8:10am ET
Energy
Chevy Volt: 93 PG?
GM (NYSE: GM) says the miles-per-gallon equivalent that its new Chevy Volt will get depends on how it is driven. The No.1 US car company says “The Volt is a complex vehicle…
Douglas A. McIntyre GM Coverage Page 178
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:58am ET
Media
Media Digest 11/24/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: SAP will pay Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) $1.3 billion for copyright infringement. Reuters: The FBI sent warnings to a number of more hedge funds. Reuters: The euro fell to two month lows…
8:40am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADI, ABX, BRCM, DVA, FTNT, GRS, GM, GG, HNT, HMIN, NEM, POT, SVVS, SPWRA, STP, X, YGE)
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Reiterated Buy but raised target to $46 at Gleacher…
2:32pm ET
Cars and Drivers
GM Analyst Call Lacks Conviction (GM, F)
General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) may have been one of the top IPOs of American history. It was also one of the biggest bankruptcies in American history. S&P Equity Research has decided…
10:25am ET
Investing
Volkswagen and Toyota Fight for #1 Spot
German automaker Volkswagen AG (OTC: VLKAY) doesn’t exactly say that it wants to be the world’s largest carmaker. Instead it says that it plans “to make Volkswagen the world’s most future-proof automotive…
9:03am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM’s IPO Sets Stage for Other Autos (GM, F, TTM, HMC)
Government Motors is now back to being General Motors (NYSE: GM). The taxpayer will start to recollect some of the bailout money, although shares would have to be far far higher for…
9:11am ET
Energy
GE’s $500 Million Electric Car Push (GE, GM)
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is furthering its ambitions to promote cleaner energy and its Ecomagination initiative, although this is actually a company-wide issue. GE has announced that it will purchase 25,000…
5:19am ET
Cars and Drivers
Does Anyone Want To Buy A New Car? Not While The Old One Still Runs
Car manufacturers will announce their domestic sales for October today. Analysts expect them to be good, although that is relative. The annual run rate of US vehicle sales will probably be below…
6:46am ET
Investing
America’s Biggest Companies, Then and Now (1955 to 2010)
Today’s corporate America is dominated by service companies, tech firms, and huge retailers which have thousands of locations and hundreds of thousands of workers. At the end of the decade following WWII,…
7:26am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM’s IPO Hurdle: Investors Don’t Want Shares (GM, F)
GM’s largest problem for the IPO seems to be investor skepticism. Late yesterday came the SEC filing paperwork from General Motors for its long awaited initial public offering. There has been a…
3:54pm ET
Cars and Drivers
At Last, GM’s Full IPO Filing, Common & Preferred Stock
General Motors is out with its S-1 filing. In short, its IPO filing is now out and official. Terms are not disclosed and the amount listed for filing purposes was $100 million…
Jon C. Ogg 11:13am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM IPO Has To Be Without Whitacre As CEO (GM, AXP)
General Motors has already reported earnings and is due to file its paperwork with the SEC soon for its upcoming IPO. But things just got complicated. General Motors announced that Ed Whitacre…
7:51am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM Earnings Report Sets Tone for IPO
General Motors, or Government Motors, has two key data points for today. First is the earnings report. Second is that it is about to formally file for its initial public offering. Revenue…
Jon C. Ogg 8:44pm ET
Jobs
GM’s CEO Edward Whitacre, Jr: The Great Pretender
Ed Whitacre, the former chairman and CEO of AT&T and current head of GM looks like the Wizard of Oz scarecrow—tall and under-stuffed. Whitacre, however, can afford to buy new straw. He…
4:07am ET
Media
Media Digest (7/6/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
MarketWatch: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was upped to overweight at JPM. Reuters: Large shareholders of BP plc (NYSE: BP) were against the oil company raising a large sum of capital by…