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The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Rich Duprey |
A Bailout by Any Other Name ... Despite the Big 3 automakers saying their request for a handout from the federal government isn't a bailout, what else can you call the $50 billion in loans they're requesting? |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 Rich Duprey |
No Equality in Bailout Automakers will never get the sweetheart deal that was given to Wall Street. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Rich Duprey |
A New Assembly Line in Washington U.S. carmakers renew their case for loans. But should they get them? |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Detroit Gets Its Cash Carmakers get their $25 billion handout. |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Why We Shouldn't Bail Out Detroit Comparing a Detroit bailout to a financial-system bailout is, quite frankly, stupid. |
The Motley Fool November 18, 2011 John Rosevear |
Why Ford Will Pay This $30 Billion Bill New fuel-economy standards will be expensive -- but they'll cost some automakers more than others. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Automakers in Danger of Getting What They Want The strings attached to a bailout may not be what the carmakers bargained for. |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Detroit's Bailout Tab Keeps on Growing With the auto industry's bailout plans based on unreasonable assumptions and rosy predictions, it seems fated for sure-fire failure. But if any of these proposals pass muster, it is the taxpayer who will be doomed. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Bail Forward-thinking solutions to the current fiscal crisis. |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Just Give Them the Money, Already Congress is putting up a front over handing the carmakers a bailout. Just get it over with. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2010 John Rosevear |
Will General Motors Ever Pay Us Back? The upcoming IPO won't do it. Is there any hope? |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Has Tata Motors Become the Perfect Stock? Finding companies that have all the right stuff can produce winners. Here, a look at the ideal qualities of a perfect stock. Does Tata Motors fit the bill? |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2008 Rich Duprey |
The Banks Beat You to It, Detroit Tough love from Uncle Sam may help automakers in the long run. |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2011 John Rosevear |
Why Is Ford Happy About 54.5 Miles Per Gallon? An onerous burden for the automakers? Not quite. |
The Motley Fool August 22, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Should Taxpayers Cover Detroit's Tab? It seems that plans might already be afoot for the government to lend automakers about $25 billion at approximately one-third the rate they'd normally have to ante up. |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2008 Bill Mann |
Failing Like Japan A Detroit bailout looks too much like the Tokyo bailout. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Jennifer Schonberger |
GM Slow to Cross Over A sluggish reaction to high gas prices may postpone a comeback for the auto giant. DaimlerChrysler, however, should continue to lead the domestic automakers, given its unique designs and spot-on timing. |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 John Rosevear |
Why Are Ford's Sales Lagging? Ford's products are superb. So why are sales just so-so? |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Rich Duprey |
An Auto Merger Car Wreck Proposals to unite GM and Chrysler are overpriced flights of fancy. |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Toyota's Crowning Achievement The Japanese carmaker topples GM as world's biggest, but the title lacks any significance these days. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
My Worst Investment Decision A bad investment helps the author refine his philosophy. |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Morgan Housel |
One More Reason We Shouldn't Bail Out Detroit Ford, General Motors and Chrysler are on their last breaths because their business models have been outmoded for years, not simply because the financial crisis kicked 'em while they were down. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2010 John Rosevear |
General Motors Still Owes You GM's ability and willingness to pay its debt now could well be a sign that GM's financial picture, believed to be looking up after a $4.3 billion post-bankruptcy loss in 2009, is solidly on track. Or, it could also be a sign of something else. |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Can the White House Play Fair With the UAW? Let's hope so, lest we all go bailout broke. |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Ford Fusion Confusion Ford got its life raft, but there's a bit of a disconnect here between saving American jobs and lavishing billions on the auto industry, when many of Ford's cars are built in Mexico. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2008 David Lee Smith |
General Motors Will Burn Your Portfolio This automaker could drive a giant hole right through your holdings. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2010 John Rosevear |
Ford Scores Big Again The auto leaders see big gains as the recovery continues. |
BusinessWeek January 29, 2007 David Kiley |
Toyota: How the Hybrid Race Went to the Swift As Toyota prepares to motor past Ford as the world's second-largest carmaker, it has become a textbook case on how a green reputation delivers a competitive edge. |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Detroit Gets Its Leaky Life Raft The president approves a loan package, but automakers may still sink. |
The Motley Fool October 25, 2004 Brian Gorman |
GM Faces Its Demons The company is finally tackling its problems, and that may be cause for hope. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2010 Rich Smith |
General Motors IPO: How Much Cash for This Clunker? Too little cash, too many shares, and too soon sold means this IPO will fail. |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Rich Duprey |
An Out of Control Car Wreck Only six weeks ago, Toyota announced it would post its first operating loss in its 70-year history, and just last week revised those estimates to say those losses will triple. |
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Brian Gorman |
Hybrid Help for GM? Even if a newly announced hybrid technology doesn't lead to a resurgence in GM's truck and SUV sales, it could help stem customers' exodus from the category. For GM, that alone would be cause for celebration. |
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Joe Magyer |
GM: Still an Utter Disaster GM is taking bold steps to get back in the game with significant cost-cutting, but it'll take more than that for this shell of a once-proud company to veer off the highway toward bankruptcy. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Rich Smith |
General Motors: Master of Defeat GM provides an object lesson in snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2010 John Rosevear |
Are Ford's Sales Numbers Inflated? Fleet sales are a big part of Ford's surge. Should shareholders be concerned? |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Too Big to Fail? Ha! A number of iconic businesses have seemingly found a similar magical elixir causing them to expand to such a size that they can no longer fit through the doorway of bankruptcy. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Can We Afford All of These Bailouts? There was another period of time when the financial system was allowed to collapse and banks were allowed to fail left and right. The ensuing period was so horrific, no one dares to call it anything less than the Great Depression. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2005 Rich Smith |
The Toyota Files Is the Japanese giant eyeing one of Detroit's Big Three? |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2009 Rich Smith |
GM: 2 Small 2 Fail By divvying the auto market up into several, smaller carmakers, we reduce the likelihood that a failure by any one of them will destroy the economy. |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2010 John Rosevear |
Chrysler: Not Dead Yet Believe it or not, Detroit's most battered automaker is showing signs of revival. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 David Welch |
Autos: Those Price Breaks Are Habit-Forming Detroit's incentives may be here to stay, and now Japan is sweetening its deals, too |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Everyone's Jumping Into the Bailout Line What started off as aid to the banks now appears to be accepting all comers. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Have Detroit's Bailout Notions Been Quashed? Recent moves by the federal government may not be good news for Detroit automakers. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Rich Smith |
Ford and GM's Six-Speed Plans Ford and GM team up to produce a next-generation transmission. |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Rich Duprey |
New Bailout Bolted Onto Detroit's Suppliers The government will shuttle $5 billion in bailout money to auto parts companies that supply Detroit's automakers, on the grounds that these companies have shipped parts to General Motors and Chrysler, but have not yet gotten payment. |
The Motley Fool September 5, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Automakers Stuck in the August Muck Carmakers' sales slid across the board this quarter. |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Where Is Ford's Focus? Ford's plan to license hybrid technology from Toyota suggests Ford has lots of catching up to do. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 John Rosevear |
This Bad Old Habit Could Wreck GM Huge sales increases powered by huge incentives. Is this the road to ruin (again)? |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 W.D. Crotty |
GM: Company of Contrasts The automaker is sputtering in the U.S., but it's gaining speed internationally. GM has worked to improve its cost structure, and analysts see profits in the year ahead. Investors, take note. |