Or will it disappoint? Investors — and taxpayers — will be watching on Thursday, when GM posts its latest earnings. Despite analyst expectations of a full-year profit, the automaker has warned that fourth-quarter results will…
The Japanese automaker’s bottom line is likely to have been hit by its many safety recalls, weaker U.S. sales and Japan’s rising currency. Analysts forecast Toyota will report a quarterly profit of about $1 billion on sales of …
Analysts forecast that Ford will announce a profit of 48 cents a share on revenue of about $30.6 billion when it releases earnings on Friday. That translates into an expected pretax profit of $8 billion in 2010, the best Ford h…
Amazon.com on Thursday announced it is buying Lovefilm, a European home-video distributor that some have called the Netflix of Europe. The deal will give the world’s largest online retailer a stronger foothold in digital-video …
The new year’s first week will be busy. Due out on Friday is December’s umemployment rate, and the consensus is for it to drop to 9.7%. However, few expect real improvement until well into 2011. Also on tap: weekly and monthly …