8:51am ET
Energy
Ford Touts Sustainability Gains (F, GM, TM)
Automaker Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) today released its annual sustainability report, claiming a 22% reduction in energy used to build cars over the past 6 years and a plan to cut…
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6:45am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM Should Leave Europe Now
General Motors (NYSE: GM) lost $747 million, before interest and taxes, in Europe in 2011 and has lost $15.6 billion since 1999, the last year GM made money in the region. The big…
11:47am ET
Technology
A123 Jumps on Technology Announcement (AONE, ENS, XIDE, JCI, MXWL, GM, TM, NSANY, F, TSLA)
US lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) has definitely had a rough year. Shares are down about -72%, making it the worst performer out of US battery makers like EnerSys…
8:39am ET
Cars and Drivers
Chinese Automakers: Too Many Cars, Not Enough Sales (TM, HMC, GM, F, NSANY, VLKAY)
China’s auto dealers are taking more deliveries of new cars than they can sell. Deliveries totaled 1.28 million vehicles in May, higher than the consensus estimate of 1.22 million and the third…
6:19am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
A rate cut in China prompts some economists to worry that May economic data will be weak. (Reuters) In the wake of its ratings downgrade by Fitch, Angela Merkel says that the…
4:06pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Counter-Take: Will A Moody’s Downgrade Actually Be Good For U.S. Bank Stocks? (DB, GE, F, CS, MS, UBS, BCS, GS, HBC, BAC, NMR)
Moody’s has telegraphed a banking sector review for quite some time, and it has actually been ongoing and the ‘bad news’ should be out very soon. We skipped many of the smaller…
6:37am ET
Economy
Have America’s Most Crippled Regions Begun to Recover?
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its data on GDP growth by state for 2011. One of the trends the data show are that many of the states most badly hurt by…
6:39am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The European Union may form a central office of treasury to match the European Central Bank. (Reuters) Ford (NYSE: F) may create brands specific to the Chinese market. (Reuters) The slowing economy…
6:34am ET
Media
Media Digest (5/31/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Annual meetings of Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) will include questions about fracking. (Reuters) Ford (NYSE: F) will begin to buy out some of its pension funds. (Reuters) JP…
6:44am ET
Investing
Politicians Go to These Companies to Get Rich
The appointment of former politicians to large public companies’ boards is regularly called into question. Just recently, following the scandal at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) when CEO Aubrey McClendon made investments in…
6:31am ET
Media
Media Digest (5/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
Merkel and Hollande will fight over stimulus for the eurozone at the EU summit. (Reuters) The OECD expresses concerns that Europe could slip into a deep recession. (Reuters) The EU debt crisis pushes global…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:13pm ET
Cars and Drivers
Ford Gets ‘Investment Grade’ Rating At Moody’s
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is now considered ‘investment grade’ at Moody’s after a late-day upgrade. Moody’s Investors Service raised the senior unsecured ratings of Ford to Baa3 from Ba2, which is the…
Jon C. Ogg 6:16am ET
Investing
Zynga’s 15% Stock Loss — Lemmings over the Cliff
ZyngaZynga’s (NASDAQ: ZNGA) shares are down 15% over the past two days, a little more than those of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) after its initial public offering. There are several critical difference between the…
6:18am ET
Special Report
America’s Hottest Brands
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 Generally, most…
11:59am ET
Energy
Tesla Glides by Poor Results (TSLA, F, GM, TM, HMC)
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 up more…