Taiwan prosperity safe despite slowdown.
Taiwan offers two interesting signals from its transportation sector. One comes from an April 9, 2007 report from the China Economic News Service (CENS), which says that sales of new cars in Taiwan reached a 20-year record low in the first quarter of 2007. CENS cited Taiwan's Ministry of...

Industrial policy, Chinese-style: FDI, regulation, and dreams of national champions in the auto sector.
Long after the start of the reform period, and well after the proven success of the private sector, the fate of the state-owned sector in China continued to disturb the sleep of many policymakers in the Chinese central government. During much of the 1990s, the problem was...

VW to close deal with Abu Dhabi; a $2bn-plus deal that will see Gulf interests take a substantial stake in Europe's largest car manufacturer is close to completion.
ABU DHABI'S STATE-OWNED Mubadala Development Company looks certain to formally sign a deal to take an undisclosed but significant stake in Europe's largest car-maker, Volkswagen (VW). Under the agreement, VW will sell Mubadala around 10% of its own shares in order to finance a 50% stake in a new...

THAI STIMULUS PACKAGE GETS RESULTS.
A consumption stimulus package backed by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has brought consumers back into the marketplace. In addition, it should help to attract much-needed capital into Thailand's industrial sector during 2003. Thai consumers are taking advantage of attractive financing terms to make high-end purchases that were...

Curb your gas-hogger.
To the editor: Excellent May 27 column by John Hanchette regarding oil and its stranglehold on our economy. I think Pogo's statement about the enemy being us is apropos here--the warning signs have been there since 1973 for us (not the oligarchy in Washington City) to take...

TEKgroup Touts Client List.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-9 June 2008-TEKgroup Touts Client List(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Already serving a roster of clients including Ford Motor Company, Delta Air Lines, Walgreens, CIGNA, and the Public Relations Society of America, TEKgroup International continues to be the provider of online newsroom software. We...

J.D. Power: Online Television Can Target New-Vehicle Buyers.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-6 July 2008-J.D. Power: Online Television Can Target New-Vehicle Buyers(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Online television show content is emerging as an increasingly effective way of reaching new-vehicle buyers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Power Auto Online Media Study-Summer. The semi-annual...

Nickel-Zinc Battery Company PowerGenix Forms Strategic Advisory Board.
ENERGY RESOURCE-11 July 2008-Nickel-Zinc Battery Company PowerGenix Forms Strategic Advisory Board(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com PowerGenix, a manufacturer of non-toxic, safe, high-performance rechargeable nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries, announced the formation of a strategic advisory board to include Don Runkle, Dr. Alvin Salkind and Dr. Fa Ping Zhong. ...

Global Motors: decades of corrupt collusion with the foreign-aid industry have left General Motors, once the colossus of the auto industry, facing extinction.
General Motors is not merely the world's largest car manufacturer; it is an institutional icon of American capitalism, a pillar of our manufacturing economy, and for decades has been among the bluest of blue-chip investments. As the industry leader in one of America's signature industries, GM is regarded by...

Airline Finance News - Europe.
Apr 21, 2008 Most European exporters are not yet feeling the pain of the strong euro, an EU official said Tuesday - even as aircraft maker Airbus, which sells its planes in dollars, called the level "unbearable." Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who leads monthly economy talks...