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Fort Worth, Texas-based GM Financial, owned by General Motors (NYSE: GM), will start offering car loans to U.S. customers with prime credit this coming summer, according to The Detroit News. This is significant because GM Financial is known mostly for issuing auto loans to car buyers with less-...

General Motors (NYSE: GM), which just reported a sizable drop in sales for January due in part to inclement weather, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year results Thursday, February 6, before the opening bell. Investors will be looking for any boost from GM's new line up of new...

This weekend in Barron's online: part three of the 2014 Barron's Roundtable, Ford vs. GM, as well as the prospects for Akamai Technologies, Stanley Black & Decker, Weight Watchers and more. Cover Story "Better Get a Grip" by Lauren R. Rublin. This week's cover story in Barron's is the third...

January, with its five percent correction, is behind us, and earnings continue to roll out this week, whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow. Highlights will include quarterly results from General Motors (NYSE: GM), Merck (NYSE: MRK), Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS),...

This weekend in Barron's online: part one of the 2014 Barron's Roundtable, how the Barron's stock picks for 2013 fared, and the prospects for Denbury Resources, The Gap, Dean Foods and more. Cover Story "The Good, Bad and Ugly: A Guide to 2014" by Lauren R. Rublin. It seems the Barron's...

The car Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) “has always wanted to make” is close. About three years close, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk who spoke to CNN Tuesday. That’s good news for would-be electric car owners who can’t afford the $70,000 (and up) Tesla Model S that is the only one currently available...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is getting a lot of buzz for creating the Open Automotive Alliance, but Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry doesn't expect Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to follow suit. "Apple has no interest in the car market," Chowdhry told Benzinga. "Not really. That [does not] fit their...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the largest companies developing in-car technology, but Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) might be hatching a plan to overtake its competitor. According to The Wall Street Journal, Google and Audi (OTC: AUDVF) will announce a new partnership next week at the Consumer...

The first self-driving vehicles could be available to purchase in less than 10 years, but the real revolution could come from wireless charging. "The ability [for an automobile] to take instant reactions based on information that is computerized is already realized," Dr. Satwant Kaur, author of...

Bloomberg's Real M&A on November 26 speculated that General Motors (NYSE: GM) could potentially be a company on activist investors and hedge funds radars due to its “fortress balance sheet” and a more favorable operating environment, as the U.S. Treasury is set to liquidate its position in the...

This weekend in Barron's online: Paul Theroux discusses why the philanthropy of Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Bono in Africa largely fails. Also the prospects for Capital One, how to profit from activist investors and more. Cover Story "Africa's Aid Mess" by Paul Theroux. "Telescopic philanthropy...

Encouraging news coming from the job market was enough to send the major markets higher. Initial Jobless Claims declined 21,000 to 323,000 versus an estimated 335,000. As to be expected, the Senate Banking Panel Voted in favor to approve Janet Yellen as the next Fed Chair. The Dow gained 0....

Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA), which is run and was co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2013 results Tuesday, November 5, after the markets close. Among other things, investors will have an eye on the gross profit margin. It jumped from five percent in the...

The earnings crunch rolls on. This week's highlights include quarterly reports from the two biggest companies by market capitalization, Apple and Exxon Mobil, which are expect to post declining earnings. Per-share earnings from General Motors are expected to be the same as a year ago, and...

Ford (NYSE: F), which saw record sales of its F-150 trucks in August and September, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2013 results Thursday, October 24, before the markets open. Investors will be looking to see how much of a drag on revenue and income Europe continues to be now that the...