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Thursday, May 10, 2012

DAILY: U.S. auto sales on track for best showing since 2007 | Mulally says no timetable for retirement as Ford CEO | Nissan says Magna Steyr will build new Infiniti entry model

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U.S. auto sales on track for best showing since 2007
Rising demand means overtime, reduced vacations
image DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- U.S. auto sales are on pace for the best showing since 2007 and a third straight year of at least 10 percent gains, only the fourth such streak since the Great Depression, as more-confident buyers return to showrooms.
>> story  Published: May 10 10:15 am U.S. Eastern time
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Mulally: No timetable for retirement as Ford CEO
image WILMINGTON, Del. (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally said he has no timetable for retirement and his boss, Executive Chairman Bill Ford, is just fine with that.
"We've said 2025, maybe it should be 2030," Ford joked to reporters today ...
>> story  Published: May 10 11:19 am U.S. Eastern time [REG]

Nissan says Magna Steyr will build new Infiniti entry model
imageLONDON -- Nissan said today that Austrian contract manufacturer Magna Steyr will build a new premium compact car for the automaker's Infiniti brand starting in 2014.
>> story  Published: May 10 6:28 am U.S. Eastern time [REG]
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    Ford 10.71 +0.19% 15.35 / 9.05
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    Tesla 32.96 +9.65% 39.95 / 21.50
    Tower International 12.88 +8.05% 18.33 / 9.45
    Tenneco 29.38 +2.55% 46.49 / 22.47
    Dana 13.89 +2.13% 19.00 / 9.45
    CarMax 30.04 +2.11% 35.17 / 22.77
    Bottom Performers Price Daily change 52-week high / low
    Continental AG* 88.90 -2.59% 110.24 / 52.75
    BMW* 28.43 -2.40% 35.30 / 19.13
    Gentex 22.67 -1.82% 32.21 / 20.69
    Volkswagen* 32.14 -1.41% 39.43 / 21.88
    Toyota* 79.73 -1.02% 87.15 / 60.37
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