Toyota : TM

Cadillac’s Irreversible Slide

When GM decided to close its Saturn and Pontiac brands it forgot to put a “do not resuscitate” sign on…

The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World

There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which…

Asia Market And Europe Open (10/15/2009)

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 2.1% to 10,273. Sony (NYSE:SNE), Toyota (NYSE:TM), and Honda (NYSE:HMC) were all…

GM China Sales Rise 55% To A Record

GM’s sales may be taking a thrashing in its home market, but Chines sales for the No.1 US car company…

ITC Investigation: Toyota Hybrid Patents (TM)

Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) is not trading lower on a patent investigation in the United States.  There is no…

Chrysler Fires Top Management As Sales Get Worse

Chrysler is in deep trouble. It is deep enough that analysts and the media have questioned whether it has enough…

Media Digest (10/2/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   The retirement package for Ken Lewis of Bank of America (BAC) may be as high as $125 million. Reuters:  …

Chrysler May Not Make It Another Year

Rumors, credible rumors, are beginning to circulate in the car industry and the automotive press, that Chrysler may not make…

Value Of Dollar Killing Japanese Car Profts, Could Help The Big Three

The expected recovery of the American car business was supposed to be based on huge cost cuts at all three…

Media Digest 9/30/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   China celebrated 60 years of communist rule as a capitalist economy. Reuters:   The IMF cut global debt write-offs to…

Media Digest 9/29/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   China may hold the key to a sanctions program against Iran. Reuters:   The head of the AIG (AIG) unit…

Today’s Best Market Rumors 9/25/2009 (GE)(TM)(F)(JPM)(AAPL)

Update: Verizon (VZ) may consider buying DirecTV (WSJ) Update: The Apple (AAPL) iPhone will cost an extraordinarily high $303 in…

The Global Car Industry Stays Brutal: Russians Cut 26,000 Jobs

The employee bloodletting in the automotive industry is not confined to the US where hundreds of thousands of factory workers…

Toyota (TM) To Spend $1 Billion To Get Back US Momentum

Media Digest 9/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   The competition to dominate the green car market is increasing. Reuters:   Obama will pressure the G20 on Wall St.…