Automobile Manufacturers

Guest post by Mark Provost Why the Rich Love High Unemploymentvia Truthout Christina Romer, former member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors, accuses the administration of "shamefully ignoring" the unemployed. Paul Krugman echoes her concerns, observing that Washington has lost...

Citi Investment Research is reiterating its Buy rating and $18 price target on shares of Ford (NYSE: F). In a note to clients, Citi writes, "Ford is hosting an investor day on June 7 in New York. We believe management may provide additional medium-term parameters around key metrics. While we don'...

Citi is reiterating its Buy rating and its $18 price target on Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) following recent meetings with the company's management. Says Citi, in its report, “Management appeared constructive regarding industry pricing discipline, and noted that its own recent price increases were...

In a series of tweets from Blueshift Ideas, the research firm says the rental car market is improving, and names like Avis Budget Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR), Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG), Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) and even Zipcar Inc (NASDAQ: ZIP) are poised to...

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that Chrysler Group LLC has repaid its outstanding Troubled Asset Relief Program loans. Chrysler's repayment comes six years before the scheduled maturity of those loans in 2017. As part of today's announcement, Chrysler Group LLC repaid $5.1...

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) today announced it received a $5.9 million order from Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) for automated material handling equipment. The equipment includes nearly 100 new and upgraded automatic guided vehicles to provide safe, efficient, and cost effective movement of...

Below are the top recreational vehicles stocks on the NYSE in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Polaris Industries Inc (NYSE: PII) is 58.08%. PII's revenue for the same period is $2.18 billion. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Winnebago...

U.S. investors somehow survived for 25 years with just one automotive fund.  In the last ten days their choices jumped to three.  Global X Advisors rolled out the newest entrant, the Global X Auto ETF (VROM) last Thursday (5/19/11). Global X Auto ETF tries to represent the entire automotive...

Love it or hate it, the season finale of the CW's Supernatural, with its showdown between the Winchester brothers and the angel Castiel, has brought season 6 to a close. Already the speculation about Supernatural season 7 is rampant: What does being a god mean for Castiel? Can Dean forgive him for...

Global X, the New York-based ETF issuer now with 31 ETFs listed in the U.S. and over $1.8 billion in assets under management, introduced the Global X Auto ETF (NYSE: VROM) today. The 50-stock ETF becomes the second fund devoted to the auto industry to be introduced this month. With an expense...

Ford (NYSE: F), together with its partners in China, is building its first transmission plant in China to support Ford's aggressive growth plan in the world's largest auto market. Ford's passenger vehicle joint venture in China, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

The Japanese yen, along with Japanese stocks, fell on Thursday on news that the economy had fallen into a recession in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March. The Japanese economy fell at annual rate of 3.7% during the first three months of...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Stephen Weiss said that he is bullish on Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: MDRX). This company is his favorite health care name. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (MDRX) spiked 7.28% today, and it closed at $20.48. Tim Seymour wants to buy General Motors Company...

( click to enlarge ) Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) - Much hated stock getting some love. Breaking out on strong volume with all main moving averages below acting as support. Presumption is that the breakout will continue. Fresh buying may be considered on a close above $16.96. ( click to enlarge...

General Motors' (NYSE: GM) Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant, home of the Chevrolet Volt, will close for four weeks beginning in June for planned upgrades to prepare for a significant increase in the rate of Volt production, along with assembly of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedan. Already in...