Brian Gaynor: Who wants to be an internet billionaire New Zealand Herald Fifty years ago the largest listed US companies were American Telephone & Telegraph, General Motors, EI du Pont, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and General Electrics all of which were almost predominantly domestic based. The top five now are Apple, ...
iRule: Apple named top brand of 2011; IBM ranked 2nd Daily Bhaskar Google, HP and General Electrics (GE) occupied the next three positions. With Proctor & Gamble, Intel, Coca Cola and Cisco Systems ranked 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, respectively, the top ten positions were occupied entirely by US-based companies.
Auto industry about to go diesel crazy USA TODAY By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY After hyping hybrids and electrics as fuel-savers, automakers will try to fire up consumers about a wave of new fuel-saving diesel models. The latest will be the Volkswagen Beetle TDI, a diesel version of the iconic car, ...
Chevy Volt Sales Plummet in January Big Government by Publius Washington- General Motors extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt had its worst sales month since August, as negative publicity over fire risks hurt vehicles sales in January. GM sold just 603 Volts – above its sales in January 2011, ... Chevrolet Volt sales fall in wake of fed's probeUSA TODAY
New California Emissions Rules Would Boost Electric Cars Wall Street Journal (blog) The latest policy could be among the best things to happen to electric cars lately. However, the state's emissions-cutting programs of 20 years ago also encouraged electric-car production. This was the era of the General Motors EV1, Honda EV, ...