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Asia Markets 7/17/2007
Markets in Asia were mixed with the Shanghai Composite up 1.9% to 3,896. The Nikkei was off .1% to 18,217. Honda (HMC) was down 1.1% to 4540. Sony (SNE) was down .9%…
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Asia Markets 7/9/2007
Markets in Asia rallied with the Nikkei hitting a seven-year high. The Nikkei rose .7% to 18,252. KDDI fell 1.3% to 900000. NTT (NTT) fell 1.1% to 544,000. Toyota (TM) rose .5%…
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Chinese Car Market Gets Crowded
Nissan wants to sell 300,000 cars in China this year. During 2006, the company moved 220,000 units. The Japanese company is even beginning to market its luxury Inifiniti line to the upper…
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GM’s (GM) Market Share Drives Off A Cliff
Edmunds writes that GM’s (GM) North American market share in the most recent month dropped to 22.1%. In 2002, during the same month, the number was 30.2%. The latest number is a…
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Top 10 Stock Issues Review of This Week (July 6, 2007)
Stock Tickers: CME, BOT, DFS, RIMM, AAPL, AA, RTP, AL, AMD, MOT, ALU, MPEL, GM, TM, BIDU, INTC, DELL, MSFT If the CME (CME) and CBOT (BOT) doesn’t get approved next week,…
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GM’s (GM) Armageddon
Not enough lip stick for this pig. GM’s (GM) June sales dropped 21%. The company has no excuses, since its sales of low margin vehicle to rental car fleets were down 22%.…
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Asia Markets 7/2/2007
Markets in Asia were mixed and Hong Kong was closed for a holiday. The Nikkei was up a fraction to 18,146. Sony (SNE) was down .3% to 6310. Toyota (TM) was flat…
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How GM’s (GM) Stock Doubled
Consider this. Since late December 2005, GM’s (GM) stock has doubled to about $38. With all of the excitement about the sale of Chrysler, Daimler’s (DCX) stock is up 80%. Ford (F)…
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Ford (F) And GM (GM): More Slow Sales?
Ford (F) is offering zero percent financing on a number of its 2007 cars and light trucks. So is GM (GM). Not exactly a move from a position of strength. Since this…
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Media Digest 6/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) will alter its Vista operating system so that it works better with Google (GOOG) and other companies that have search functions for the desktop. Reuters writes that…
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Toyota Brings the Caskets to the Big Three (TM, GM, F, DCX)
Toyota’s (TM-NYSE) strength in US market share is probably only getting bigger and bigger from here on out. They aren’t perfect and they will probably have some stumbles along the way, but…
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Overseas Market News (MAY 9, 2007)
VALUE CHANGE % CHANGENIKKEI 17,748.12 91.28 0.52%Shanghai Comp …