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		<title>Overhaul: a tell-all account of rescuing GM and Chrysler</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Towns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steven Rattner&#8217;s Overhaul: An Insider&#8217;s Account of the Obama Administration&#8217;s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry will not disappoint readers with its poignantly detailed narration of the harrowing events surrounding the fate of two of the Big 3 U.S. automakers. Almost regardless of where readers&#8217; interests may lie, the stories within his story are plentifully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM’s Asia Pacific President on GM vs. Toyota</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Towns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Motors&#8217; Asia Pacific president Rick Brown at the Tokyo Motor Show on Wednesday said comparing GM to Toyota is a waste of time and energy &#8212; ?????????????????????????????? &#8212; referring to the much talked about point that Toyota could surpass GM in global vehicles sold (volume) annually, as early as this year. GM&#8217;s Brown said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volkswagen To Delist from Tokyo Stock Exchange; And Then There Were 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Towns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volkswagen has applied to delist from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, citing low trading volume and its plans to also delist from some European exchanges. This continues the TSE&#8217;s trend of losing (and not being able to replace, at least for the time being) overseas listings. There will now be only 25 foreign companies listed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Auto Struggles at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Towns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1st-half fiscal 2007 sales of new autos are down 8.1% year-over-year to 2.48M autos. Backout mini-car sales and the figure stands at -8.8%. This is reportedly the lowest level in 33-years and the first time in four-years for mini-cars to have suffered a decline in sales (-6.8% y/y to 896,334 units sold). Ex-mini cars, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nissan GT-R Countdown!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Towns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let the Nissan GT-R countdown begin. Nikkan Kogyo reports Nissan (NSANY) (JP: 7201) CEO Carlos Ghosn will unveil the highly anticipated Nissan GT-R on Oct. 24 at the Tokyo Motor Show press day. Nissan is now taking pre-orders. The GT-R is said to be priced from the upper 7 million yen (approx. US$65,000+ at 115/1) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Press Jumps Ship, To Leave Toyota for Chrysler</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Towns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Without doubt Toyota is disappointed (and probably a lot of other emotions) about Jim Press leaving for Chrysler. Press &#8212; who has been with Toyota for 37 years, is the highest ranking Toyota executive in the U.S. and the first American on Toyota&#8217;s board &#8212; is resigning effective September 14. &#8220;I was looking forward to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subprime Fallout Spreading to Autos?</title>
		<link>http://steventowns.proxyexchange.org/2007/03/14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Towns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago we looked at Lexus &#8212; in short, it plans to target the &#8220;prestige luxury&#8221; segment where some car buyers have a fleet of cars and assets in excess of $5m &#8212; prompted by an article in the WSJ. Since then, reports out of the U.S. show further housing weakness, how subprime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lexus to Super-size Price and Image</title>
		<link>http://steventowns.proxyexchange.org/2007/03/lexus-to-super-size-price-and-image/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Towns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal has a nice Page One piece on Lexus, about how it is respected for its quality, but not a top choice, or even a choice at all, among America&#8217;s wealthy &#8212; some who have a fleet of cars. It looks like this will change however, as Toyota is readying to break [...]]]></description>
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