Fifty years ago, an employee's last working day looked something like this: a company party filled with cake, balloons, and a ceremony with some kind words from the boss for "...
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March 30 - News
A lot less, too. Total miles driven in the U.S. peaked in 2007 at a touch above 3 trillion a year. The latest figures from January put us at 2.95 trillion miles per year.
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March 28 - News
In the past six months, the yen has plunged in value relative to the dollar.
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March 28 - News
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) is now growing thanks to the modest industry recovery and its restructuring efforts initiated following the economic downturn in late 2007. ...
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March 26 - News
If you listen to political pundits, watch many speeches by politicians, or even engage in the time-honored tradition of arguing with distant family members at Thanksgiving, you...
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March 26 - News
Three of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's (INDEXDJX:.DJI) most powerful companies experienced major turning points in their history on this day.
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March 25 - News
Legendary investor and One Up on Wall Street author Peter Lynch had a simple piece of advice: Buy what you know.
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March 24 - News
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is doing quite well here in the U.S., but it's another story in Europe.
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March 24 - News
After a 70-year hibernation, Detroit Electric lumbered from its cave on Tuesday and tossed its Stratoliner hat into the electric-vehicle ring.
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March 23 - News
On Wednesday, China did the unthinkable by putting environmental concerns ahead of growth.
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March 22 - News
There is a general notion that the best cars in the world are not made by American companies.
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March 22 - News
The Motley Fool has been making successful stock picks for many years, but we don't always agree on what a great stock looks like.
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March 22 - News
Ah, millenials... we’re an intriguing generation to say the least.
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March 22 - News
If you follow the automotive industry at all, you know that Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has been surging of late.
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March 21 - News
It looks like there is no respite for Toyota Motor Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:TM) in China.
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March 21 - News
Many value investors have been insisting for some time that US auto-makers Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) are attractive stocks.
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March 21 - News
Ken Heebner is the co-founder of Capital Growth Management, a money management firm with more than $6 billion under management.
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March 21 - Hedge Funds
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) appears to be quite a value play.
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March 21 - News
The auto industry is a cyclical industry that has dragged down many investors' portfolios over the years. However, the U.S.
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March 21 - News
In trying to chart your own course to invest for your retirement, it's useful to look at what major companies are doing with their pension-fund money to try to achieve the same...
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March 21 - News
It's not news that Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has been losing a ton of money in Europe.
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March 21 - News
Over the next five years, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) will invest $1 billion in the Russian car industry.
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March 19 - News
Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WGO) has long been one of the premier brands in the recreational vehicle -- RV -- market.
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March 19 - News
As a Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) shareholder it's frustrating to see the recent onslaught of vehicle recalls.
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March 18 - News
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)'s European sales numbers for February are in, and once again it's an ugly result: The Blue Oval's overall sales in the 19 markets it counts as "Europe...
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March 18 - News
There are a lot of factors that go into buying and selling stocks. I've had friends and family call me recently with questions about the market's record high.
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March 18 - News
January and February were two great months for vehicle sales in the U.S.
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March 18 - News
Here at The Motley Fool, it's no secret we advocate a long-term approach to investing.
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March 18 - News
The questions from analysts at the end of a company's conference call typically fall in the softball category.
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March 17 - News
In the past, "Nokia" was a direct synonym for the word "mobile phone" just like "Xerox" for photocopies.
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March 17 - News
What's the biggest risk for auto stocks? Taking a 50,000-foot view, it's the fact that it's incredibly difficult for any automaker to develop a quality and sustainable moat -- ...
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March 17 - News
Refiners have crushed the market in the past two years, thanks to a favorable margin in crude oil benchmarks, and look to continue their upward trajectory in 2013.
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March 17 - News
I haven't been in the investing "game" for that long, but my two largest holdings are among the first shares that I purchased when I started getting serious about investing.
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March 16 - News
I'm glad that I do my own investments and trades, because if a broker saw the percentage of my portfolio that belongs to Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and Core Laboratories N.V...
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March 15 - News
In December, I offered up 11 great and easy ways that consumers could save money in 2013.
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March 15 - News
The Feds didn't disclose exactly how many shares they had sold, but given General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)'s share prices in February, it's a considerable number – at least ...
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March 15 - News
The market for luxury cars in China is one of the fastest-growing -- and most lucrative -- automotive markets in the world.
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March 15 - News
As the PR minions at General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) are fond of pointing out, GM currently holds the leading position (by market share) of the two largest automotive markets...
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March 14 - News
New competitors to the electronics business, both online and at bricks-and-mortar locations, are taking sales that Best Buy could once count on.
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March 14 - News
Recently released China auto sales numbers spell out very different scenarios for some of the top automakers.
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March 14 - News
This month, when Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) releases its documents and reveals Alan Mulally's compensation, two things are guaranteed.
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March 13 - News
The US auto industry, which started the year with a bang in January, experienced modest growth in February as automakers witnessed decent sales gains.
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March 12 - News
Detroit's big three have come a long way since the depths of the recent recession. They've improved vehicle quality and management enough for investors like me to root for an...
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March 12 - News
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) posted strong February sales numbers with 9% year over year increase, outpacing the overall U.S. auto industry growth of 4%.
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March 11 - News
It appears that nothing short of a catastrophe is going to stop the broad-based S&P 500 (S&P Indices:.INX) from challenging its all-time high set back in 2007.
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March 11 - News
Detractors contend that any vehicle requiring an hour to recharge is hopelessly impractical and will never attract the mass market, especially when you take into account the high...
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March 11 - News
Money, money, money! That's what every investor wants! And it's what every automaker wants more of, too.
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March 11 - News
I recently fell into a trap when analyzing the debt at Deere & Company (NYSE:DE).
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March 11 - News
In the past, no one would have confused General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) for a hip automaker, but now the company is making a big bet on technology to increase its "coolness" ...
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March 11 - News
