5:26am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM China Sales Rise 55% To A Record
GM’s sales may be taking a thrashing in its home market, but Chines sales for the No.1 US car company are getting good enough to trump the company’s trouble in America, or…
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3:59am ET
Media
Media Digest 10/8/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: GM says most of its cost cutting is done and its sales chief left. Reuters: Spot gold hit a record above $1,050. Reuters: The Senate healthcare bill weighs in at $829…
6:00am ET
Cars and Drivers
Chrysler Fires Top Management As Sales Get Worse
Chrysler is in deep trouble. It is deep enough that analysts and the media have questioned whether it has enough cash to make it through a turnaround, especially in a harsh auto…
3:52am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/2/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The retirement package for Ken Lewis of Bank of America (BAC) may be as high as $125 million. Reuters: US car sales plunged in September with Ford (F) up and GM…
3:41pm ET
Cars and Drivers
Chrysler May Not Make It Another Year
Rumors, credible rumors, are beginning to circulate in the car industry and the automotive press, that Chrysler may not make it another year primarily due to its falling sales and growing financial losses…
5:53am ET
Cars and Drivers
Value Of Dollar Killing Japanese Car Profts, Could Help The Big Three
The expected recovery of the American car business was supposed to be based on huge cost cuts at all three domestic companies and improved product lines based largely on a desire among…
9:39am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors 9/25/2009 (GE)(TM)(F)(JPM)(AAPL)
Update: Verizon (VZ) may consider buying DirecTV (WSJ) Update: The Apple (AAPL) iPhone will cost an extraordinarily high $303 in China but the monthly service fee will be as low as $18.45…
5:32am ET
Cars and Drivers
The Global Car Industry Stays Brutal: Russians Cut 26,000 Jobs
The employee bloodletting in the automotive industry is not confined to the US where hundreds of thousands of factory workers have lost their positions over the last decade. The largest car company…
3:52am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The young and affluent in China may become more active consumers. Reuters: The G20 is looking to nurture the recovery and add financial safeguards. Reuters: Taxpayers may never get back all…
4:02am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: A dispute over tires is making trade talks among G20 nations difficult. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) will give Congress documents about Merrill. Reuters: Th G20 is looking at ways to…
9:10am ET
Cars and Drivers
The 24/7 Wall St. Interview With Ford CEO Alan Mulally
24/7 Wall St. sat down with Alan Mulally, who has been Ford’s (F) CEO for three years, on September 15. The interview covered Ford’s major plans, the global car markets, and the effects…
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Cars and Drivers
Toyota (TM) To Spend $1 Billion To Get Back US Momentum
2:10pm ET
Cars and Drivers
24/7 Wall St. TV: GM’s Own “Clunkers” Program
The “cash for clunkers” program was not kind to GM. It did not have a single vehicle on the list of the ten most purchased cars which was dominated by Toyota (TM),…
4:50am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM’s Own “Cash For Clunkers” Program
The “cash for clunkers” program was not kind to GM. It did not have a single vehicle on the list of the ten most purchased cars which was dominated by Toyota (TM),…
3:54am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/11/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: International bank regulators are looking at Brazil as a model. Reuters: John Mack will step down at Morgan Stanley’s (MS) CEO. Reuters: The SEC vowed reforms after its report on Madoff revealed mistakes.…