When the most powerful company in an industry says it won’t makes it numbers, the ripples are bound to look like storm-driven waves. Toyota (TM), for so long certain that it would…
According to Reuters, the war between Northrop Grumman (NOC) and Boeing (BA) is now going on in Congress and the public. Reuters says Dell (DELL) will buy $23 billion of components in…
Ford (NYSE:F) is launching a mad new ad campaign with the tag-line "Ford. Drive One". The company is working with it local dealers to get them to push the same message. According…
Markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei was off 3.7% to 11.788. Sony (NYSE: SNE) was off 5.7% to 3960. Toyota (NYS: TM) was down 5.1% to 4830. The Hang Seng was…
Those rummaging through the garbage of 52-week low lists are usually bottom-fishing investors or desperate CEOs. But, the list is so broad that it has become a tableau of the market as…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.5% to 12,242. Sony (SNE) was off 2.3% to 4200. Toyota (TM) was off 3.1% to 5090. The Hang Seng roes .6% to 22,427.…
Toyota (NYSE: TM) says it expects car sales in North America to stay about the same as they were in 2007. That would man around 16 million units sold. "I believe U.S.…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Paulson will try to tighten rules at the state and federal levels to tighten mortgage standards. Reuters writes that Carlyle Capital was unable to reach a deal with it…
Bold words. VW says that by 2010 it can produce 10 million vehicles and pass Toyota (NYSE: TM) and GM (NYSE: GM) as the world’s largest car company. According to the Times…
GM (GM) CEO Rick Wagoner got kick upstairs to the realm of the Zeppelin pilots yesterday. The company said that he did not lose any of his authority, but it put in…
After a tough 2007, it would be hard to believe that a domestic car company could have a 13% drop in January sales. GM (NYSE: GM) did just that. The stock is…
Most markets in Asia fell sharply. The Nikkei fell 4.5% to 12,992. Canon was down 5.2% to 4570. Honda (HMC) was down 5.8% to 3070. Toyota (TM) was down 3.3% to 5560.…
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1.5% to 14,031. Sony (SNE) rose 2.3% to 5320. Toyota (TM) rose 1.5% to 6060. The Hang Seng moved up 3.4% to 24,483. China…
According to Reuters, Micorosft (MSFT) will open up some of its software code to rivals. Reuters reports that BP (BP) will try to get billions of more barrels out of Prudhoe Bay.…
Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off 3.3% to 13,310. Docomo (DCM) was off 4.6% to 165000. Sharp was off 5.6% to 1955. Toyota (TM) was off 3.5% to 6090. The…
