Ford Motor Company
NYSE: F
$11.24
Closing Price on October 24, 2024
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Because Chrysler is now a private company, no one outside the corporation and its investors has a precise picture of its finances. Through the first nine months of this year, Chrysler sold 1.18...
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In a recession, people are supposed to be able to buy soap, hamburgers, beer, and video games. This downturn may be worse than most. Electronic Arts (ERTS), posted a net loss of $310 million and said...
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According to Reuters, the economy contracted in the third quarter as consumer spending dropped sharply. Reuters writes that Fidelity Magellan Fund bought shares in big banks in September including...
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It has only taken a week for the global auto business to rebound from one of its worst periods in decades. GM (GM) is close to a deal to buy Chrysler. The Federal Reserve may kick in $10 billion to...
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In a sign that the car industry is alive and well, the market cap of VW passed Exxon (XOM) to move it into first place worldwide. According to Bloomberg, the stock rose when "Porsche SE announced...
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Porsche is not a very big car company, but it has had some special rights to buy a significant amount of equity in the largest car company in Europe–VW. The VW management has not warmed to the...
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For the period ending October 15, short sellers got out of most banks and brokerage stocks. That is a shame for them. They could have made a killing this week. The short interest in Citigroup (C)...
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According to Reuters, disappointing earnings pushed Wall St. down. Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) profits dropped and the company will cut jobs. Reuters writes that Kirk Kerkorian sold part of...
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Billionaire, or at least still multimillionaire, Kirk Kerkorian sold a large piece of his stake in Ford (F). The transaction amounted to 7.3 million shares at $2.43 each. The is only a tiny part of...
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GM (GM) may not be able to come up for the money to marry Chrysler. The deal could involve firing 60,000 people and paying their severance. The process of putting the two companies together would...
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There is an arcane rule in the Federal Reserve charter that allows it to provide funding to organizations outside the banking system. It is buried under dust and cob webs somewhere in the basement of...
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Founded during The Great Depression, the UAW is now more than seventy years old. Henry Ford once supposedly said that the union would organize Ford (F) workers over his dead body. Ford is gone now....
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Most corporations have bylaws about how many board members they must have. The federal government requires that boards of directors keep enough outside members to maintain independent audit and...
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A year ago, it would have been hard to find people who would believe that Sirius XM (SIRI) or Charter Communications (CHTR) would trade below $1. Sirius had a 52-week high of $3.92. Its merger, which...
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Toyota is not supposed to have to give out any incentives to sell its cars. They perform better than other vehicles in customer satisfaction tests. They get good gas mileage. Toyota virtually...
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