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Cars and Drivers
Cadillac’s Irreversible Slide
When GM decided to close its Saturn and Pontiac brands it forgot to put a “do not resuscitate” sign on Cadillac. Cadillac is in trouble, and that trouble is likely to get…
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5:06pm ET
Investing
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 a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
3:23am ET
Investing
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 higher. The Hang Seng rose 1.1% to 22,125. HSBC (NYSE:HBC) was up.…
5:26am ET
Cars and Drivers
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 are getting good enough to trump the company’s trouble in America, or…
1:55pm ET
Cars and Drivers
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 way to know at this time just how broad the implications could…
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Cars and Drivers
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 cash to make it through a turnaround, especially in a harsh auto…
3:52am ET
Media
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: US car sales plunged in September with Ford (F) up and GM…
3:41pm ET
Cars and Drivers
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 it another year primarily due to its falling sales and growing financial losses…
5:53am ET
Cars and Drivers
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 domestic companies and improved product lines based largely on a desire among…
4:04am ET
Media
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 $3.4 trillion. Reuters: CIT (CIT) is close to a deal to give…
4:05am ET
Media
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 that caused most of the firm’s losses is back in US. Reuters: The…
9:39am ET
Investing
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 China but the monthly service fee will be as low as $18.45…
5:32am ET
Cars and Drivers
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 have lost their positions over the last decade. The largest car company…
5:03am ET
Cars and Drivers
Toyota (TM) To Spend $1 Billion To Get Back US Momentum
4:04am ET
Media
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. reform. Reuters: Oracle (ORCL) earnings missed targets. Reuters: Opel’s sales shows power…