Car Sales in Europe Almost Disappear
courtesy Ford Motor Co.The number of cars sold in Europe reached a historic low in January, and there is not a bit of evidence that the situation will improve soon. The storm…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.The number of cars sold in Europe reached a historic low in January, and there is not a bit of evidence that the situation will improve soon. The storm…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, dragged down by weak economic data from Europe. Germany, France, Italy, and Greece all reported worse-than-expected GDP contraction for the fourth quarter of 2012, and…
Wikimedia CommonsGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the automaker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.54 on revenues…
ThinkstockThe top-selling cars in the U.S. in January came from General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) with total sales of about 195,000 vehicles, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) with sales of about 166,000,…
courtesy of Volkswagen of AmericaVolkswagen, which many industry experts expect to pass General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) as the world’s largest car company within the next…
TheDapperDan via Wikimedia CommonsPreventing Currency Wars The Group of Seven nations have agreed to provisions to prevent currency wars. The prospect that countries might protect their trade via currency valuation manipulation has…
ThinkstockFor every story about the impoverished, the unemployed and the starving around the world, there is one about the lives of the rich and famous. Billionaire lists offset those of African farms…
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…