US Treasury raises $2.38B in Ally stock sale
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - AP - 54 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AP) ' The Treasury Department has raised $2.38 billion after selling a large chunk of its stock in Ally Financial Inc. as part of the government's ongoing effort to recoup the billions of dollars spent bailing out companies during the 2008 financial crisis.
Most active New York Stock Exchange-traded stocks
AP - 1 hr 39 mins ago
NEW YORK (AP) ' A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Autos companies
AP - 1 hr 40 mins ago
NEW YORK (AP) ' Shares of some top autos companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Business Highlights
By The Associated Press - AP - 2 hrs 3 mins ago
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Toyota, GM recalls push US to near-record pace
By TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN - AP - 2 hrs 9 mins ago
DETROIT (AP) ' Big U.S. recalls by General Motors and Toyota have put the auto industry on a record pace as companies try to avoid bad publicity and punishment from an increasingly aggressive government.
A look at Toyota's recall of 6.39 million vehicles
By The Associated Press - AP - 2 hrs 16 mins ago
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it's recalling 6.39 million vehicles globally for various safety defects. The total rises to 6.76 million if vehicles with multiple recalls ' like the Yaris subcompact ' are counted for each recall.
SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Brower Piven Encourages Investors Who Have Losses in Excess of $250,000 From Investment in General Motors Company to Contact Brower Piven Before the May 20, 2014 Lead Plaintiff Deadline -- GM
GlobeNewswire - 2 hrs 37 mins ago
Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of purchasers of General Motors Company ("GM" or the "Company"
Why General Motors (GM) Stock Closed Down Today
at The Street - 2 hrs 48 mins ago
Shares of General Motors (GM) closed down today to its lowest closing price in over nine months after Morgan Stanley (MS) downgraded the automaker to "underweight: from "equalweight," and cut its price target to $33 from $49 earlier today.
Alcoa and Facebook are big market movers
AP - Wed Apr 09, 3:37PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) ' Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:
Stocks Rise More Than 1% As Facebook, Alcoa Jump
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 09, 3:26PM CDT
The major averages ended up more than 1% Wednesday, closing higher for a second day, after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting struck a dovish tone. The Nasdaq led the way, rising 1.8%. The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 added...
General Motors Company's Headache Gets Worse
Daniel Miller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 2:00PM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrial Average  was trading 149 points higher, or 0.92%, by midafternoon after Alcoa unofficially kicked off earnings season yesterday after market close. Despite the company posting a first-quarter loss of $178 million, compared...
Morgan Stanley slashes price target for GM
By The Associated Press - AP - Wed Apr 09, 12:14PM CDT
General Motors Co., which has been struggling with the impact of its massive ignition switch recall, took another hit Wednesday when a Morgan Stanley analyst said the company may fall behind in a major industry shift.
Jim Cramer on Yelp, LinkedIn (LNKD), General Motors (GM) and Ford (F)
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 11:31AM CDT
TheStreet's Jim Cramer thinks Yelp (YELP) is undervalued and has been under tremendous pressure as people have been taking a lot of profits amid worry about the FTC investigation. He calls Yelp "the modern-day Yellow Pages on your mobile" and would...
Toyota's Top Sellers Among Recall Of 6.4 Mil Vehicles
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 09, 10:51AM CDT
Toyota Motor (TM), still reeling from the acceleration defect that caused fatal accidents a couple of years ago, issued a new recall of 6.39 million vehicles globally for a variety of problems. It is the latest in a round of recalls by automakers,...
General Motors Ignition Switch Cited in Houston Car Crash Lawsuit
PR Newswire - Wed Apr 09, 10:20AM CDT
A Texas woman who suffered critical injuries in a terrifying car accident last December has filed a state district court lawsuit against General Motors (NYSE: GM) and other defendants based on claims that a faulty GM ignition switch caused her 2007 Pontiac Solstice to lose control and prevented the car's airbags from deploying.
Jim Cramer: Like It or Not, the World Is Looking Up
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 10:13AM CDT
That's the takeaway from the Alcoa call, which gave us its most bullish worldview since the Great Recession ended.
Why Do Microsoft's Windows in the Car and Apple's CarPlay Want to Control Your Dashboard?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 9:45AM CDT
The battle to control your vehicle's dashboard looks to be heating up and it's a fight that might ultimately lead consumers to switch to devices that use different operating systems than the ones they currently use. In March Apple  announced...
Five Takeaways From the GM Safety Debacle
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 9:25AM CDT
One takeaway is, the GM bailout failed and $10 billion in taxpayer money has been squandered.
After General Motors, It's Toyota's Turn to Stumble
Alex Dumortier, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 9:19AM CDT
The S&P 500 and the narrower Dow Jones Industrial Average  were up 0.09% and 0.15%, respectively, at 10:15 a.m. EDT. The first-quarter earnings season got under way yesterday afternoon with Alcoa 's results (which beat Wall Street...
Is This Bad News?: GM Gets Maximum Fine
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 9:07AM CDT
The government is fining General Motors the maximum daily amount for failing to fully cooperate. But does it even matter?