These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. They include Apollo Education, Ford, GM, Alkermes and Cognizant Technology.
Courtesy Volkswagen AGVolkswagen’s attempt to become the world’s number one car company by unit sales runs through the United States. And the American market has not been kind to it. For the…
thinkstockApril 1, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following a rise in the ISM manufacturing data that was a bit smaller than expected by solid nonetheless. Automakers sales reports were also stronger…
courtesy of Chrysler GroupAutomakers reported March U.S. sales throughout the morning Tuesday, and contrary to all predictions, sales rose across the board for all but one of the major carmakers. Apparently even…
ThinkstockWhile new car prices rose 1.4% to an average of $31,995 in March, Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMC) was able to raise its, while Nissan had to cut its sharply. Though…
courtesy of Fiat SpAThe year 2013 was a good one for Fiat SpA. The Italian company was able to acquire the 41.5% stake in U.S. carmaker Chrysler that it did not already…
courtesy of Chrysler GroupU.S. car sales in March are expected to rise to 1,477,000 units, a 1.7% gain from a year ago . The pace is not the sort the industry came to…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) CEO Alan Mulally will be remembered for two things. The first is that he turned around the No. 2 U.S. car maker and kept…
One measure of vehicle popularity is which vehicles people search for online. Edmunds, the car research site, keeps records of search volume by vehicle. Here is a look at the Edmunds top…
ThinkstockThe March forecast for new car sales calls for a year-over-year increase of 2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 15.7 million units according Kelley Blue Book (KBB). The forecast for…
Tesla Motors is without a doubt the most exciting U.S. automobile manufacturing story of the past couple of decades. The real question to ask is how much being able to tell that…
ThinkstockCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) and Toyota Motors Corp. (NYSE: TM) are said to be making history with the first “green bond” of asset-backed securities in the auto industry. Green bonds are securities…
courtesy of Chrysler GroupWith gas prices rising to their highest levels in months, American buyers of cars, SUVs and pickups may become more fuel-efficiency-conscious as they shop for new cars. Some of…
courtesy of Fiat SpACar companies continue to have high levels of vehicles in inventory, particularly at their dealer locations. This, as well as worry that the economic recovery may have lost steam,…
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner received the top grade in Glassdoor's new "Highest Rated CEOs 2014." The rating is based on employee answers to the question, "Do you approve of the way your…
