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Investing
Asia Markets And Europe Open 8/21/2009
Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei fell 1.5% to 10,238. Shares in Toyota (TM) and Honda (HMC) fell. The Hang Seng was down .9% to 20,253. The Shanghai Composite was up…
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Cars and Drivers
US Car Quality Getting Better As Sales Disintegrate
The New York Times got ahold of an early version of the 2009 new vehicle study done by The University of Michigan Customer Satisfaction Index. The paper reports that “in the rankings by…
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Investing
Asia Market And Europe Open 8/13/2009
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose .8% to 10.517. Honda (HMC) and Toyota (TM) both rose over 1%. The Hang Seng was up 2.1% to 20,864. The Shanghai Composite…
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Investing
Asia Markets And Europe Open 8/11/2009
Markets in Asia rose modestly. The Nikkei was higher by .6% to 10,586. Honda (HMC) was flat after rising for several days. The Hang Seng was up by .1% to 20,591. The…
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Jobs
GM: Firing 7,500 More Taxpayers To Save Taxpayer Money
GM’s July sales fell 19%, more than any of the other major car companies, to 188,156. The number is down so much that without the Pontiac and Saturn brands that it plans…
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Cars and Drivers
GM Losing Significant Ground To Ford (F)
Ford’s (F) July sales rose 2.3% to to 165,279. SUV sales were weak, off 36%, so cars and crossovers had to make up for that. GM’s sales moved sharply in another direction.…
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Energy
Nissan Pulls Ahead Of Detroit In The Electric Car Race
Nissan’s new Leaf car doesn’t use any gas and it does not produce any emissions. It is electric and it will be available in the US, Japan, and Europe next year. Nissan…
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Investing
Asia Markets And Europe Open 8/3/2009
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell a fraction of a percent to 10,352. Toyota (TM) rose on Ford’s (F) strong July numbers. The Hang Seng rose .2% to 20,620. The…
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Cars and Drivers
The Miracle At Ford (F) Continues
Ford (F) made two audacious decisions recently, decisions made in an industry where audacity is a distant memory that died when Lee Iaccoca left the business. William Clay Ford, Jr., the company’s…
3:26am ET
Investing
Asia Markets And Europe Open 7/30/2009
Most markets in Asia were up slightly. The Nikkei rose .5% to 10,165. Honda (HMC) rose on good results as did Sony (SNE). The Hang Seng was up .9% to 20,312. Lower…
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Cars and Drivers
Signal From Honda (HMC): Global Auto Business Recovering
The automotive industry has been one of the most troubled worldwide over the last two years. High gas prices and low consumer spending have conspired to kill off demand for cars and light…
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Media
Media Digest 7/29/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters:Â Â China and the US vowed close ties to bring the economy out of recession. Reuters:Â Â Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) are close to a search deal. Reuters:Â Â The Senate may drop…
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Investing
Asia Markets And Europe Open 7/29/2009 Shanghai Off 5%
Asian markets were mixed with Chinese markets falling sharply. The Nikkei rose .3% to 10,113. Honda (HMC) posted good earnings. Sony (SNE) posts next week. The Hang Seng was down 3.1% to…
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Cars and Drivers
Another Mega-Auto Firm For Detroit To Contend With
It is not enough that two-thirds of The Big Three have gone through bankruptcy and that GM is controlled by the Treasury Department. Detroit has to contend with the more adroit and…
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Investing
Media Digest 7/14/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters:Â Â Riots in China show the nation is in flux. Reuters:Â Â The US is considering mortgage aid for the unemployed. Reuters:Â Â The June budget gap was $94 billion. Reuters:Â Â Rattner stepped down…