firm found that from January to June…
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Cars and Drivers
July New Car Sales on Track for Best Since 2007
Auto industry research firm truecar.com released its sales and incentives forecast for July today, and the company expects the sales forecast to translate to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of new car…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 25, 2012: Markets Mixed on Spotty Earnings Reports
The three major US stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the Nasdaq Composite slightly negative on an unexpectedly weak earnings report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (more coverage here). A weak…
7:31am ET
Investing
U.S. Markets to Open Mixed Following Apple Earnings Miss
U.S. stock futures are mixed ahead of the opening bell. Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 futures were about 0.5% higher, while Nasdaq futures were lower by about the same amount.…
7:21am ET
Cars and Drivers
Ford Profit Tumbles 57% on Weakness in Europe
Ford Motor (NYSE: F) has just reported that its second-quarter net profit slid 57% to $1 billion, or $0.26 a share, as its operations in Europe and a higher tax rate offset…
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Media
Media Digest (7/25/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) blames poor earnings on slow sales in anticipation of the iPhone 5 and a sluggish economy. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve searches for new ways to help the sagging economy.…
4:05pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 24, 2012: Markets Fall on Weak Quarterly Results
The three major US stock indexes opened roughly flat this morning as Spanish 10-year bond yields rose to 7.5% and Moody’s cut Germany’s outlook to ‘negative’ after the markets closed last night…
6:29am ET
Special Report
Ten Ways You’ll Know The Recession Is Over
When Gallup asked people about the state of the economy this spring, as a recovery appeared to have taken hold, the polling company found “nearly half of Americans, 46%, still say the…
6:17am ET
Media
Media Digest (7/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Eurozone officials set final terms for a bailout of Spain’s banks. (Reuters) Marissa Mayer will receive as much as $70 million to head Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Banks hit by the Libor investigation may…
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Cars and Drivers
AutoNation Blows Off the Doors
Auto retailer AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) reported second-quarter earnings this morning that crushed consensus estimates. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.66 versus a consensus estimate of $0.59. Revenue totaled…
4:06pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 18, 2012: Markets Rise on Lack of Bad News
The three major US stock indexes opened modestly lower this morning as there was little news out of Europe and Asian markets closed mixed. Traders were waiting to hear more from Fed…