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Caution: Lower Truck Sales Ahead

10:28 AM Tue, Jun 12, 2007 | | Write a comment
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As with sport utilities, the popularity of pickups is in decline. Sales have dropped, rebates and other incentives are climbing, even for companies like G.M.......

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Gas prices, housing market expected to sting auto sales

9:28 AM Fri, Jun 01, 2007 | | Write a comment
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High gas prices and the slow housing market are expected to result in soft May auto sales, with even venerable Toyota perhaps taking a hit,......

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Nice doggy! (Or: What's in a name?)

11:07 AM Wed, May 16, 2007 | | Write a comment
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Maybe it's that no one in my extended family works for Chrysler or that until Monday's announcement that it had purchased a controlling stake in......

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Cerberus Goes Where No Firm Has Gone Before

10:12 AM Tue, May 15, 2007 | | Write a comment
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In the last year, private equity firms have broken the mold over and over again. They have bought technology and finance companies, previously thought unsuitable......

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Chrysler buyout deal is a test for the U.A.W.

10:03 AM Tue, May 15, 2007 | | Write a comment
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Can private equity investors fix Chrysler for good, and can they avoid a confrontation with the United Automobile Workers union, Micheline Maynard asks in an......

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Analysis: Economy slows April car sales

12:24 PM Wed, May 02, 2007 | | Comments (1)
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Check out business writer Sarah Webster's analysis of the dip in car sales last month in the Detroit Free Press. "U.S. consumers, whose confidence is......

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