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Honda (NYSE: HMC) is recalling 166,000 small SUVs and 6,200 luxury cars in the United States, along with thousands more throughout the rest of the world. The Japanese automaker said there may be a problem with the doors of the 2012 CR-V and the 2013 Acura ILX. According to Reuters, no accidents or...

Ford (NYSE: F) announced Thursday that it expects losses in foreign markets to grow. The ongoing recession in Europe, combined with increasing competitiveness, prompted the automaker to lower its guidance. Ford is not the only company facing issues in Europe. Nike (NYSE: NKE) just posted an...

After losing the support of General Motors (NYSE: GM), two major corporations -- Ford (NYSE: F) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) -- have announced that they will continue to use Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to boost their marketing efforts. According to the Wall Street Journal, both companies have endorsed...

Contrary to reports circulating the Web, Ford (NYSE: F) has not said "no" to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming Eyes Free feature, which will help integrate Siri into new automobiles. In an e-mail to Benzinga, Ford Community Manager Alan Hall said that the automaker's relationship with Microsoft (...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is looking to spend more than $1 billion to acquire another company. This time it's Yammer, a four-year-old enterprise that created a social network for the corporate world. According to Bloomberg, Yammer could help Microsoft "add social-networking tools to the suite of...

Toyota (NYSE: TM), Honda (NYSE: HMC) and General Motors (NYSE: GM) are among several automakers that are embracing Apple's voice-activated technology. But Ford (NYSE: F), which already has an exclusive joint venture with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has apparently said "no" to Siri. Now many tech...

Here is a quick look some dividend payers in the consumer goods sector that have a consensus recommendation of analysts of Strong Buy. The world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), has seen its share price rise almost 31% in the past half year, despite pulling back a bit in the...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual ranking of the top 500 companies (as well as finding bargain stocks from the list) and the prospects for airline United Continental, insurer Unum Group and the recently spun-off Phillips 66. Cover Story "Bravo to the Best!" by Jacqueline Doherty. It is...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) drew quite the controversy when it was revealed that the company planned to layoff as many as 1,000 people. While the game publisher attempted to reduce the bad press with a couple of vague statements, EA never actually denied the layoffs. However, just as people are...

They say that love is blind. They were right. In falling (blindly) for the sleek and attractive designs of one automaker, I somehow talked myself into believing that the red flags were nothing more than speed bumps. "Those aren't warning signs!" I told myself. "I have no reason to worry. None...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual listing of the top 30 corporate chiefs, a look at Deere, International Game Technology and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, as well as growth in Latin American airlines. Cover Story “World's Best CEOs” by Andrew Bary. Barron's offers up its annual listing of...

India recently decided to open up its equity market to individual foreign investors. The hope is that allowing foreign investors to buy Indian stocks directly would help reverse a year-long decline in Indian stock prices and lead to more foreign investment in the Indian economy. If you're not ready...

Think Ford First, says the automaker. So why are new Ford cars making us think of Honda and Hyundai instead? It all started with the redesigned Ford (NYSE: F) Escape, which looks painfully similar to the Honda (NYSE: HMC) CR-V. After writing about the similarities last fall, many readers chimed in...

iPhone 4S, Ford Focus, Spotify, Siri, Turntable.fm – who (or what) comes out on top? 10. The New Ford Focus Ford (NYSE: F) is known for making beautiful cars. From the Mustang to the F-150, it is one of the strongest automakers around. Last year, the company released the latest redesign of the...

GM vehicles are expected to fly out of Chinese showrooms in 2012. In America, General Motors (NYSE: GM) vehicles are already flying…right off the road! The Associated Press reports (via Jalopnik) that GM is recalling 4,296 Chevy Sonics because of the “possibility” that some are missing an inner or...