| DAILY NEWSLETTER | April 30, 2012 |
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| Price | Daily change | 52-week high / low | | General Motors | 23.00 | -2.25% | 33.47 / 19.00 | | Ford | 11.28 | -2.34% | 15.70 / 9.05 | | Top Performers | Price | Daily change | 52-week high / low | | Volkswagen* | 34.27 | +1.39% | 39.43 / 21.88 | | Denso* | 16.37 | +0.80% | 18.72 / 12.86 | | AutoNation | 34.58 | +0.20% | 41.55 / 30.46 | | BMW* | 31.71 | -0.25% | 35.30 / 19.13 | | Nissan* | 20.70 | -0.39% | 22.23 / 16.18 | | Bottom Performers | Price | Daily change | 52-week high / low | | Tenneco | 30.83 | -14.57% | 46.80 / 22.47 | | Tower International | 10.64 | -9.52% | 18.33 / 9.45 | | Superior Industries | 17.11 | -5.47% | 25.62 / 14.17 | | American Axle | 9.69 | -4.81% | 13.44 / 6.77 | | Sonic | 16.82 | -4.16% | 19.05 / 10.11 | |  |
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| KEITH CRAIN
Whose rules do you play by?
 It's pretty simple when you do business in the United States.
You don't cheat or bribe anyone to increase your company's revenue or profits.
That simple, straightforward rule works well for most of the Western world.
But there are plenty of places with totally different rules.
In some spots, bribery, corruption and necessary payoffs are a part of the daily landscape. All companies must adhere to those rules if they expect to be even modestly successful in those foreign lands.
But the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 prohibits U.S. companies from bribing foreign officials.
It is an ... >> Read the column Published: Apr 30 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time
| DAVE GUILFORD
Why does it take so long to close a deal?
 In the space of about six weeks this winter, my wife and I bought two new cars. The reason for this splurge was exactly what industry watchers have predicted: Old, wheezing cars eventually need to be replaced.
In our case, two vehicles in our household fleet of three (self, wife, daughter) reached the end of the road. The shopping process was pretty painless. We narrowed down our choices online, both in terms of vehicle and price, and wrapped up the deal at the store.
But there was one problem at both dealerships: It takes an inordinate amount of time to close a car deal. I didn't run a stopwatch, but it seemed to me ... >> Read the column Published: Apr 30 12:01 am U.S. Eastern time
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| | | | |  | Will Mitsubishi's new small car be just a Mirage in U.S.?
RYAN BEENE: Mitsubishi will launch the Mirage, a new minicar reprising a nameplate unseen in the United States since 2002, in the North American market in the first quarter of 2013. The car will be sold in Canada, but sales in the United States are still “under consideration," a spokesman said. ...  Read the blog Published: Apr 28 8:12 am U.S. Eastern time
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