Car Allowance Rebate System

    By Peter Cohan

    | 10:00AM 8/06/2009
    The U.S. government is committing $23.7 trillion to various rescue programs and it has raised the national debt to $11.3 trillion. Are any of these programs doing a shred of good? For the most part, it's hard to tell. Admittedly, unlike last fall, I don't spend every Sunday night writing about the...

    By Bruce Watson

    | 4:20PM 8/03/2009
    On first reading, today's press release from Chrysler sounds like great news. The company's sales are up 30 percent from June, and five models have set sales record for July. Sales of Jeep Patriots have increased by 134 percent over last year, and Caliber sales are up 63 percent. PT Cruisers have...

    By Bruce Watson

    | 12:00PM 8/03/2009
    On Monday, the Ford Motor Company (F) reported its July auto sales. The automaker, which watched its numbers plunge with 2008 gas price increases and the subsequent recession, said that it is experiencing a significant uptick for the first time in almost two years. Including Volvo, Ford's sales...