Senior management at Chrysler has told The Wall Street Journal that the company plans to "expand outside North America by licensing vehicle production, outsourcing manufacturing and building cars in joint ventures with…
Markets in Asia fell sharply The Nikkei fell 5.4% to 15,274. Canon (CAJ) fell 8.6% to 5400. Honda (HMC) fell 8.2% to 3470. Sony (SNE) fell 6.8% to 5050. The Hang Seng…
Markets in Asia were off sharply. The Nikkei fell 2.4% to 16,764. Bridgestone fell 5% to 2555. Canon (CAJ) fell 3.9% to 6240. Honda (HMC) fell 3.4% to 3880. The Hang Seng…
Douglas A. McIntyre Tom LaSorda, Chrysler’s CEO, was kicked out of the corner office today. Maladroit manager Robert Nardelli, who did his best to sink Home Deport (HD) while CEO there, gets the top job…
Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei rose .7% to 16,984. Canon (CAJ) was upp 3.3% to 6540. Honda (HMC) was down 1.7% to 4170. Sony (SNE) was down 1.3% to 6010.…
The UAW negotiations with GM (GM), Ford (F), and Chrysler (DCX) has awakened a sleeping dog. Why isn’t Toyota unionized in the US? The media is filled with data on how much…
Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei was off 2.4% to 17,284. Canon (CAJ) was off 5.5% to 6510. Honda (HMC) was down 2.5% to to 4910. Sony (SNE) was up 1.1%…
It is not enough that the Big Three have to contend with Toyota (TM) gaining market share in the US every month. Honda’s (HMC) earnings and guidance suggested that the company will…
According to Reuters, Amazon’s (AMZN) sales and earnings rose and the stock was up almost 20% after hours. Reuters writes that the CEO of XM Satellite (XMSR) will step down next month.…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was down .8% to 17,888. Canon (CAJ) was down 1.9% to 7050. Hitachi (HIT) was up 2.9% to 916. Honda (HMC) was down 1.8% to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.1% to 17,963. Canon (CAJ) was down 1.3% to 7110. Honda (HMC) was down 2% to 4460. NTT (NTT) was down 2.6% to 529000.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Asia rose. The Nikkei was up .2% to 18,157. Canon (CAJ) rose 1.8% to 7300. Honda (HMC) rose 1.8% to 4550. Docomo (DCM) fell 1.1% to 181000. The Hang Seng…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters net income at Ebay (EBAY) rose 50%. Reuters reports that net income at IBM (IBM) rose 12% on strength in its software business. Reuters writes that Vodafone’s (VOD) revenue…
Another study has come out showing the lack of a connection between brand reputation and share price activity. Harris Interactive "best brands" survey was based on a poll of 2,372 adults from…
Markets in Asia were mixed with the Shanghai Composite up 1.9% to 3,896. The Nikkei was off .1% to 18,217. Honda (HMC) was down 1.1% to 4540. Sony (SNE) was down .9%…
