Porsche boss makes the premium car-makers courage

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Michael Macht sees growth opportunities for Porsche. Source: Reuters
Duisburg. Michael Macht glosses over nothing: "The German auto industry is actually in a horrible year," picks up on the Porsche boss an estimate of the auto industry experts Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer from the University of Duisburg-Essen. Therefore the sales slumps in the crisis year of 2009 are [...]

Intel is a seamless continuation of boom times

Friday, January 15th, 2010

HB SANTA CLARA. Earned in the fourth quarter Intel below the line with just under 2.3 billion U.S. dollars back as much as in his heyday. "Microprocessors are irreplaceable in our modern world," CEO Paul Ottelini grounded on Thursday at its headquarters in Santa Clara, the steep resurgence.
In particular, the increase in IT investment [...]

U.S. Chicago Purchasing Managers Index rises unexpectedly in December

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

CHICAGO (Dow Jones) – The business activity in manufacturing in the Chicago area has developed significantly better than expected in December. As the association of purchasing managers in Chicago, announced on Wednesday, increased the seasonally adjusted index of business brought by him to 60.0 points. (Photo: ddp)

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast [...]

"We will aggressively go back"

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Handelsblatt: Mr. Zetsche how to beat the German economy in 2010?

Dieter Zetsche: We must assume that the international markets recover only slowly in 2010. The German economy but has enormous potential and the German automotive industry anyway. Therefore, we will use all available market opportunities when the economy is slowly bouncing back.

HB: What do you [...]

Exceptions to wage ceilings in auto industry accepted

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

The U.S. General Motors, Chrysler and GMAC to make exceptions to the wage ceilings introduced by companies from the U.S. government from the financial deadlock are met. Reason for the exception is that these companies should be able "to retain talent or attract", reports the White House.
The exceptions are for the financial director of General [...]