6:16am ET
Cars and Drivers
Toyota And BMW Forecasts Surge
Toyota (NYSE: TM) is supposed to be a company in trouble. BMW, on the other hand, is the car industry’s darling. But both raised their sales forecasts for the balance of the…
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6:13am ET
Investing
Media Digest (8/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The House approved a debt-ceiling compromise (Reuters) Fake Ikea stores have been set up in China (Reuters) Central Falls, RI declared Chapter 9 (Reuters) Canalys says Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android has 50%…
10:29am ET
Energy
New Gas Mileage Standards Creating Winners & Losers (JCI, XIDE, MXWL, BWA, HON, TSLA, GM, F, TM)
Last week’s announcement on new corporate average fuel economy rules, known as CAFE, got a lot of coverage for its headline number of average fleet mileage of 54.5 miles/gallon by 2025. The…
6:15am ET
Cars and Drivers
The US Car Market And The Collapse Of GM
GM (NYSE: GM) was supposed to be one of the largest beneficiaries of the recovery of the US car market. It had been through a bankruptcy with federal government aid which helped…
1:48pm ET
Investing
New 52-week Low for GM: Reacting to … What? (GM, F, TM)
In the absence of an agreement on a new US debt ceiling, the US government will stop paying its bills on Tuesday, August 4th, and, just like the rest of us, when…
6:07am ET
Cars and Drivers
Fiat Steals Chrysler From America
Chrysler is no longer an American-controlled company. Fiat bought the last stake owned by the U.S. government and now has 53% of the equity in the No.3 U.S. car firm. Taxpayers did…
6:00am ET
Investing
Ten Companies That Will Never Trade At Their All-Time Highs
Some of the best known publicly traded companies in the world have stocks that will never reach their all-time highs again. Many of them are not troubled firms. In a number of…
8:42am ET
Cars and Drivers
Which Companies Really Won The June Car Sales War (TM, GM, F, HMC)
June domestic car sales were a disappointment. GM (NYSE: GM) and Ford’s (NYSE: F) results were particularly tepid. GM’s sales were up 10.6% to 215,335. That was below its 17.1% growth Ford’s sales…
6:12am ET
Media
Media Digest (7/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Strauss-Kahn may be released because of fraudulent charges (NYT) Geithner may retire as Treasury Secretary (Reuters) The Fed Bullard said QE2 was similar to more rate cuts (Reuters) Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)…
6:17am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Odds that a Greek austerity bill will pass rose. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is near a deal to settle an MBS charge for $8.5 billion. (Reuters) A new Google (NASDAQ:…
6:18am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will launch a cloud version of Office to compete with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). (Reuters) Oil fell on Greek debt concerns. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) said its protected content made…
6:37am ET
Cars and Drivers
Nissan, Targets 8% Market Share, Announces The Rest Of The Car Industry Does Not Exist
Nissan said it plans to have 8% of the global market for light trucks and cars by the end of 2016. The Japanese manufacturer did not mention that every other global car…
6:56am ET
Cars and Drivers
Quality Ratings Have Little To Do With Car Sales
J.D. Power released its initial quality auto survey for this year which is based on questions put to 78,000 motorists. The headline most of the media carried about was that the Ford…
11:44am ET
Energy
Electric Car Maker Files for Bankruptcy, Sales for Others Still Slow (F, HEV, GM, TM, HMC, TSLA)
Norway’s entry in the electric vehicle (EV) sweepstakes, Think (or sometimes, Th!nk) has filed for bankruptcy because the company has been unable to find long-term financing. The company, once owned by Ford…
6:19am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Research In Motion (NASDAQ RIMM) shares were badly hurt due to weak earnings and an anemic forecast. (Reuters) Capital One will buy ING’s online unit for $9 billion. (Reuters) Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)…