The country’s largest automobile dealership, AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN) reported that January sales rose to 15,966 vehicles, up 7% year-over-year. The sales growth follows yesterday’s reports from General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM),…
A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. That’s an 84% increase from 10 years ago and the highest amount advertisers have ever had to…
Car stocks traded mixed the day before the companies release January sales data. The number are expected to be as strong, if not stronger than those at the end of last year.…
The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) doled out more than $700 billion in 2009 and 2010, mostly to aid troubled banks boost their liquidity. More than $500 billion has been repaid, with…
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is getting clocked today after earnings. Some of the news should have been anticipated that Thai floods affected its supply chain in Asia because the company already…
Greece and its creditors are close to a deal on the nation’s debt swap. (Reuters) A judge rules that some of the Gulf spill costs to be covered by Transocean (NYSE: RIG) will…
Car sales in the US continue to defy economic gravity. After a 2011 in which sales rose sharply despite a shaky economy, Truecar says January sales will continue the trend. It is a sign…
Chinese consumers bought 18.5 million automobiles in 2011, and the top pick was a Buick Excelle made by General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM). Some 254,000 of the Excelle were sold last year…
Paul Ausick The most successful car in history may be the Ford Model T. While other models may have sold more vehicles, Ford managed to sell nearly 17 million cars from 1908 to 1927…
For the first time in a long time, short sellers have increased their bets that the stock prices of most large companies and in most large sectors will fall. The NYSE and…
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) has raised its 2012 annual global sales forecast to 8.58 million units, an increase of 100,000 from the company’s previous forecast. Toyota expects to sell…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has another blow-out quarter driven by iPhone sales. (Reuters) Japan has its first trade deficit since 1980. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) posts weak earnings on a revenue drop. (Reuters)…
Americans are used to the U.S. being the leader, or a top-ranked nation, in many areas. But in a number of industries and businesses, the U.S. has lost that first place, usually…
Researchers at Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) have been able to develop a new type of motor for the company’s hybrid cars that does not include the use of the expensive rare…
Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), one of the most troubled large tech companies in the world, replaced its two long-time CEOs. The move may do little to help the firm. It has…
