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CEO Math

by divorced one like Bush Honda has done some math, Honda Motor Co. now expects 185 billion yen ($2.06 billion) in group net profit for the fiscal year ending March…

English translation, or Kleptocracy Defined

…not support for schooling, the automobile industry, or credit card borrowers—just the people who buy (or bought) the paper. In short, f**k the people who actually produced the underlying value…

Clarification (my final one, I hope)

…Obama administration about the auto bailouts in early 2009. Much less did I know that Bain Consulting apparently did advise the Obama administration concerning whether to go forward with the…

Oil prices and consumer spending.

…services to help them navigate through these changes. One area where higher oil prices clearly impacts consumer spending is autos, as consumer spending on new and used autos and energy…

g7-vs-g5-in-charts

…Domestic demand, underpinned by robust fiscal and monetary policy pushed auto sales forward in the G5 and simply offset some of the decline in retail sales in the G7 (see…