Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) just released its November auto sales, and it is pretty hard to get excited about the data. The company sold 118,818 units in November, below the 119,000…
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is submitting its plan to Congress, and interestingly enough it does not sound as dire as some might have guessed based upon the auto company’s prior presentations. …
Douglas A. McIntyre Look at the GM (GM) 10-Q. The company had $3.3 billion in sales, general, and administrative expenses. That is all of those white collar workers, the R&D and product development staffs, the…
A lot of fat, pork-barreling Congressmen who are supposed to vote on an auto bailout just want to go home for the holidays. Many of them are out of work. They were…
According to Reuters, JP Morgan (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), and Merrill Lynch (MER) will cut a total of almost 20,000 jobs. Reuters reports that Boeing (BA) will sign a new deal…
It is already December and it is time for corporations to have at least started their reviews for how to improve in 2009. Those reviews will involve many management reviews, and many…
GM (GM) has plants in Mexico. Ford (F) has plants in Wales, Germany, Turkey, and Spain. Chrysler has facilities in Canada. Almost all of their suppliers source and build key parts in…
Near the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, visible from several major highways, is a four-story tall replica of a Uniroyal tire. It was built for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York and was…
Ford (F) made another perverse move up today rising as much as 22% to $2.64. At this juncture, even if the federal govenment does extend loans to the US car companies the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Are the markets still unstable? Are they subject to sharp moves on a rumor or a whim? Ford (F) and GM (GM) are both up about 30% today. The reason is astonishingly…
Detroit is in real trouble. There has been some hope that the really healthy Japanese and European car companies could hold on to their credit ratings. Toyota (TM) has a bullet proof…
24/7 Wall St. interviewed Jesse Toprak, Executive Director of Industry Analysis at Edmunds.com. One of the largest issues looking at November domestic vehicle sales is whether bankruptcy rumors are pushing buyers away…
S&P does not appear to be willing to bet that the new administration will want to or be able to bail out GM (GM), Ford (F), and Chrysler. If the credit rating…
Verifone (PAY) JP Morgan cut rating. Drops to $2.38 from 52-week high of $48.61. Suntech (STP) Forecast below Wall St. estimates. Down to $5.60 from 52-week high of $90. Jones Apparel (JNY)…
This is not going to be a pleasant topic, but by now we are all probably more than used to unpleasant economic topics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average may follow its trend…
