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5 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Neal Boudette
Image Trade war: President Trump suggested on Friday that he was open to slashing tariffs on China to 80 percent from 145 percent. His comments on Truth Social came as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prepared to meet with his Chinese counterpart, He Lifeng, in Switzerland this weekend. "80% Tariff on China seems right! Up to Scott B," Mr. Trump wrote.
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1 week ago | 
auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com | Neal Boudette
The automaker faces disruptions in supply chains and potential retaliatory tariffs. First-quarter profits declined significantly, attributed to lower vehicle sales and production adjustments, despite reduced losses in the electric vehicle sector. Ford Motor said Monday that the Trump administration's tariff policies were likely to lower its 2025 profit, before interest and taxes, by about $1.5 billion.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Neal Boudette
Ford Motor said on Monday that the Trump administration's tariff policies were likely to lower its 2025 profit, before interest and taxes, by about $1.5 billion. The company also dropped its forecast for the year, saying that predicting the future had become too hard. Ford is less affected by President Trump's 25 percent tariffs on vehicles than other automakers because most of the vehicles it sells in the United States are made in the country.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Neal Boudette
2 hours agoWhat Car Looks Cooler Than It Actually Is? Sayings like "looks can be deceiving," "don't judge a book by its cover," and "beauty is more than skin deep," are all platitudes meant to encourage …NowHere's Why Ford Motor Stock Is a Buy Before May 5Ford pays a generous dividend yield while trading at a modest P/E ratio. The countdown has begun.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Neal Boudette
General Motors cut its profit forecast for 2025 on Thursday by more than 20 percent and said that the Trump administration's tariffs would increase its costs by $4 billion to $5 billion this year. In a conference call with analysts, G.M. executives said the company now expects to make $8.2 billion to $10.1 billion this year, down from a previous forecast of $11.2 billion to $12.5 billion.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Neal Boudette
General Motors is abandoning a previous forecast for solid profit growth this year as a result of the uncertainty created by President Trump's trade policies, the automaker said on Tuesday. The Trump administration imposed a 25 percent tariffs on imported cars this month and has said it will impose a 25 percent duty on imported parts on Saturday. About half the cars that G.M. sells in the United States in a typical year are made abroad, mostly in Canada and Mexico.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Neal Boudette
He added that he disagreed with "90 percent of what the Trump administration is doing," especially the cuts at the National Institutes of Health that have disrupted research into cancer and other diseases. "We've seen the destruction of bargaining rights for one million federal workers. We've seen an attack on the National Labor Relations Board and the illegal firing of a board member," he said.
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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Neal Boudette
For the past several months, Ken Harvey has been cultivating a budding side business for his Honda and Mazda dealerships in Northern California: selling used Teslas. A few times a month, Harvey picks up a few pre-owned Teslas at a local automobile auction and offers them for sale, often at surprisingly affordable prices, thanks to a US$4,000 (RM17,971) federal tax credit that customers get for purchasing used electric vehicles priced less than US$25,000 (RM112,322).
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Neal Boudette
WASHINGTON - For the past several months, Mr Ken Harvey has been cultivating a budding side business for his Honda and Mazda dealerships in Northern California: selling used Teslas. A few times a month, Harvey picks up a few pre-owned Teslas at a local automobile auction and offers them for sale, often at surprisingly affordable prices, thanks to a US$4,000 (S$5,367) federal tax credit that customers get for purchasing used electric vehicles priced less than US$25,000.
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1 month ago | 
estadao.com.br | Neal Boudette
Nos últimos meses, Ken Harvey vem cultivando um negócio paralelo em ascensão para suas concessionárias Honda e Mazda no norte da Califórnia: a venda de Teslas usados. Algumas vezes por mês, Harvey pega alguns Teslas usados em um leilão de automóveis local e os coloca à venda, muitas vezes a preços surpreendentemente acessíveis, graças a um crédito fiscal federal de US$ 4 mil que os clientes recebem ao comprar veículos elétricos usados com preço inferior a US$ 25 mil.
