GM (GM) may not be able to come up for the money to marry Chrysler. The deal could involve firing 60,000 people and paying their severance. The process of putting the two…
There is an arcane rule in the Federal Reserve charter that allows it to provide funding to organizations outside the banking system. It is buried under dust and cob webs somewhere in…
Founded during The Great Depression, the UAW is now more than seventy years old. Henry Ford once supposedly said that the union would organize Ford (F) workers over his dead body. Ford…
Most corporations have bylaws about how many board members they must have. The federal government requires that boards of directors keep enough outside members to maintain independent audit and compensation committees. Ford…
A year ago, it would have been hard to find people who would believe that Sirius XM (SIRI) or Charter Communications (CHTR) would trade below $1. Sirius had a 52-week high of…
Toyota is not supposed to have to give out any incentives to sell its cars. They perform better than other vehicles in customer satisfaction tests. They get good gas mileage. Toyota virtually…
The merger talks between GM (GM) and Chrysler appear to be heating up. GM would like to have an agreement by the end of this month. Putting the two companies together would…
Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…
According to Reuters, world markets are waiting to see how the bailout of banks in Europe and the US will work. Reuters reports that Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is looking for…
The IMF said that the world banking system faces of meltdown if governments does not take immediate action to support that largest banks. Based on comments from Paulson, the US may be…
In the climate of today, this may come as no real surprise. Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has announced that CFO Don Leclair will retire November 1. He will be replaced by…
Douglas A. McIntyre Yesterday JD Power said that the global car market could "collapse" and GM (GM) fell 31%. Today S&P is saying that "General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC may be…
According to Reuters, the US is looking at guaranteeing billions of dollars of bank debt and temporarily insuring all bank deposits. Reuters reports that Citigroup (C) has ended talks about taking over…
Yahoo! (YHOO) Concerns about slowdown in internet advertising. Drops to $13.20 from 52-week high of $34.08. Bet they wish they had taken Microsoft (MSFT) deal. Sirius (SIRI) Merger a failure.Sells off to…
After months of suffering indignities and falling sales, Citigroup cut shares in Ford (F) and GM (GM) to sell. It dropped it price target for Ford to $2.50 and GM’s to $6.…
