International Business News - NSANY http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif THE NUMBERS: Honda Motor Co. sales were up a modest 1 percent in June, the only major automaker to show an increase. The Detroit Three, Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. all reported double-digit declines, and the market dropped 18 percent overall. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/summary-box-honda-sales-gain-while-others-fall.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:59:34 EDT A last-minute no-interest financing offer and strong sales of some cars helped General Motors Corp. keep its U.S. sales over Toyota Motor Corp. last month, but it was still the worst June for the industry in 17 years and a harbinger of more misery ahead. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83951-oil-prices-auto-sales.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/june-car-sales-plummet-more-declines-expected.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/june-car-sales-plummet-more-declines-expected.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:03:29 EDT Nissan North America said Tuesday its sales tumbled 17.7 percent last month, dragged down by a steep drop-off in trucks as well as weakness among its core cars. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/nissan-north-america-june-sales-drop-17-7-percent.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:01:22 EDT Nearly all the major automakers reported steep sales declines for June, but for General Motors at least there was consolation: Toyota, its leading international competition, had it worse. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83786-auto-sales.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/auto-stocks-slide-with-poor-us-sales-results-ahead.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/auto-stocks-slide-with-poor-us-sales-results-ahead.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:36:21 EDT Japanese stocks edged down Thursday, extending losses for a sixth day as investors traded with caution following the Federal Reserve's mixed assessment of the U.S. economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/79518-japan-sony.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/japanese-shares-slip-for-6th-day.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/japanese-shares-slip-for-6th-day.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:23:12 EDT Japanese stocks fell for a fifth day Wednesday, pressured by lingering fears over inflation and a slowdown in the global economy. Another decline on Wall Street overnight also depressed sentiment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/japanese-shares-dip-for-5th-day.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:13:56 EDT Nissan Motor Co., Japan's third-biggest automaker, will likely raise prices for its vehicles in the Asian nation as soaring prices for steel and other raw materials boost production costs, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/nissan-head-stocks-mirror-industry-woes.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:19:59 EDT A consultant for Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday the automaker won't retool its plans to build Highlander sport utility vehicles at a plant under construction in north Mississippi, despite the trend of people seeking more fuel-efficient cars. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/77747-toyota-mississippi.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/adviser-says-toyota-to-still-build-suvs-in-miss.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/adviser-says-toyota-to-still-build-suvs-in-miss.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:58:01 EDT Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday in line with gains in major Asian markets, with investors chasing gains in the auto and high-tech sectors. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 104.45 points, or 0.7 percent, to 14,452.82. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/japanese-shares-rise-on-gains-in-asia.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:31:22 EDT Ford Motor Co. said its two top executives met Tuesday with officials from billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. to discuss the company's transformation plan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/ford-says-execs-talked-restructuring-with-tracinda.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:21:39 EDT Toyota is struggling to keep up with booming demand for its hybrid vehicles because it can't make enough of the batteries that are key parts in the hit "green" cars, a senior executive said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/72951-japan-toyota.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/toyota-hybrid-battery-outpaced-by-demand.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/toyota-hybrid-battery-outpaced-by-demand.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:44:46 EDT Nissan plans to boost annual sales in China by 64 percent to 1 million vehicles by 2012, a senior executive said Monday. China is increasingly a key overseas market for Nissan Motor Co., which doubled car and truck sales there to 610,000 vehicles in 2007 from 298,000 in 2003, said Kimiyasu Nakamura, president of Nissan's China joint venture Dongfeng Motor Co. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/nissan-plans-to-boost-china-sales-to-1m-by-2012.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:51:45 EDT Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in Japan, the U.S. and Europe by 2010, under a widespread strategy to be green outlined Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/68672-japan-toyota-hybrids.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/toyota-promises-plug-in-hybrid-by-2010.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/toyota-promises-plug-in-hybrid-by-2010.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:34:54 EDT Toyota will start making the Camry hybrid in Australia and Thailand as part of the Japanese automaker's efforts to step up production of "green" cars around the world, the company said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/67823-japan-australia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/toyota-to-make-hybrids-in-australia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/toyota-to-make-hybrids-in-australia.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:20:56 EDT Ford investors flocked to Kirk Kerkorian's offer to buy 20 million additional shares of the company, a move that will help the billionaire investor increase his stake in the automaker to about 5.5 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/67867-ford.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/kerkorians-ford-tender-attracts-huge-response.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/kerkorians-ford-tender-attracts-huge-response.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:54:00 EDT Toyota will start making the Camry gas-electric hybrid in Australia from early 2010, as part of the Japanese automaker's efforts to step up production of such green cars around the world, the company said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/67740-japan-australia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/toyota-to-make-hybrids-in-australia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/toyota-to-make-hybrids-in-australia.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:04:57 EDT Toyota will start making the gas-electric hybrid version of its Camry sedan in Australia in early 2010, as part of the Japanese automaker's efforts to step up production of such green cars around the world, the company said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/67661-japan-australia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/toyota-to-make-hybrids-in-australia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/toyota-to-make-hybrids-in-australia.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:53:39 EDT Nissan said Monday it plans to launch its first "clean diesel" vehicle in Japan this fall and will send a prototype to next month's Group of Eight leaders' summit, where climate change tops the agenda. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/66815-japan-nissan.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/nissan-to-show-clean-diesel-suv-at-g8.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/nissan-to-show-clean-diesel-suv-at-g8.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:37:55 EDT Toyota has developed a new fuel cell hybrid, a green car powered by hydrogen and electricity, that can travel more than twice the distance of its predecessor model without filling up, the automaker said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/toyota-develops-new-fuel-cell-hybrid.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:00:59 EDT Detroit automakers--and Chrysler in particular--nearly erased the North American productivity gap with their Asian rivals in 2007 thanks to worker buyouts, leaner plants and other improvements, but they still make less money per vehicle because of higher costs, according to the Harbour Report on manufacturing released Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/64830-autos-productivity.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/report-detroits-big-erasing-productivity-gap.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/report-detroits-big-erasing-productivity-gap.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:34:40 EDT