Toyota Motor Corporation
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GM’s July sales fell 19%, more than any of the other major car companies, to 188,156. The number is down so much that without the Pontiac and Saturn brands that it plans to phase out, GM might not...
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Ford’s (F) July sales rose 2.3% to to 165,279. SUV sales were weak, off 36%, so cars and crossovers had to make up for that. GM’s sales moved sharply in another direction. They fell 19% to...
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Nissan’s new Leaf car doesn’t use any gas and it does not produce any emissions. It is electric and it will be available in the US, Japan, and Europe next year. Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn could...
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Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell a fraction of a percent to 10,352. Toyota (TM) rose on Ford’s (F) strong July numbers. The Hang Seng rose .2% to 20,620. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.5%...
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Ford (F) made two audacious decisions recently, decisions made in an industry where audacity is a distant memory that died when Lee Iaccoca left the business. William Clay Ford, Jr., the company’s...
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The $1 billion “Cash for Clunkers” program was an ideal way for the government to protect its $50 billion investment in GM by stimulating domestic car sales as the industry enters the critical...
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Reuters: China and the US vowed close ties to bring the economy out of recession. Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) are close to a search deal. Reuters: The Senate may drop a...
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Reuters: The recession has badly hurt investments in green technologies. Reuters: Obama called for deeper China ties with the US. Reuters: BP’s (BP) profits fell sharply. Reuters: ...
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VW’s plans to take over Porsche got a boost as the sports car company’s CEO was pushed out by his board. Wendelin Wiedeking leaves Porsche with a severance package worth $70 million. Porsche...
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GM recently made a number of optimistic comments about its future. These centered on its success in emerging markets such as China and its belief that it can keep 18% of the American market. There is...
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Once a year, Interbrand publishes a list of the “Best Global Brands”. The 2008 list was released last September. The next list will probably be out in about two months. The change in value is...
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Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) is putting more R&D in India. Reuters: CIT (CIT) confirmed that it rasied $3 billion. Reuters: Bernanke said Fed can control inflation. Reuters: ...
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It is not enough that two-thirds of The Big Three have gone through bankruptcy and that GM is controlled by the Treasury Department. Detroit has to contend with the more adroit and well-funded major...
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Markets in Asia were modestly higher. The Nikkei rose .6% to 9,355. Toyota (TM) moved up slightly. The Hang Send rose .7% to 18,681. HSBC (HBC) was up sharply. The Shanghai Composite rose .2% to...
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Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was up .8% to 9,344. Toyota (TM) rose sharply. The Hang Seng was up 1.3% to 1,6487. The Shanghai Composite fell .2% to 3,184. At the open in Europe, the FTSE...
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