Archive for the ‘Automobiles’ Category
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Seeing some recent announcements of North American car manufactures, new electric cars triggered a few concerns. Coming from a country that sells electricity to the USA, I can see that there may be a handful of countries that could handle the new rush to electric/hydrogen powered cars. But what about ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Yes, the forthcoming issue of Auto Focus Asia, scheduled for September 2008 release, is going to be different from its predecessors. Unlike, the previous editions, which gave maximum footage to engineering and technology aspects in the automobile industry, the forthcoming issue has allocated some space for writeups and interviews from ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Ford Motor Company posted US$ 8.67 billion loss in the second quarter of 2008 as against US$ 750 million profit in the same quarter in 2007. Ford blames the loss on reduction in the value of assets in North America and Ford Motor Credit Company’s lease portfolio.
Ford is quick to ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
"I hope GM really celebrates it. They've had an enormous impact on the industry and they've had some amazing talents there … who did some groundbreaking work," said Bill Ford, Chairman of Ford, on the occasion of 100 years of GM.
Congratulations to one of the most revered car manufacturers! ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Seems like there is no respite in the offing for GM as its shares, on Wednesday, sank to their lowest level in more than 50 years. This followed Merrill Lynch's speculation of near term bankruptcy for the car maker and the rating cut for GM from "buy" to "underperform". Predictions ...
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