Word: gm
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There were more signs of recovery to come today! GM (GM) said that the $2 billion that it was supposed to need in March could sit in the Treasury a little longer. The car company did not say exactly why it still had money. Perhaps it decided not to pay most of its suppliers or got dealers to make early payments for inventory...
...become extremely contentious. The dealers blame the auto companies for a lack of good products and access to consumer credit. The car companies want the dealers to buy more inventory to give them much-needed cash flow. Dealers are going out of business and fairly soon Chrysler and GM may be gone...
Shares of car parts supply retailer, AutoZone (AZO), are trading at a 52 week high at $158.00. The company has a market cap of $8.7 billion. GM's market cap is only a little over $1 billion, even though its revenues are 25 times greater than AutoZone...
...Massive bailouts like those being considered for GM and Chrysler in the U.S. aren't currently on the cards for most European and Asian carmakers, which don't face the kind of long-term structural problems dogging Detroit. Instead, policymakers in countries with substantial automotive industries are rolling out programs to ease the short, sharp shock of plunging sales by giving consumers incentives to start buying again. In January, China slashed its sales tax on cars with engines of up to 1.6 liters. The measure, designed to get Chinese to buy smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, had an immediate impact...
...longer an option even with car prices and incentives as attractive as they have ever been. The American consumer is frankly too terrified to take on a monthly payment that could be in the hundreds of dollars to buy or lease a new car. (See pictures of workers at GM...