Filed under: Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM)2008 will be the year that both General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) went down in recent history as the complete sandbags those companies have really become. Both are losing money hand over fist (save for Ford’s most recent profit surprise), and are struggling with trying to provide vehicles customers actually want to buy -- as distinct from vehicles they were projecting to produce.GM CEO Rick Wagoner said recently that a GM bankruptcy won’t be coming, although the automaker then announced it would be laying off even more workers as it digs and scratches its way to some type of profitability. A question then came up in the market again: would a foreign auto company be willing to take a stake in either American icon? How about those up-and-coming Chinese automakers who are cranking out fuel-efficient cars by the boatload and could be seen as very eager to enter the...
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The Paris Motor Show offered the perfect platform for the launch of the all-new, redesigned Ford Ka. This compact city car — always a joy to drive — has been one of Ford Motor Company’s biggest European successes. Now it’s updated with Ford of Europe’s hallmark “kinetic design,” improved with even more responsive driving dynamics, and outfitted with fuel-efficient, carbon-friendly engine technology.
The new compact car still looks unmistakably like a Ka. But striking, dramatic ang...
Standard and Poor’s said today it may cut its ratings on General Motors and Ford Motor Co. and their finance units, deeper into junk territory on weak global auto sales.
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De Ford Motor Co en de Chrysler Group gaan terug naar die oude standby van auto detailhandel - geven van prikkels.Dit is de auto 'manier om uit de buurt van de blijvende nosedives trekken en verkoop.
Ford eerder aangekondigd van een nieuw pakket van stimulansen aan een meer agressieve reclamecampagne.Chrysler, aan de andere kant, nu is het aanbieden van een gratis upgrade naar een HEMI motor.De deal is een deel van de automaker van maart "Truck Maand" promotie die ook functies cash prikkels...
Filed under: Internet, Getting started, Small business, TechnologyBack in the late 1990s, Parker Conrad and Michael Sha daytraded from their dorm room. At first, it went very well - that is, until the dot-coms crashed.
Despite all this, they are still stock market junkies. In fact, they have created a unique site for traders to hang out in -- Wikinvest. But this is no fly-by-night operation -- the company recently snagged $2.5 million in venture capital.
However, are wikis really a good platfo...
Crude oil prices rose above $90 overnight as the US dollar sunk to a new low against the euro, according to the FT.
The paper says that "persistent worries about tight supplies ahead of the winter peak season and fresh geopolitical tensions also helped to push prices higher."
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.Permalink | Email this | Comments...
Filed under: BooksLooking at global warming, water scarcity, increasing pollution and population, and declining natural resources, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that these problems are too large and intractable, no matter how much money and effort we throw at them. Stuart Hall’s Capitalism at the Crossroads: Aligning Business, Earth and Humanity, with a foreword by recent Noble Peace Prize recipient Al Gore, provides reason for cautious optimism. Just as concentrated human c...
Filed under: Good news, Consumer experience, Money and Finance Today, Personal financeYou will soon be able to stop everyone from using your good credit name, even if you have not yet had the misfortune of dealing with the mess created by a stolen identity. That’s because by November 1 all three credit bureaus will allow you to "freeze" your credit report, which means no one can access your report until you give them permission.
It’s not only a good idea to prevent identity theft, ...
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