Automobile Manufacturers

Cummins (NYSE: CMI) is scheduled to report first-quarter 2011 results before Tuesday's opening bell. Analysts are looking for the Indiana-based maker of engines and power generators to post earnings of $1.44 per share. That is a jump from per-share earnings of $0.75 in the same period of last year...

Nissan (NSANY) To Recall 195,991 QX4, Pathfinder, According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin. Nissan sees possible rust and breakdown of strut housing. S&P cuts Nissan's outlook to negative.

South Korea's, Samsung filed patent lawsuits against Apple (AAPL) over smartphone technology- The Asian giant,South Korea's, Samsung is at war with the US Apple Inc. (AAPL) about iPhone and iPad patents. Samsung is accusing Apple of violating its rights to 10 smartphone and computer patents....

Toyota(NYSE: TM) today announced that it intends to conduct a voluntary Safety Recall involving certain 2007 through 2008 model year RAV4 and certain 2008 Highlander and Highlander HV vehicles sold in the United States to replace the airbag sensor assembly. There are approximately 214,000 RAV4...

At a press conference hosted by Bridgestone Corporation and the New York International Auto Show, the Chevrolet (NYSE: GM) Volt was declared the 2011 World Green Car. The Chevrolet Volt was chosen from an initial entry list of twelve new vehicles from all over the world, then a short list of ten...

Today, at the New York International Auto Show, the 100-percent electric, zero-emission Nissan (NSANY) LEAF was named 2011 World Car of the Year, edging out the BMW 5-Series and the Audi A8 for the top spot. Today's award is the latest in a string of accolades for the world's first affordable mass-...

Apple (AAPL) earnings surpassed expectations- AAPL is trading higher by 1.41 percent to $342.61 in pre-market trading. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $199.25 to a high of $364.90. AAPL will report its fiscal-Q2 earnings after today's close. Analysts are expecting the...

CNBC reports that Nissan (NSANY) says "all plants in Japan operational... being up to 100% production by May."

Today, at the New York International Auto Show, Nissan Americas (NSANY) announced sourcing plans for five future vehicles that will drive its localized production mix in the Americas from 69 percent today to more than 85 percent by 2015. In total, the changes announced today will increase Nissan's...

Earnings season really kicked off yesterday, with superb reports from CSX (NYSE: CSX), IBM (NYSE: IBM), VMWare (NYSE: VMW), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and even Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). If, and this is a big if, the rest of earnings season goes as well as yesterday did, then we can officially say that the...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) says "continues to see 2011 U.S. sales of 13m to 13.5m... more than 90% of U.S. dealers now profitable...`dim' likelihood oil to have sustained drop near-term... `confident' will adapt and respond to Japan crisis... developed plan in November for $120 oil.... doesn't see...

Shares of General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) continues to fall, down another 37 cents to $29.60, a loss of 1.2%, as the Detroit-based automaker continues to hit new lows. The company re-emerged from bankruptcy and went public in November at $33 per share.

BP plc (BP)- The Gulf Coast Claims Facility, established last August with $20 billion in seed money from BP, said it has approved 300,000 claims from businesses and individuals hurt by the spill, out of approximately 857,000 claims submitted. Poor trading results are likely to hurt Goldman Sachs...

Cusick's Corner Currency markets have been put on notice -- what markets to consider? Look at Gold -- GCM11 or GLD could be a way to play some of this currency uncertainty/volatility. People often look at Gold as an inflation fighter but it also can be very important when currencies come under...

Every tax day every year I am reminded not to make investment decisions based on their tax implications…are you adhering to that adage? Crude oil lost 2% today but all things considered it could have very easily lost $5 today based on outside market influence. We would still advise fading rallies...