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Special Report
America’s Most Fuel Efficient Cars
With gasoline prices inching closer to $4 and even $5 a gallon, more Americans will make high gas mileage a priority when they buy their next car. The good news is that…
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Cars and Drivers
As Car Business in U.S. Brightens, in Europe It Gets Uglier
February car sales in the U.S. will be at multimonth highs and the annual sales run rate will be 14 million. Chrylser has already announced a 40% improvement. That is still well…
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Media
Media Digest (3/1/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Statements by Bernanke about the uneven economy push stocks down. (Reuters) Chinese factory activity grows more than expected in February. (Reuters) Facebook sets new advertising tools for major marketers ahead of its…
6:39am ET
Cars and Drivers
The Car Company Merger Model
The recent history of the results of car company mergers is mixed. Renault and Nissan virtually merged in 1999 and share Carlos Ghosn as their CEO. There is no compelling evidence that the…
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Investing
Chinese Officials Must Now Buy Chinese-Made Cars (TM, GM, F)
The Chinese government over the weekend issued a rule requiring government officials to buy only Chinese-branded cars. The rule is intended to help support the country’s automakers who have seen sales fall…
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Media
Media Digest (2/27/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The BP (NYSE: BP) oil trial is delayed for settlement talks. (Reuters) G20 ministers and central banks say Europe has to add money to its own funds before seeking outside aid. (Reuters)…
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Media
Media Digest (2/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
President Obama may propose a new corporate tax rate. (Reuters) The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will examine overdraft fees. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will hold its annual meeting with the company in…
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Cars and Drivers
Ford the Latest to Waiver on Chinese Growth
Chinese sales have been a backbone of General Motors’ (NYSE: GM) and Volkswagen’s earnings for several years. These firms have ridden their shares of the world’s largest car and light truck market to strong profit…
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Media
Media Digest (2/21/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
Europe reaches a deal to bail out Greece, but not all details are set. (Reuters) Japan and the U.S. agree on how much Japan will take in cuts to its import of Iranian…
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Cars and Drivers
The Least Dependable Cars in America
People buy cars based on personal appeal, price, performance, fuel efficiency and reliability. Reliability is among the most important factors for most consumers. A car or light truck that runs without problems…
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Cars and Drivers
Why GM Should Keep Opel
General Motors (NYSE: GM) has been in the news this week for two reasons. One is presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s views about whether the government should have bailed out the car maker.…
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Investing
Automobile Dependability at Historically High Reading (MHP, TM, F)
According to automobile industry research firm J.D. Power & Associates, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (NYSE: MHP), dependability ratings on 2009 cars after three years on the road have hit…
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Cars and Drivers
Suddenly, China’s Car Market Falls Apart
One reason investors like to own General Motors (NYSE: GM) stock is that that company is the leading car manufacturer in China, when its local partners’ sales results are added to its own.…
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Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (2/7/2012) New Nokia Phone, Toyota Recovery
Greece continues to demonstrate that it can teeter almost indefinitely between austerity and the grant of aid packages without a short-term resolution to its sovereign debt crisis. The latest development is that the ruling coalition…
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Special Report
America’s Shrinking Corporate Giants
It is rare for one of America’s largest companies to lose a third or more of its sales in a brief time. When it happens, it is usually either because of market…