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Ford stock notches its best month since the Great Recession – and keeps rising
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Ford stock notches its best month since the Great Recession – and keeps rising

2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Ford DETROIT – Ford Motor’s stock on Monday added to its best month since the Great Recession in 2009, signaling a significant swing for the automaker this year. Shares of the Detroit automaker closed Monday at $15.34, up 4.4%. The gains added to the stock increasing by 31.9% in July […]

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Shares of Chinese EV makers Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto rise as July car deliveries jump
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Shares of Chinese EV makers Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto rise as July car deliveries jump

Xpeng said it delivered 11,524 in July, a rise versus the same time last year, but slipping from June’s figure. Xpeng had the highest deliveries out of its closest rivals Nio and Li Auto in July. Xpeng said it will begin accepting reservations for its new G9 SUV in August 2022. Chen Dongqiu | Visual […]

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Ford is adding an off-road package to its hot-selling Maverick compact pickup
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Ford is adding an off-road package to its hot-selling Maverick compact pickup

2023 Ford Maverick Tremor Source: Ford Ford Motor is adding a new off-road-ready package to its Maverick pickup in a bid to extend the sales success of its hot-selling small truck.   The new Maverick Tremor package includes a beefed-up, higher-riding suspension and a new all-wheel-drive system system powered by Ford’s 2-liter EcoBoost turbo four-cylinder […]

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The Elon Musk-Twitter trial will start October 17
Technology

The Elon Musk-Twitter trial will start October 17

“The past two years have been an absolutely nightmare of supply chain disruptions, one thing after another, and we are not out of it yet,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. Patrick T. Fallon | Reuters Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will go to trial starting on October 17 in Delaware to resolve Musk’s attempt […]

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Despite concerns, ESG strategies may become a crowded trade for impact investors – so Vanguard is taking a different track
Finance

Despite concerns, ESG strategies may become a crowded trade for impact investors – so Vanguard is taking a different track

It’s a fund looking to make money from green investing. The inclusive, actively managed Vanguard Baillie Gifford Global Positive Impact Stock Fund (VBPIX) is an environmental, social and governance product that bundles companies with positive, inclusive and sustainable intentions.  “It’s really a fund that’s going to be investing in global equities looking to deliver long-term […]

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Amazon records .9 billion loss on Rivian investment, bringing markdown for the year to .5 billion
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Amazon records $3.9 billion loss on Rivian investment, bringing markdown for the year to $11.5 billion

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tour one of the company’s electric delivery vans. Amazon Amazon’s stake in electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive was once worth $27 billion. That was in November, shortly after Rivian’s IPO, which took place just before the Nasdaq peaked. But with investors rotating out of risk in […]

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Here are 4 things Ford CEO told Cramer that show the automaker’s strength
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Here are 4 things Ford CEO told Cramer that show the automaker’s strength

Ford CEO Jim Farley spoke with Jim Cramer after the automaker’s better-than-expected earnings report Wednesday. Source

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Self-driving start-up Pony.ai plans to mass produce robotrucks in China
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Self-driving start-up Pony.ai plans to mass produce robotrucks in China

Self-driving tech start-up Pony.ai announced Thursday it plans to mass produce autonomous driving trucks with equipment manufacturing giant Sany Heavy Industry. Pony.ai BEIJING — Self-driving tech start-up Pony.ai announced Thursday it plans to mass produce autonomous driving trucks in China with equipment manufacturing giant Sany Heavy Industry. Annual production is set to reach about 10,000 […]

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Ford’s great quarter, dividend hike are why we’re willing to weather a tough year for the stock
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Ford’s great quarter, dividend hike are why we’re willing to weather a tough year for the stock

This was a strong quarter for Ford, demonstrating the company’s ability to execute. Source

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What you need to know ahead of Ford’s earnings, especially after GM’s profit miss
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What you need to know ahead of Ford’s earnings, especially after GM’s profit miss

Ford earnings come out after the closing bell Wednesday. Source

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