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Online video has changed how auto marketers connect with customers
… broader story line around their products, break the conventions of TV and connect with customers in new ways. The auto industry is second only to video game makers in embracing the medium for its video advertising, according to a recent study …
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Akerson's global goal: Rebuild GM into an IT powerhouse
… from Hewlett-Packard to execute the ambitious in-sourcing effort, acknowledges that GM will be an outlier in the auto industry . He says GM eventually will run 90 percent of its IT infrastructure, compared with about 70 percent for even the …
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Behind the scenes, Straubel keeps Tesla running at pivotal time
… I discussed over that first lunch: that batteries have come much further than anyone expects, certainly than the auto industry expects." While the two have very different personalities -- Straubel is a soft-spoken, publicity-shy engineer …
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Akerson's GM Pickup Pitch (5/17/13)
… you this Friday with first shift footnote. Carol Connolly. Ford's global trends in huge tree expert. Is the only auto industry employee named to the company's top 100 most creative people in business when he thirteen. Connolly by the way in …
Carol Connolly. Ford's global trends in huge tree expert. Is the only auto industry employee named to the company's top 100 most creative people in business -- when he thirteen. Connolly by the way in is -
European car sales post 1st gain in 19 months
… consistent with auto sales some 14 percent above current levels," said Garthwaite, who raised his recommendation on auto - industry stocks to overweight from benchmark, the equivalent of hold.
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VW, GM, others get unexpected boost in China
… change in policy direction is meant to boost foreign investment and economic growth rather than for the need of the auto industry ," Zhang Xin, an analyst with Guotai Junan Securities Co. in Beijing, said by telephone. "It could well cause …
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How GM and Nissan avoided a UAW thorn
A labor taboo still exists in the North American auto industry , and Nissan and General Motors sidestepped it this week. GM revealed that it will buy Nissan's compact commercial vans to provide …
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Survey: Consumers are ready for new tech ideas in cars
A new survey about what vehicle consumers want and don't want suggests that the auto industry is lagging consumers when it comes to technology ideas. The study, undertaken globally by software supplier Cisco Systems, found …
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Ally clears barrier for IPO with plan to resolve mortgage claims
… The U.S. took a 74 percent stake in return for a package of financial aid designed to keep credit flowing to the auto industry and preserve jobs. Ally can now turn its attention to the IPO. The company filed to go public in 2011 before putting …
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IRS changes could ensnare dealers who reinsure
… Act weren't targeting them. "It doesn't make a tremendous amount of sense, but that's because it was aimed at these other enterprises that have accounts offshore," Kaseff says. "The IRS didn't carve out the auto industry ."
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Americans, especially young, continue to drive less, report says
… features will encourage millenials to place a higher value on owning a car. "Over time, this is something where the auto industry is not going to be able to change these trends or change the larger arc of things by adding in more information technology …
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The auto boom -- without new jobs
… very good news for the American auto industry . Or he has some very bad news ..... than we were a decade ago. The auto industry is strong and it's going to ..... The bad news is that "strong auto industry " is no longer synonymous with …
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Why Wednesday hearing could be connected cars' moment of truth
… testify Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The turf war between the auto industry and the wireless industry at the FCC has made clear that if connected cars get labeled as vaporware, it could have …
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Akerson sees GM profits streaming from in-vehicle connections
… television." Industry 'Battleground' A debate within the auto industry is how such service will be provided. While GM is ..... placing OnStar in vehicles in 1996, Thilo Koslowski, an auto - industry analyst with Gartner Inc. based in San Jose, Calif …
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N.J. store sues Chrysler over termination
… from terminating the franchises as Chrysler said it would do this month. According to the suit, the collapse of the auto industry and the recession "altered the business landscape," and as a result, Lucas "was not required to move forward with …
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Magna hikes full-year forecast on strong Q1 profit
… strong performance given the weakness in the European auto industry ," analyst David Tyerman wrote in a note to clients ..... likely helped. Carmakers have said that the European auto industry has yet to turnaround and that some stabilization might …
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Automakers grow adept at targeting ads to Internet surfers
… part of the growing online advertising spending in the auto industry . Automotive advertisers spent about $4.39 billion ..... PricewaterhouseCoopers. Online marketing researcher eMarketer projects auto industry spending on online advertising will top $5.01 billion …
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N.J. dealership sues Chrysler to prevent franchise terminations
… not reached their levels of 2007, when the renovations were agreed to. According to the suit, the collapse of the auto industry and the recession "altered the business landscape," and as a result, Lucas "was not required to move forward with …
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Magna stock hits record high as Q1 profits improve, forecast rises
… strong performance given the weakness in the European auto industry ," analyst David Tyerman wrote in a note to clients ..... likely helped. Carmakers have said that the European auto industry has yet to turnaround and that some stabilization might …
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Mercedes USA CEO: Customer service will be 'my legacy'
… business -- bar none." That is where we want to be. Why are you studying customer-service exemplars outside the auto industry , such as the hoteliers Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and Mandarin Oriental? The bar is too low in the car business …
