US domestic vehicle sales reached a a 27-year low in 2009 when only 10.4 million units were sold. The figure for 2005 was 16.94 million, a period of unusual prosperity. In other…
Americans are used to being No.1 in nearly all the world’s businesses, and athletic endeavors. The foundation of that certainly began to erode in the 1970’s, when much of America’s manufacturing industry…
Friday was a sea of red in the markets, but earnings season creates many winners and losers. This last week brought on another interesting aspect: Many Stocks Got Hammered! It was no…
GM (NYSE: GM) is supposed to be a badly crippled giant. Toyota (NYSE: TM) is the global car company with the most efficient manufacturing plants, the highest quality cars and the strongest…
Earnings season is well under way now and we wanted to offer previews for the biggest impact stocks which have earnings on Thursday and Friday. The remaining most important earnings we are…
There are several ways to rank America’s most widely followed public companies. They could be ranked by annual sales, brand value, market capitalization, number of customers, or profits. Another approach is to…
The Congressional Oversight Panel is skeptical that the Treasury Department will ever recoup its investment in GM. The new report from the panels says: GM is furthest along in the process of…
The market for Initial Public Offerings is booming. After seeing so many IPOs trade exponentially higher than expected in 2010, the market should continue to be strong in 2011. We have created…
Short sellers cut their bets against tech shares as earnings seasons approaches, based on data of short interest in major stocks as of December 31. Shares short in Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) dropped…
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is not going anywhere. Some analysts say that the company’s performance at CES was poor. The world’s largest software firm said sales of its Kinect video…
China displaced the US in 2009 as the world’s largest car market, and the number of Chinese auto buyers went up in 2010. Chinese buyers purchased 13.6 million vehicles in 2009 and…
Spain’s debt was put on review by Moody’s. (MarketWatch) The tax cut bill has been sent to the Senate. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve remains concerned about the economy and said its would…
GM (NYSE: GM) has offered buyouts to 3,000 workers at 14 of its plants. Most of these employees have special skills beyond assembly work. Many are electricians and welders. The more seasoned…
China’s November car sales hit a one-month record. Total cars and light vehicles shipped to dealers reached 1.34 million, up 29% from the same month last year. Sales for the first eleven…
Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM), its brand besieged in the US and elsewhere due to recalls, has one bright spot in the US. The company’s luxury brand, Lexus, was the No.1 selling high-end…
