GM (NYSE: GM) may be the No.1 car company in the world this year, after it lost that position to Toyota (NYSE: TM) three years ago. The change of fates has more…
Next week is going to get off to a slow start because of the post-Easter blues after a three-day weekend. We have pulled eleven earnings which we think traders will hone in on…
Fiat is about to buy another 16% of Chrysler which would take its total stake to 46%. The deal would involve a payment of $1.5 billion, which does not value the No.3…
In today’s commodities news another automaker is raising prices to meet higher commodity prices, corn and wheat continue to jostle for position as the higher-priced food, and gold prices keep climbing. General…
The Fed’s exit from QE2 may involve rate increases (Reuters) Deutsche Bank will restructure its US bank business to avoid regulation (WSJ) Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) new CEO will be carefully watched as…
The unemployment rate rose so fast in 2008 and 2009 that in some months the US lost more than 500,000 jobs. That trend has only begun to reverse itself this year, and…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS) Cut to Market Perform at…
Ford Motor (NYSE: F) CEO Alan Mulally made $26,520,515 in 2010, according to the company’s proxy. It is the cheapest $26 million the firm ever spent. Ford was at death’s door a year…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity…
Americans may cut back car purchase as shipments of automobiles from Japan fall due to the earthquake and tsunami there. The effect on US car companies would seem to be positive, but…
Chinese car maker BYD Co. (OTC: BYDDF) posted strong sales in 2008 and 2009 and predicted that sales in 2010 would nearly double, to about 800,000 units. In August, the company, in which…
General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) did not do its new shareholders much of a favor today by allowing Chris Liddell to resign this soon after the initial public offering. The former Microsoft…
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) has just recovered from a year that could have sunk lesser companies. Mere survival, though, is not Toyota’s goal. The company’s president and grandson of Toyota’s founder,…
The Federal Reserve may change it bond buying plans because of higher oil prices. (Reuters) Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) plans to double profits by 2015 through the launch of new hybrids and…
History could be about to repeat itself. In 2008, gasoline prices moved above $3/gallon and sales of gas-guzzling SUVs, pickups, and some cars plummeted. With gasoline prices moving inexorably toward $4/gallon today,…
