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GM executive and Bob Lutz, who has been a senior executive in the car industry longer than any man alive, will become the new chairman of Opel. GM has decided to keep ownership of Opel and British car company Vauxhall after months of negotiations to sell them. Lutz told Swiss Sonntag newspaper that he is likely to [...]

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The economy is recovering, yet the Labor market is still in the doldrums (we will see just how bad tomorrow morning). In other words, output is up, yet the number of hours of work to create that output is down. This, by definition, means that output per hour — otherwise known as productivity — is [...]

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Back in May I recommended that readers should buy shares in Ford Motor Co. (F) on the grounds that the U.S. carmaker would gain market share from the bankrupt General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC. Ford’s third-quarter profit and healthy October sales growth show I called that one right. One ...

• Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) reported fourth quarter earnings of 24 cents a share, up from last year's 10 cents, above Zacks estimates of 21 cents, as revenues dropped 3.7% to $2.42 billion. The firm raised its 2010 guidance to 15-20% earnings growth from prior guidance of 13-18% growth

• Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) shares gained 12% on their NYSE debut.  The company sold 38 million shares at $25 per share

• JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) lifted its price target on Ford (NYSE:F)

• The smartphone marketplace will watch today's launch of Verizon's (NYSE:VZ) much-heralded new "Droid" launch, using Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system

• AIG (NYSE:AIG) reported third quarter earnings of $2.85 ex-items

• Bernstein upgraded General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares

• JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) upgraded Macy's (NYSE:M) shares

• Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) upgraded Blue Nile (NASDAQ:NILE) shares, lifting the price target from $30 to $50

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Companies featured in this segment: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Fiat SpA (OTC:FIATY), Ivanhoe Mines Limited (NYSE:IVN), Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP), Salzgitter Group AG (ETR:SZG), Lonza Group AG (VTX:LONN), Linde AG (ETR:LIN), E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY)

Companies featured in this segment: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), CEZ (PRG:BAACEZ), Areva SA (EPA:CEI), Toshiba Corporation (TYO:6502), Mitsubishi Corporation (OTC:MSBHY), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (TYO:7011), Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP)

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Companies featured in this segment: ABB Limited (NYSE:ABB), Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC)

Companies featured in this segment: Fiat SpA (OTC:FIATY), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), E.ON (OTC:EONGY), Hitachi Limited (NYSE:HIT), OAO Gazprom (OTC:OGZPY), Tata Power Company Limited (BSE:500400), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (BSE:532898), Doosan Heavy Industry & Construction Company (SEO:034020), Toshiba Plant Systems and Services Corporation (TYO:1983), Larsen & Toubro Limited (BSE:500510), PT Bumi Resources Tbk (JAK:BUMI), Reliance Power Limited (BSE:532939), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (TYO:7011), Daimler AG (NYSE:DAI), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Asahi Glass Company Limited (TYO:5201)