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By Christiaan HetznerFRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors GM Chief Executive Fritz Henderson was due in Germany on Monday to start talks aimed at soothing workers' tempers over the carmaker's plan to reorganize European arm Opel on its own.GM plunged Opel into turmoil last week by reversing its plan to sell...

Vladimir Putin is surprised that the Opel deal (which he had earlier called, one of the first steps that will lead us to a real integration into the European economy) has fallen through - and said that a legal analysis...

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U.S. stocks wobbled Tuesday and ended the day mixed even as automakers reported improved auto sales and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway said it would buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.  Traders were reluctant to place big bets as they awaited the outcome of a two-day FOMC meeting which got underway Tuesday and Friday's monthly jobs report.  Although expectations are the Fed would keep interest rates in the 0-0.25% range, Wall Street has been speculating if there would be a change of tone in the policy statement. 

On Tuesday, the 30-stock Dow Jones industrial average closed down 17.53 points, or 0.18%, to 9,771.91.  The broad Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added 2.53 points, or 0.24%, to 1,045.41 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 8.12 points, or 0.40%, to 2,057.32.  On the NYSE, volume slowed to 1.38 billion shares.  

The news of a sale of 200 tons of gold to India sent gold futures surging $32.10 to $1086.  Treasury prices declined with the 10-year off 16/32 to 101-08/32 and the corresponding yield surging to 3.47% from 3.41% Monday.      

Burlington Northern (NYSE:BNI) surged 28% to $97 after the $26 billion offer from Berkshire.  Technology stocks were under pressure following a Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) analyst downgrade of semiconductor companies. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), the world’s biggest computer-chip maker, fell 2.7% to $18.50 and Novellus Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:NVLS) declined 5.2% to $19.71.  Shares in basic materials, oil and gas and industrials rose 1.8%, 1.5%, and 1.3%, respectively in yesterday's trade.  Meanwhile, automakers reported October sales numbers mostly higher from a year ago.  General Motors (NYSE:GM) posted its first y/y sales gain, in nearly two years, as its sales rose 5%; Ford (NYSE:F) said its sales rose 3%; Toyota (NYSE:TM) sales, although flat, were ahead of estimates of a 6% decline.  Chrysler sales fell 30%.

Nevertheless, corporate earnings so far have continued to beat Wall Street estimates, with 84% of the S&P500's 358 firms reported so far currently beating Street estimates.  Meanwhile, the S&P 500 is currently trading 55% above its 12-year low hit on March 9. 

Today’s earnings calendar includes quarterly reports from the following: Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), News Corp. (NYSE:NWS), Prudential (NYSE:PRU), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN), and Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX).

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BloggingStocks: "Treasury's own analysis suggests that the circumstances necessary for the companies to reach market capitalizations high enough for Treasury to fully recovery its equity investments are unlikely," a Government Accounting Office report on the ... Read more

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In the past two months, two thirds of the Detroit-Three, Chrysler LLC (Auburn Hills, MI) and General Motors Corporation (Detroit, MI) (NYSE: GM), have both filed for bankruptcy after accepting billions in tax payer financed aid. With the automotive sector continuing to experience poor sales, what is being done to bring these two automotive giants back from the edge of oblivion? And how fares the balance of the automakers as they weather the recession? Join David Pickering, Vice President of Production Research and Industrial Manufacturing Group Manager, as we discuss the current state of the automotive sector and where it is heading in the future on Navigating the Currents of Change.

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Technomic Asia’s Kent Kedl was interviewed on Marketplace Radio on Tuesday, May 26. The story focuses on GM producing cars in China, not only for the China market, but perhaps to export to the US. It’s a story that illustrates the interdependence of global supply chains. The piece is reported by Marketplace [...]