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Asia Market 9/27/2007
Markets in Asia rose. The Nikkei was up 2.4% to 16,832. Hitachi (HIT) was up 7% to 750. Toyota (TM() was up 1.6% to 6690. The Hang Seng rose 2.4% to 27,066.…
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Nintendo Becomes No.2 Market Cap Company In Japan
The FT writes that Nintendo is now the No.2 market cap company in Japan, trailing only Toyota (TM). While this may say something about the company’s video game platform sales lead over…
3:08am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/26/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Toyota (TM) says that its sales in the US may not rise this month. Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) will replace a number of damaged disks from its new…
2:50am ET
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Asia Markets 9/25/2007
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .6% to 16,402. NEC (NIPNY) rose 1.4% to 555. Toyota (TM) rose 1.2% to 6640. The Hang Seng fell .9% to 26,316. China Construction…
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Cars and Drivers
Ford Sticks To Profit Forecast, Maybe
Alan Mulally of Ford (F) is sticking to his forecast that the company will be profitable in 2009. But, according to Reuters, he admits that the mortgage crisis and economic slowdown could…
5:37am ET
Cars and Drivers
China Car Exports Getting Big Enough To Be Problem
It is easy to point to Chinese cars as being low-quality and cheap. But, in place like Africa and Latin America, that may not be such a bad thing. And, the US,…
2:48am ET
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Asia Markets 9/21/2007
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell .6% to 16,313. Sony (SNE) fell 1.8% to 5340. Toyota (TM) fell 1.9% to 6650. The Hang Seng rose .5% to 25,819. China Petroluem…
2:52am ET
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Asia Markets 9/19/2007
Markets in Asia were up sharply. The Nikkei rose 3.7% to 16,382. NEC (NIPNY) was up 4.5% to 559. Sony (SNE) was up 3.6% to 5490. Toyota (TM) was up 4.9% to…
8:23am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM: Wall St. Starts To Focus On Top Line
GM (GM) suffered an analyst downgrade today. Goldman Sachs moved the shares from "buy" to "neutral". In a way, it is a surprise that it did not happen sooner. On September 10,…
2:49am ET
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Asia Markets 9/14/2007
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1.9% to 16,127. Sony (SNE) rose 2.1% to 5,420. Totyota (TM) rose 2.4% to 6530. The Hang Seng rose 1.6% to 24,938. China Mobile…
6:33pm ET
Energy
The Business Day in Global Warming (SWY, BRK-A,TM, SPWR)
Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) has announced a new environmental project to power 23 California stores with renewable solar energy. The company installed solar panels atop a newly renovated Safeway Lifestyle store in Dublin,…
2:29am ET
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Asia Markets 9/13/2007
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose .2% to 15,821. Fujitsu fell 2.2% to 769. Toyota (TM) fell 1.1% to 6,380.Yahoo Japan fell 2.6% to 40900. The Hang Seng rose…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:15am ET
Cars and Drivers
VW Pick-Ups To Come After Toyota And GM
Detroit’s big profit machine is the SUV and pick-up markets. Even through sales in these categories have fallen off, the margin per unit has stayed strong. Unfortunately, Toyota (TM) has moved into…
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Asia Markets 9/10/2007
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 2.2% to 15,765. Toyota (TM) was down 2.4% to 6440. Sony (SNE) was down 6% to 4300. The Hang Seng rose rose .5% to…
7:35pm ET
Cars and Drivers
The Chinese Car Market: Oh Lord, Won’t You Buy Me A Mercedes Benz
The Chinese car market, like many things in the world’s most populated country, does not cease to astonish. China has passed Japan as the No. 2 vehicle market in the world, and…