GM (GM) distributed its turnaround plan to Congress. It was almost exactly what the market expected, but it fudges one key issue, which is what happens to the company's finances if it loses a great deal more market share. According to the firm, "GM is seeking a term bridge loan facility from the Federal government of $12 billion to cover operating requirements under a baseline forecast of 12 mi...
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The recession officially began this past January, NBER tells us. With that out of the way, we can now focus on the burning question: When will it end?There are many clues for pondering the timing of the business cycle. Calling the turning point in advance is never easy, and in fact it's quite a bit harder these days. The magnitude of the economic and financial ills is to blame. In a perfect sto...
Struggling airline will cut system capacity next year on waning demand.
Options traders have descended on the smart phone sector Tuesday, with heavy activity in Research in Motion, Nokia and Palm, following poor earnings by the latter, and news of an introduction of Nokia’s entrée into this market. Research in Motion’s options were the most actively traded. The stock was getting hit, down 7.5% after Palm reported less-than-stellar results for its most r...
Filed under: Delta Air Lines (DAL)Delta may still be ready when you are, but in 2009 they're not going to be as big. Citing the global recession, Delta (NYSE: DAL) announced that it will cut an additional 6-8% of capacity in 2009. The move will result in an up to 10% reduction in domestic capacity, when one includes the impact of previously-announced operational cuts. Delta also said it will el...
Yahoo's stock surged more than 6% Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive is trying to raise enough money to buy ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tiffany & Co offered voluntary retirement incentives to about 800 U.S. employees, as the upscale jeweler grapples with an economic downturn that has led its affluent customers to cut spending.
Two days before the chief executives of Detroit’s Big Three - General Motors Corp. (GM), Ford Motor Co. (F), and Chrysler Corp. - march back to Capitol Hill to again petition Congress for a $25 billion bailout, details about each company’s plan to scale back operations are emerging. Each CEO - GM’s Richard Wagoner, Ford Chief Executive Alan Mulally and Chrysler’s Robert ...
After drawing fire for how they got to last month’s hearings, the chief executives of Ford Motor Company and General Motors have said they are selling their corporate jets and driving down to Washington to present their turnaround plans to Congress. Rick Wagoner, the chief executive of G.M., will make the trip in an eco-friendly Chevrolet [...]
Today’s tickers: RIMM, BP, NXY, MMM, USB, WFC, GS & GE RIMM – Research in Motion – Terrible results from fellow-handset maker, Palm clouded the prospects for RIMM as well as the mobile phone industry sending shares of the Canadian manufacturer of the Blackberry device 7% lower to $37.02. The company recently faced delays in shipping its novel Blackberry Storm, but news tha...