The retail industry, just off a successful holiday season, must now wait for data on how post-holiday sales went. The Monday after Christmas is one of the busiest of the year. Two…
Retailers hope that “mega Monday” sales continue a string of strong retail results. (Reuters) The MF Global disaster prompts requests that the systems for grain trading to be changed. (Reuters) Chinese investment…
As part of the race for ultra-high mileage cars, Toyota (NYSE: TM) has launched its Aqua hybrid. The car will also be called the Prius c. Toyota will sell the car for…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) will sell its LCD business to Samsung for $940 million. (Reuters) The yuan hits a high against the dollar and may gain 4% this year. (Reuters) Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN)…
It is amazing how large multinational car companies can see into the future and predict their sales with certainty. Toyota (NYSE: TM) says it will sell 8.48 million cars and light trucks…
Toyota (NYSE: TM) forecasts that it will sell 8.48 million cars and light trucks worldwide next year — up 20% from 2011. The prediction is based on two factors. The first is that…
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is working on a deal with Alibaba to sell part of its stake in the Chinese company. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) expects record sales next year of 8.48…
Toyota (NYSE: TM) expects record sales of 8.48 cars and light vehicles next year, 20% higher than this. The company believes its drive higher will be helped by the ability to get its…
This year is expected to be the best for domestic new car sales since 2006, the year before the recession began. The increase in buyer activity has been large enough that several…
Europe has cobbled together what appears to be a solution to the sovereign debt crisis. The markets do not believe in its efficacy. Most shares traded down once details were release. But…
Jon Corzine of MF Global says he does not know where much of the firm’s funds went. (Reuters) Samsung wins the legal fight over whether it can sell its tablet PC in…
Toyota (NYSE: TM) cuts its earnings forecast for the next year by 52%. It face a lack of parts from flooded industrial regions of Thailand. The value of the yen has also…
GM (NYSE: GM) has had enough problems with its Chevy Volt’s lithium-ion batteries that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a formal investigation into fires in several vehicles it has…
The sovereign debt problem in Europe gets more complex by the hour. The European Central Bank said it may intervene to buy paper issued by nations that are economically weak. This should…
An S&P downgrade of several large US banks and lack of progress on eurozone bailout plans knocked Asia stocks lower. The Nikkei 225 was off .51% to 8,435. The Hang Seng dropped…
