General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) may have been one of the top IPOs of American history. It was also one of the biggest bankruptcies in American history. S&P Equity Research has decided…
German automaker Volkswagen AG (OTC: VLKAY) doesn’t exactly say that it wants to be the world’s largest carmaker. Instead it says that it plans “to make Volkswagen the world’s most future-proof automotive…
Government Motors is now back to being General Motors (NYSE: GM). The taxpayer will start to recollect some of the bailout money, although shares would have to be far far higher for…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut…
The GM IPO will be the largest eve.r (Reuters) Regulators indicated banks may face large write-offs on mortgages. (Reuters) Demand for the Chevy Volt has risen quickly. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) expected…
The new performance scorecard from Truecar.com which it describes as how it “measures the overall performance of a brand or manufacturer based on pricing, sales, incentives, customer loyalty, market share, and inventory…
GM has increased the price per share of its IPO from about $26 to nearly $33 and ratcheted up the number of shares it will offer by 30% to 478 million shares,…
Irrelevant CNBC has reported that GM will not allocate any shares in its IPO for customers of Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW), TDAmeritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD), and E*Trade (NASDAQ: EFTC). That means retail investors…
Short sellers moved into the shares of large financial firms, perhaps sensing the effects of new regulation and an exit from proprietary trading businesses. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE: C) rose…
Chrysler still bleeds money based on its third quarter earnings release. The numbers stand in contrast to recent profits reported by GM, Ford Motor (NYSE: F), and Toyota (NYSE: TM). The figures…
Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) announced its earnings for the quarter that ended September 30, and they were impressive. The company damaged its reputation due to millions of recalls and the recent value…
In the midst of the one of the worst car sales environments in US history, GM has announced details of its IPO. If the company were not the leading auto company in…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Republicans took control of the House but not the Senate. Solar panel maker Solyndra was forced to halt expansion, to some extent because of Chinese competition. (NYT) Cotton prices will cause clothing…
Car manufacturers will announce their domestic sales for October today. Analysts expect them to be good, although that is relative. The annual run rate of US vehicle sales will probably be below…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
