Toyota Motor Corporation
NYSE: TM
$180.02
+$3.85 (+2.2%)
Closing Price on October 4, 2024
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Ford’s (F) new F-150 pick-up has to do well for the car market to have any kind of real comeback in the US. It is the company’s top selling vehicle and has a high profit-per-unit. According to...
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Ford (F) is about to release the latest version of its F-150 pick-up. Based on some data, the light truck has been the No.1 selling vehicle in the US for three decades. As is truck with most...
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Toyota (TM) says that it sold 9.37 million vehicles in 2007, up 6% from the year before. According to the AP, GM (GM) has not issued numbers for last year, but they should be very close to those...
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Tata Motors (TTM) of India is introducing its new $2,500 car. According to The New York Times "the company wants to provide four-wheel transportation for the first time to people accustomed to...
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According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) sold 4.3 million Xbox 360 video consoles in the last three months of the year, helped by its "Halo 3" game. Reuters writes that US auto sales were weak in...
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Over the last year, shares in Toyota (TM) are down well over 20%. The fact that GM (GM) and Ford (F) have fallen makes sense. They are still losing market share in a shrinking US car market. Toyota...
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It looks like December will be another ghastly month for US car companies. Based on a survey of auto analysts by Bloomberg, units moved by the old "Big Three" could drop 7% or so in the last month of...
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The Nikkei 225 will end the year down about 11%. The FTSE 100 will be slightly better than flat. The Swiss market will be down 3% and a number of other indices in Europe will close the year in the...
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Toyota (NYSE:TM) raised its forecasts for fiscal 2008 to 9.85 million vehicles, up 5.2% from the number of cars it expects to sell for its year ending March 31. That would mean the company would pass...
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Markets in Asia were up with several closed. The Nikkei rose .7% to 15,654. Docomo (DCM) rose 1.6% to 190000. Toyota (TM) rose 1.6% to 6,180. The Shanghai Composite rose .6% to 5,233. Data from...
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According to Reuters, Merrill Lynch (MER) raised enough money to increase its capital by $5.7 billion. Reuters writes that US shoppers came out in strength over the "Super Saturday" weekend. Sales on...
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Part of what was supposed to happen in Detroit this year was that the new UAW contract was going to lower costs for the Big Three. This would bring their cost to produce a vehicle more in line with...
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Chrysler is recalling over 575,000 vehicles. According to Reuters "long-term wear on the gear shift assembly could cause them to shift out of park without the key in the ignition." The move does no...
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Going back to 1962, GM (GM) sold half of all the cars bought in America. By 1981, it had only dropped to 45%. In 1999, the Big Three still had a 71% share of the US market. Based on November numbers,...
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Ford (F) and GM (GM) said they would cut back production for 2008. Demand is just not there due to higher fuel prices and a slow economy. But, that is not the entire reason. The US car companies now...
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