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Strategist Sees 'Defensive' Posture At Fiat Chrysler
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 2:42pm | 367Read More...Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) wants to cut debt and gain market share, a strategist told Benzinga Wednesday. The London-based company plans to spin off a stake in its Ferrari unit later this year and had hoped to get an acquisition offer from General Motors Company (NYSE: GM...
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Morgan Stanley, Facebook, Coke... Some Huge Names Report Earnings This Week
Sunday, April 19, 2015 - 3:00pm | 1006Read More...Lots of blue chips will be taking their turns in the earnings spotlight this week. Wall Street analysts have high hopes for the likes of American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS)...
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Tesla Will Eventually Be Acquired: Re/code's Kara Swisher Discusses
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 3:21pm | 441Read More...Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) announced better-than-estimated sales of its Model S on Friday, following which the stock of the company rallied significantly on Monday. Re/code Co-Executive Editor Kara Swisher was recently on CNBC to discuss why she thinks Tesla will be bought by another company...
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Auto Roundup: March Retail Sales Mostly Showing Deceleration From Last Year
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 11:13am | 564Read More...Auto manufacturers on Wednesday released U.S. March retail sales data which mostly showed deceleration in sales. Here is a breakdown. General Motors: Total Sales Down 2 Percent General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) reported that it delivered 249,875 vehicles in March in the U.S., representing a...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of February 2: Disney, Exxon, GM And More
Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 2:38pm | 1020Read More...It is clear that the mixed earnings results seen so far have contributed to the volatility in the markets throughout January. While many of the market movers have already shared their most recent quarterly results, there are plenty more on tap as February gets started. Among the most...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of October 20: The Crunch Continues
Monday, October 20, 2014 - 6:36am | 1082Read More...The earnings crunch continues this week, with quarterly reports due from tech and drug giants, the big automakers, airlines and many more. Analysts are looking for year-on-year earnings growth from the likes of: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA),...
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September Auto Sales Gains Put At 10%, But Down Sharply From August
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 8:11am | 253Read More...September Auto sales are expected to gain 10 percent from year-earlier levels while posting a sharp slowdown from August, according to several analysts' estimates Thursday. The estimates over all put the industry on pace to post total 2014 sales of 16.4 million to 16.5 million vehicles, up 5...
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5 Billion-Dollar Companies That Got Personal With Bankruptcy
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 10:52am | 541Read More...Many people assume that just because a particular company is in business, it must have been consistently in the black. The CEOs and CFOs of the following companies, however, would likely tell you otherwise. Here are five billion-dollar companies that came back from the brink of bankruptcy or...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of July 21: Apple, Facebook, GM And Much More
Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 2:18pm | 1217Read More...The earnings crunch is underway, and reports so far have generally been encouraging. Among the many quarterly reports scheduled to hit the tape this week are those from Apple, Boeing, Facebook and Netflix, from which analysts expect to see strong results. Forecasts for Ford, GM and Microsoft,...
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Exclusive: GM Class Action Suit Could Cost the Company Billions
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 9:07am | 588Read More...Editor note: This is the second of a two part series. Read Carey’s initial comments here. Earlier this year Hagens Berman, the law firm that won a $1.6 billion class action suit against Toyota (NYSE: TM) for the company’s wave of 2009-2011 recalls, was appointed interim lead counsel...
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How General Motors Is Using The Recall Debacle To Its Advantage
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 3:41pm | 5219Read More...First and foremost is the issue of safety. General Motors (NYSE: GM) must do everything it can do to ensure the safety of its vehicles. Also, they must live up to their responsibility to compensate customers or the families of customers that have been negatively impacted by the recall. The...
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CEO Mary Barra Outlines GM's 'Enormously Painful' Ignition Switch Recall Report
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 2:46pm | 605Read More...General Motors (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra called a new report on the company's deadly ignition switch controversy a painful experience that the automaker should never forget. The report was carried out by an independent investigator. At a global town hall meeting Thursday, Barra...
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Ford Earnings Preview: Eyes On China & Europe
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 7:19am | 854Read More...Ford (NYSE: F), which this week announced who will replace departing CEO Alan Mulally, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2014 results Friday, April 25, before the markets open. Investors will be looking for continued strength in North America, Ford's biggest market, but also in China,...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of April 21: Apple, Facebook, GM And More
Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 11:14am | 975Read More...The earnings crunch is underway. Highlights this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, Netflix and Starbucks, which are all expected to post earnings growth, as well as from Ford, McDonald's and Microsoft, for which earnings declines are forecast. Here is a...
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U.S. Automakers Initially 'Detested' J.D. Power And Associates
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 10:13am | 453Read More...GM (NYSE: GM) proudly touts the awards its receives from J.D. Power, but there was a time when it and other American automakers were at odds with the market research firm. "The domestic car companies in Detroit detested what we were doing," James David "Dave" Power III, founder of J.D. Power and...














