Jean Alesi fronts new Asian stock-car series
Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs Who ever would have thought a Will Ferrell movie would ever be considered "prophetic," even jokingly? The absurd story of a French racing driver...
View ArticleRed Flag: NASCAR goes to China
Filed under: Motorsports, ChinaNASCAR has a solid reputation as a race series firmly entrenched in the southern United States, but has been fighting hard to defeat that image and branch out of Old...
View ArticleVilleneuve down but not out - still hopeful for hometown NASCAR debut
Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/LayoffsPoor Jacques is all washed up. Where this writer was born and raised, JV was a homegrown hero who lived up to his family name by taking the checkered...
View ArticleWagoner cuts pay by 25% to aid turnaround, well kind of
Filed under: GM, Earnings/FinancialsWhen possible, we like to cross-reference stories with other news sources before we report on them, and we've found this to be even more important when the topic at...
View ArticlePorsche ups ownership in VW to 51%
Filed under: Trends, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Porsche, VolkswagenThe supervisory board of Volkswagen Group just gave approval for Porsche AG to take a majority stake in the people's automaker....
View ArticlePorsche denies plan to raise stake in VW to 75%
Filed under: Trends, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Porsche, VolkswagenAfter Porsche moved to increase its ownership in Volkswagen to 51 percent last week, an overzealous German magazine took it one...
View ArticleEuropean Union taking Germany to court over amended VW Law
Filed under: Europe, Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, Porsche, Volkswagen, RoeweIn a move that may undermine Germany's protection of Lower Saxony and its close ties to Volkswagen, the European...
View ArticleGM stock drops below $10 per share
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, GM, Earnings/FinancialsAfter Merrill Lynch hinted bankruptcy concerns yesterday, and other Wall Street analysts spread additional gloom, shares of General Motors...
View ArticleTexas dealers offers 50 GM shares to GM vehicle buyers
Filed under: Car Buying, GMTwo brothers that own dealerships in Texas peddling the General's wares decided that the best way to combat the inevitable depreciation inflicted on their customers is to...
View ArticleGM stock takes 24% hit after analyst report
Filed under: GM, Earnings/FinancialsWith General Motors dropping its $2.5 billion bomb on Friday, analysts, brokers and the public at large were waiting until today to see where the General's stock...
View ArticleDaimler agrees to give up remaining stake in Chrysler
Filed under: Chrysler, Daimler, Earnings/FinancialsHot on the heels of the Chrysler's tentative deal with the UAW to cut the automaker's VEBA obligations, Daimler AG has announced it's finally reached...
View ArticleReport: Harley-Davidson issuing stock dividend
Filed under: MotorcycleDespite its recent financial woes and a bout with organized labor, Harley-Davidson is actually paying out dividends this quarter. If you happen to own some of the company's...
View ArticleWill GM's EV policy be dictated by the success of its IPO?
Filed under: Technology, GM, Earnings/Financials 2011 Chevrolet Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors is getting closer to the day it takes that financial plunge and once again...
View ArticleWilliams F1 team considering IPO stock issue
Filed under: Motorsports, Earnings/Financials Rubens Barrichello tests the Williams FW32 with new Pirelli tires at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi What's the best way to make a small fortune in Formula...
View ArticleTreasury aims to sell GM shares early
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, GMAccording to The Detroit News, the United States Treasury Department is planning on quickly eliminating its shares of General Motors stock rather than trying to...
View ArticleMontezemolo denies Ferrari IPO
Filed under: Ferrari Fiat has gone from a local automaker to a major industry powerhouse in a relatively short span of time, increasing its own market stake while taking over Chrysler to expand its...
View ArticleCEO Akerson buys 10,000 more shares of GM stock amidst fears of recession
Filed under: Government/Legal, Ford, GM The past couple of weeks have been incredibly difficult for the stock market, with some of the largest drops in the history of the Dow. And even though Ford and...
View ArticleFord reinstates dividend, first one in half-decade
Filed under: Ford, Earnings/Financials In another sign of its success, Ford has announced that it will be paying out a quarterly dividend, the first time it will do so in over five years. The...
View ArticleInvestment firm buys 5.8% of GM
Filed under: GM, Earnings/Financials General Motors stock is down 45 percent over the last year, which would lead the uninformed to think that the automaker is still losing money by the bucketload. On...
View ArticleTreasury sold off $489M of GM stock in February
Filed under: Government/Legal, GM, Earnings/Financials The Detroit News reports that the US Treasury sold off around 17.2 million shares of General Motors stock in February worth $489 million. The move...
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