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...revenue. ''It lays the groundwork for them to develop a much more competitive position,'' said Howard Smith, auto analyst with ING Barings Securities (Japan) Ltd. in Tokyo. ''Asia is going to be the goose that lays the golden egg...
...first half, which will likely pressure the entire industry's earnings," said John Casesa, Merrill Lynch's senior auto analyst. Industry leader GM saw market share drop another point last year, to 28.1 percent, and said Wednesday that fourth-quarter...
...dealing with the Street and focusing on cost-cutting and balance-sheet issues," said Michael Bruynesteyn, senior auto analyst at Prudential Securities in New York. Ford board member Carl Reichardt, 70, a former head of Wells Fargo, is the...
...billion that raised visions of passing General Motors Corp. as the world's largest auto manufacturer. "It was the expected disaster. Ford is hemorrhaging red ink all over the place," said Burnham Securities auto analyst David Healy.
...counter inexpensive models expected in coming years from China. "I hope they do it," said Erich Merkle, senior auto analyst at the industry forecasting firm IRN Inc. in Grand Rapids, Mich. Merkle thinks the growth in small cars will be driven...
...using a television set as a babysitter. There are a whole number of ways that children can be entertained.'' But auto analysts say demand for in-vehicle entertainment is so strong, it won't be long before factory-installed entertainment...
...bust in the truck boom, we're actually beginning a new era of growth in mix improvements," says Scott Merlis, auto analyst at Wasserstein Perella Securities in New York. "The creativity and innovation we're seeing now in the truck market...
...with Goodyear tires. The finding suggests that something about the Explorer may be contributing to these accidents, auto analysts said. James Fell, who retired last year as chief of research at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
...attention and minivans saddled with a frumpy image, competition is pushing SUVs to become "minivan surrogates," auto analysts say. And you can't be a minivan surrogate without third-row seating. Three rows of seats have been offered in...
...an early stage when there's a real profit margin to be made and they can charge a premium," said Chris Will, an auto analyst with Lehman Brothers in London. "But for the laggards, the market will already be spoiled." Known as telematics...