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...But with an adjusted earnings before interest and tax margin of 8.8 per cent for the third quarter — twice that of Ford for the same period — post-bankruptcy GM has less fat to trim....
...Fiat Chrysler largely got out of saloons in 2016, dropping its Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200 models, to focus more on Jeep and Ram....
...(The plant closed in 2006 as the company shifted production to Slovakia). But that changed after the 2008 financial crisis....
...Toyota, number three in US sales behind GM and Ford, reported an 8.8 per cent decline in sales in August, as orders for its namesake Toyota brand slipped....
...Mr Zetsche, known for his extravagant silver moustache, took over as head of Daimler in 2006, having been chief executive of Chrysler, then part of the merged DaimlerChrysler group....
...(This is why the Canadian government contributed to the bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler.)...
...In the fourth quarter of 2014, sales of consumer electronics at the German retailer — which has €63bn of annual turnover — were the best since 2006....
...The consumer price index may have dropped 0.2 per cent in December, but this was almost entirely down to the oil price, and core CPI increased 0.8 per cent....
...The plan will be Fiat’s third in eight years, and follows two sets of pledges made in 2006 and 2010 that forecast ambitious revenue and margin targets that were missed by the carmaker....
...Mark Frissora, who had run Hertz since 2006, will be replaced as chief executive on an interim basis by Brian MacDonald, a Hertz executive....
...However, Fiat’s shares fell 2.5 per cent in Milan to €8.55 on Wednesday....
...Electrolux wants to reduce wages by €130 a month – almost 8 per cent – for nearly 4,000 workers, in four factories in northern Italy, producing washing machines, fridges, dishwashers and ovens....
...The Disrupters — day two 8....
...GM’s US new vehicle sales are up 8.8 per cent on 2012 for the 11 months to the end of November, slightly ahead of the wider market, and its prices have also improved....
...The figure for 2011 was 8,494 miles, a level last seen in 1996....
...Danone also racked up an abortive joint venture with Mengniu in 2006 that was dropped after it failed to gain official authorisation....
...New York-based menswear designer John Varvatos recently consulted on the design of the Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition, which will be presented at the New York International Auto Show this month...
...At the peak of its exporting prowess in 2006 and 2007, Huaxi was exporting goods worth about $500m per year....
...Mercedes entered the Chinese market later than its rivals and then grew rapidly between 2006 and 2010....
...Société Générale gained 4.8 per cent to €22.61 as European banking stocks continued their strong start to 2012....
...In 2006 and 2008, many of Ryan’s older Republican colleagues were thrown out of office as a result of lobbying scandals and overspending....
...Chrysler, for example, is using Mexico as a base to supply some of its Fiat 500s to the Chinese market....
...When they were hired to do something else, say grower to cost-controller, the returns were negative 39.8 per cent....
...Not coincidentally, Treasury owned a majority stake in GMAC after recapitalizing the loan originator that Cerberus acquired in 2006 through a transaction very similar to the Chrysler buyout....
...It gives politicians the power to block decisions of interest to shareholders,” one large VW investor said in 2006....
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