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Nikkei (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008Suzuki's Indian Sales Down 26% For Nov In Sharpest Drop Of '08NEW DELHI (Nikkei)--Suzuki Motor Corp.'s (7269) sales in India fell 26.9% on the year in volume terms for November, the sharpest decline so far this year, and the situation could worsen in December because of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last week.
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Nikkei (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Suzuki To Put CVTs Into All Its MinivehiclesTOKYO (Nikkei)--With an eye toward environmentally friendly offerings, Suzuki Motor Corp. (7269) plans to introduce continuously variable transmissions throughout its minivehicle lineup.
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Suzuki Motor Corp. will shrink the workforce at its Hungarian factory to around 4,400 from 5,600 by the end of February, company officials said Saturday. Suzuki plans to cut production there to adjust for falling vehicle demand in Europe resulting from the global financial crisis, they said. Read the full story
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PanAsianBiz (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Foreign investors are continuing to sell Japanese shares. Three such companies with high foreign ownership ratios have been declining considerably.Of the 40 firms listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange with high foreign ownership ratios, 27 companies saw their foreign ownership stakes drop as of Sept. 30. The leasing firm Orix - foreign [...]
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
General Motors Corp. said Friday it would sell and lease back some of its non-manufacturing operations in Europe as part of its efforts to raise cash quickly. The company's European division has retained real estate agent Jones Lang LaSalle to help identify...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. said Friday it would sell and lease back some of its non-manufacturing operations in Europe as part of its efforts to raise cash quickly.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
The Hungarian subsidiary of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. is planning to cut around 1,200 jobs at its local car plant, an official said Friday.
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ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Foreign contract workers in Japan have been hit by the economic downturn.
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Nikkei (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Suzuki Redesigns Alto Lapin With Young Ladies In MindTOKYO (Nikkei)--Suzuki Motor Corp. (7269) on Wednesday introduced the fully remodeled Alto Lapin minivehicle, which has been redesigned to be more fuel efficient and more appealing to young women.
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Just Auto (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Suzuki Motor Corp CEO Osamu Suzuki has said he believes a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by former top shareholder GM is '100% outside the realm of possibility'.
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Nikkei (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Suzuki Will Maintain Business Tie-Up With GM: Suzuki ChairmanTOKYO (Nikkei)--Although General Motors Corp. has sold all of its shareholdings in Suzuki Motor Corp. (7269), the chairman of the Japanese automaker stressed Wednesday that their business partnership will continue.
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Nikkei (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Suzuki Motor Says To Up India Two-Wheeler Mfg CapacityNEW DELHI (Dow Jones)--Suzuki Motor Corp. (7269) will increase its production capacity for scooters and motorcycles in India by 47% to 250,000 vehicles a year by June 2009 to meet rising demand, its local unit said Wednesday.
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Nikkei (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Suzuki CEO: To Continue Tie-Ups With GM After Shr SaleTOKYO (Dow Jones)--Suzuki Motor Corp. (7269) Chairman and Chief Executive Osamu Suzuki said Wednesday that the company will continue working with General Motor Corp. (GM) even though the two firms dissolved their capital alliance last week.
