Last week carmaker Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) said that it had no plans to introduce an all-electric car into the Chinese market. Unlike both Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General…
John Chambers of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to preside over the company’s analyst meeting, perhaps for the last time. (Reuters) Merkel says the euro has no orderly method for a default. (Reuters) The…
The automobile industry is once again in a period of lowering demand for its vehicles and this may put two years of advances in jeopardy. Last week was a particularly bad week for this industry. Ford (NYSE: F)…
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) rolled out its 2012 model Camry in Japan yesterday. For the Japanese market, the carmaker will sell only the gasoline-electric hybrid. That puts the company on par…
Many economists said U.S. car sales were strong in August and that the improvement was a sign of a better trend in consumer spending. That was hardly true. Sales rose 7.5% to…
There’s really something odd about the latest deal from Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) to team up with Zipcar, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIP). Ford will provide up to 1,000 of its Escorts and…
Jon C. Ogg Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), Ford Motor Company…
An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew of a…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: is supposed to be one of the hotter media companies with its satellite radio dominance. It has a cult following, millions of subscribers, and it charges…
Europe posted anemic GDP growth in the second quarter of 2011, but the continent can still avoid a double-dip recession if European governments could solve a few problems. First is high unemployment…
Steve Jobs’s transition from CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to chairman has caused a great deal of ink to be spilt on the departure of other famous CEOs, such as Walt Disney,…
Short sellers appear to believe that the gyrations in the market will, on balance, bring the indices down. And some stocks, they are willing to gamble, will fall significantly. Their bets on…
Federal officials may consider cuts in food stamp programs that serve 46 million people. (Reuters) Housing prices probably continued to fall in July. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) and Ford (NYSE: F) to…
Two of the world’s largest car makers have announced a development project that could lead to a gasoline/electric hybrid drive train for light trucks and SUVs by the end of the decade.…
Auto sales now are expected to be well below estimates made earlier this year. They seemed to have recovered in the first half from the sickeningly low rates of 2008 and 2009.…
