Accoriding to MarketWatch, Belgian newspaper De Standaard reports that Warren Buffett support a takeover of Anheuser-Busch (BUD) by InBev. According to Reuters, economists think the PPI will rise 1%. Reuters writes that…
Ford (F) is making the rounds of its employees and unions to tell them that the company will have to take out more costs. According to The Wall Street Journal, the word…
Ford (F) wants the Feds to help it build and market an electric car. The vehicle manufacturer argues that if Congress does not give incentives to citizens who want to buy the…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was up .6% to 13.974. Honda (HMC) was up 3.2% to 3840. NTT (NTT) was off 2.2% to 487000. The Hang Seng was down .9%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Investors figure the only way that GM (GM) makes it out of its current troubles is that its overseas operations make money to offset trouble in the US. In the domestic market,…
Everyone in the car industry waits for the once-a-year JD Power Initial Quality Study to come out. The poll looks at how many defects a car has in the first 90 days…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 14,436. Honda (HMC) rose 8.6% to 3790. Nissan rose 5.3% to 974. Toyota (TM) rose 3.2% to 5,570. The Hang Seng was…
GM (GM) reported a 28% drop in May domestic sales to 268,892 cars and trucks from 371,056 a year ago. Cars dropped 14% while trucks fell 37%. GM blamed strikes, including the…
Markets in Asia were mostly lower. The Nikkei fell 1.6% to 14,209. Canon fell 2.3% to 5660. Honda (HMC) fell 3.3% to 3490. The Hang Seng dropped 1.8% to 24,374. China Life…
Douglas A. McIntyre It is not 1876, and GM (GM) CEO Rick Wagoner does not have long blond hair. But, Mr. Wagoner is in mortal trouble and there may not be much he can do…
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei was up 1.5% to 13,893. Honda (HMC) was up 2.2% to 3300. KDDI was up 2.7% to 690000. The Hang Seng rose 1.2% to…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Asian economy’s may be severely damaged by rising oil and commodities prices. Reuters writtes that European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet say that the markets are going through an…
Introducing new car models is now all about the environment. Too much gas is bad for the ozone, global warming, and Al Gore. The race to create hybrids and vehicles which use…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Microsoft’s (MSFT) Steve Ballmber said his company will not bid for Yahoo! (YHOO). Reuters writes that HP’s (HPQ) operating margin rose to 10% in the last quarter. Reuters writes…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.7% to 13,926. Honda (HMC) fell 2.1% to 3350. KDDI fell 3.2% to 668000. The Hang Seng improved .8% to 25,371. China Petroleum (SNP)…
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