Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:14 PM EDT
Wracked by recalls and questions on quality, the world's largest auto-maker is facing the biggest crisis in it's history.
By IBTimes
Asian stock markets tumbled on Friday, following an overnight slump on Wall Street as weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data and a deepening euro zone crisis dampened sentiment. (May 18)
MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, MANUFACTURING, SONY
By Street Wise Reports
Lithium is lightest of all metallic elements, with low density and high electrochemical potential. These are essential characteristics that make the element especially suitable for use in various power-storage applications, including electric vehicles (EVs). (May 17)
MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GENERAL MOTORS, NYSE, WARREN BUFFETT, MANUFACTURING, VOLKSWAGEN
By IBTimes UK
The full text of prime minister's speech in Manchester (May 17)
MORE TOPICS: GENERAL MOTORS, UNEMPLOYMENT, IMF, GDP, JAPAN, STORM
By IBTimes
General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) rocked the automotive and advertising worlds with its announcement Tuesday that it will stop buying advertisements on Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), a value of roughly $10 million a year, on the eve of social networking site's monster IPO. (May 16)
MORE TOPICS: GENERAL MOTORS, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, NYSE, S&P, CHRYSLER, TWITTER, FIAT SPA
By Street Wise Reports
Is the rare earths space an industry in decline, a bubble popped? Not so, according to Jon Hykawy, head of global research and a clean technologies analyst at Byron Capital Markets. Hykawy tells The Critical Metals Report in this exclusive interview ... (May 15)
MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GOLD, NYSE, MANUFACTURING, ADVERTISING, COPPER
By IBTimes
Google is getting serious about its self-driving car technology campaign. In an effort to make the driverless car legal on U.S. roads, the Mountain View, Calif. based company was spotted showing off the robo-prius on the streets of Washington, D.C. (May 15)
MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, CALIFORNIA, FACEBOOK, AUSTRALIA, ERIC CANTOR, FLORIDA
By IBTimes AU
The unexpected gains in Australia's unemployment rate in April may once again be placed in peril with threats of job cuts in several companies. (May 13)
MORE TOPICS: UNEMPLOYMENT, IBM, MANUFACTURING, AUSTRALIA, MANAGEMENT, OPTUS
By Reuters
Tesla Motors Inc <TSLA.O> will start delivering its Model S sedan to customers next month, slightly earlier than the electric carmaker had previously projected and a sign of progress for Tesla's most crucial launch yet. (May 09)
MORE TOPICS: MORGAN STANLEY, DAIMLER AG
By IBTimes
Anti-austerity momentum in Greece continued to weigh down markets with the prospect of the country defaulting or leaving the euro. Spain’s Ibex 35 Index lost 3 percent, led by bank stocks, while its 10-year yields rose more than 6 percent over banking-sector concerns. (May 09)
MORE TOPICS: GOLD, NYSE, AUSTRALIA, RETAIL, NEW YORK, LONDON
By IBTimes
Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) reported a 30 percent drop in income for its fiscal year ended March 31, but the company is nevertheless making headway down the road to recovery from last year's earthquake in Japan and floods in Thailand as ... (May 09)
MORE TOPICS: NYSE, JAPAN, THAILAND, EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, DISASTERS
