Courtesy General Motors Co.Saying that the company “has been on a steadily improving operational and financial trajectory since it emerged from bankruptcy,” Moody’s Investors Service on Monday lifted its rating on General…
Courtesy General Motors Co.U.S. automakers have a lot at stake in the battle for sales of full-size pickup trucks. Nearly 1.3 million pickups have been sold this year through the end of…
Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCThe Financial Times reports that Chrysler may file for an initial public offering (IPO) as early as this week, a decision made by CEO Sergio Marchionne, who also runs…
Courtesy Toyota Motor Corp.After being third behind GM and Volkswagen in 2011, Toyota regained the top spot in 2012 as the largest auto manufacturer in the world, according to a recent report.…
courtesy of MicrosoftIt turns out that smaller is better, at least in the world of personal computers. This runs against the tide of other industries. In the fast-food business, bigger burgers are…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.August was a very good month for U.S. sales of cars and light trucks. Industry research firm Kelley Blue Book (KBB) now estimates that seasonally adjusted annual sales in…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.Automakers reported August sales throughout the day today, and the month was a big one for most carmakers. Based on analysts’ estimates, the seasonally adjusted annual sales rate for…
Courtesy Toyota Motor Corp.The various models of the Prius from Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) are the best-selling hybrid vehicles in the United States. As of the end of July, the three…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsWithin the first hour of trading on Monday morning, shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have risen more than 3% and the company’s market cap has risen to…
courtesy of General MotorsElectric cars have only one problem. No one wants to own one. That might change because of the wildly positive publicity around the success of Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.When Toyota Motor Corp.’s (NYSE: TM) U.S. sales collapsed four years ago, and did not make any recovery for three, most industry analysts blamed recalls and the effects of…
ThinkstockNew U.S. car sales for the month of August, including fleet sales, are expected to reach 1.46 million units, remaining on track to reach total 2013 sales of 15.6 million units, according…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Lincoln, the luxury division of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), remains in the basement of mainline luxury brands, with a market share of less than 6% so far this year.…
August 16, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following big down day on Thursday. In the U.S., the Census Bureau’s report on July housing starts put up a positive number,…
Another Friday is here, and it is time to reflect on the stock market volatility that has picked up in the past couple of weeks. Investors likely are wondering which stocks may have…
