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Media Digest 5/15/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters   SEC employees are under investigation for insider trading Reuters   Treasury has approved several insurance companies for receiving TARP funds Reuters  …

Toyota (TM) Is Mortal

Toyota (TM), the most successful car company of the last two decades, suffered several of the indignities that other car…

Media Digest 5/8/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, stress tests results will force ten banks to have to raise nearly $75 billion. Reuters reports that…

April Car Sales: Worse For The Japanese Than Detroit (TM)(HMC)(GM)(F)

In a bit of a role reversal, the US light vehicle  sales of the large Japanese car companies did worse…

Why Chrysler Doesn’t Matter

By the time Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 yesterday, it was no longer a large American company. Although the firm…

If The Government Owns The Car And Bank Industries, How Does It Get Money Back? (BAC)(C)(GM)(TM)

By the middle of the year, the federal government will own large, and in some cases, controlling interests, in two car…

When The Government Funds Companies To Fire People

GM (GM) must fire another 21,000 factory workers, as part of a plan to get an additional $11.6 billion in…

Is GM (GM) Worth $130 Billion?

On news that GM (GM) has put together a new and very aggressive restructuring program, its shares are higher by…

When Does GM (GM) Get Too Small To Survive

Media Digest 4/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, a bill to restrict credit card charges cleared a key committee in Congress. Reuters reports that Ken…

GM (GM) Finally Looks In The Mirror

For all of the restructuring work that GM (GM) has done, all the layoffs, and negotiations with the UAW and…

Chairman Mao Gets Into The Car Business (SNP)(PBR)(TM)(HMC)(GM)(RTP)

The Chinese government has become more aggressive about buying foreign assets.  Chinese leaders recently said they would begin to make…

VW No.1 Car Company Worldwide? An Industry Where It Does Not Matter

VW may have passed Toyota (TM) as the world’s No.1 car company just as Toyota passed GM (GM) a year…

Media Digest 4/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, banks may be hard hit by the bankruptcy of General Growth (GGP) and future commercial real estate defaults.…

Fixing GM (GM) May Just Be Practice For The Government’s Next Bailout

GM’s (GM) stock trades at $1.71, which is not even its 52-week low. Several news outlets have reported that the…