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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
Industrial production declined in April by the most in eight months, reflecting broad-based cutbacks in U.S. manufacturing that show factories will provide little support for the economy.
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg |
May 1, 2013
Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC reported U.S. sales increases for April, building on the first sweep of market share gains by all three domestic automakers in the first quarter of any year in two decades.
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg |
April 24, 2013
Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, reported first-quarter profit that exceeded estimates as the Fusion sedan bolstered record results for its North American operations.
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By Mathieu Rosemain, Bloomberg |
March 5, 2013
Toyota Motor Corp., Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. are among carmakers widening their global production footprint to limit exposure to currency risk.
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By Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
Rhodium, the scarcest precious metal used in making catalytic converters, is outperforming platinum and palladium for the first time in seven years as global car sales rise to a record.
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
New car buyers, shunned by lenders just four years ago, now are benefiting from historically low interest rates and more-available credit, pacing a U.S. auto market that is hovering near pre-recession levels.
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By Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee |
February 6, 2013
Toyota on Tuesday raised its full-year outlook, as it posted a 23% jump in net profit for the most recent quarter, buoyed by a favorable shift in foreign exchange rates and strong sales of its sedans and SUVs in North America.
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg |
February 1, 2013
Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC reported January vehicle sales gains that topped estimates, as the U.S. auto market begins a fourth consecutive year of growth with buyers returning to showrooms.
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By Craig Trudell and Keith Naughton, Bloomberg |
January 28, 2013
When Ford Motor Co. posts fourth- quarter results tomorrow, the numbers probably won’t look great, likely the lowest operating profit of the year. Those figures mask the optimism coming from an unlikely place: Europe.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Aki Ito, Bloomberg |
January 16, 2013
The U.S. economy picked up across much of the country last month, boosted by auto and home sales, even as the outlook for unemployment showed few signs of improvement, the Federal Reserve said.
