courtesy Ford Motor Co.2012 was a decent year for sales of alternative energy vehicles in the United States. Not a great year, but not bad. Sales of hybrids rose 61% over 2011…
courtesy of General MotorsThree years ago, China seemed so promising to foreign car companies. Annual sales of cars and light trucks passed those in the United States, which had been the largest…
ThinkstockCorporate governance issues are sometimes a blessing for shareholders, but they also can crush the rights of shareholders in many cases. Tracking CEO pay of large public companies is now considered open hunting…
courtesy of General MotorsFollowing the path set out earlier by Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and Chrysler Group, General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) posted double-digit sales gains in January.…
Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCAutomakers will be reporting January U.S. sales today, and based on the two already out, it appears that it was a very good month. Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F)…
thinkstockPMI data from Asia shows the slowing of economies there. (Reuters) A private equity buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may be only week away. (Reuters) The cost of beef has squeezed…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.Toyota Motor Corp.’s (NYSE: TM) future success has become a balancing act between two powerful forces. One is that sales based on new demand because its reputation for making excellent…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.The Big Three have a history with Detroit that goes back a century. Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), some divisions of General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Chrysler had…
Courtesy General Motors Co.A new 450,000-square foot paint shop, a new stamping press, and other upgrades to the General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) Fairfax plant in Kansas City will cost the company…
Paul Ausick courtesy of Kia MediaIn December 2012, new car and light truck sales in the U.S. came in at about 15.4 million units sold. According to TrueCar.com, forecast sales for January put new…
thinkstockJapan eased safety regulations on the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner in 2008. (Reuters) The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is not selling well in some of Asia’s affluent cities, including…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.On most business section front pages, both print and digital, much of the coverage has gone to the fact that Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) passed General Motors Co. (NYSE:…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe new annual data on union membership must be particularly depressing for labor leaders in states that have traditionally been their strongholds. New BLS data show that national union membership…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockWhen the U.S. Treasury and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) announced that GM had repurchased 200 million shares of Treasury-owned stock, the Treasury said it would sell the remaining 300 million shares…
Paul Ausick courtesy of General MotorsGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) said it will offer better prices on the next generation of Chevy Volts, the car company’s flagship electric car. Since almost no one buys…
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