The News Review:
- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats…
- Caterpillar denies reports of plan to buy stake in China’s Xingma…
- US Auto Makers Narrow Productivity Gap
- Yates shoots down merger rumors and sticks with Ford – Auto
- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats…
- General Motors’ US auto sales jump 9.6% in May
SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats…
SportingNews.com – Jun 1, 2007
– Week after week Casey Mears watched his Hendrick Motorsports teammates take turns celebrating in Victory Lane. He wondered when his time would come. Buried near the bottom of the points standings Mears would have been thrilled with even a top 10 finish in the Coca-Cola 600 to take the heat off the miserable start to his first season with the NASCAR powerhouse team.
Caterpillar denies reports of plan to buy stake in China’s Xingma…
Forbes – Jun 1, 2007
The comment in a joint statement with Xingma Auto rejected earlier media reports suggesting a stake sale was imminent. ‘Both Caterpillar (nyse:… The China Business reported last week that Caterpillar Inc was planning to buy a 20 pct stake in Xingma Auto and that the US company firm had signed a letter of intent to set up a truck engine joint venture with the Chinese firm. Xingma Automobile Group based in the eastern province of Anhui is China’s largest cement concrete truck maker accounting for over 50 pct of the country’s annual sales.
US Auto Makers Narrow Productivity Gap
wsj.com – Jun 1, 2007
Auto Makers Narrow Productivity Gap ArticleCommentsmore in. auto makers are catching up with their Asian counterparts when it comes to manufacturing. High labor costs however are overshadowing Detroit’s gains.
Yates shoots down merger rumors and sticks with Ford – Auto
ESPN – Jun 1, 2007
– No merger for now for Robert Yates. Hisracing team is sticking with Ford. Yates who had been flirting with merging his team with DaleEarnhardt Inc. signed a five-year contract with Ford RacingTechnology on Friday. “We’re happy about this being done because there wasspeculation out there that we didn’t have anything or that we werelooking elsewhere” Yates said.
SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats…
SportingNews.com – Jun 1, 2007
– Ron Hornaday Jr. survived some early chaos then outlasted his strongest competition to visit victory lane for the second time in three races winning the AAA Insurance 200 Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway on Friday afternoon.
General Motors’ US auto sales jump 9.6% in May
MarketWatch – Jun 1, 2007
said Friday its car and light truck sales jumped 9. 6% for May to 371056 vehicles including the impact of an extra selling day in the most recent month or 5. 4% on adjusted basis. That’s higher than many analysts had expected. verall sales which include heavy trucks gained 8.