America’s two leading auto manufacturers, Ford Motor Co. (F) and General Motors Corp. (GM), reported heavy third-quarter losses Friday and are under a severe liquidity strain. Both are seeking emergency loans from governments in the United States and Europe. 

Ford posted a $2.98 billion operating loss for the quarter ended Sept. 30. Revenue fell 22% to $32.1 billion, forcing the Dearborn, Mich.-based automotive icon to burn through $7.7 billion in cash.

The automaker’s cash reserves dropped from $26.6 billion at the end of the second quarter to $18.9 billion at the end of September. If the company continues to burn cash at this rate, Ford will run out of money by April 2009.

“Cash burn is the No. 1 issue,” Rebecca Lindland, an analyst at IHS Global Insight Inc., said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “We associate cash burn with General Motors. It has not

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America’s two leading auto manufacturers, Ford Motor Co. (F) and General Motors Corp. (GM), reported heavy third-quarter losses Friday and are under a severe liquidity strain. Both are seeking emergency loans from governments in the United States and Europe. Ford posted a $2.98 billion operating loss for the quarter ended Sept. 30. Revenue fell 22% to $32.1 billion, forcing the Dearborn, Mich.-based automotive icon to burn through $7.7 billion in cash. The automaker’s cash reserves dropped from $26.6 billion at the end of the second quarter to $18.9 billion at the end of September. If the company continues to burn cash at this rate, Ford will run out of money by April 2009. “Cash burn is the No. 1 issue,” Rebecca Lindland, an analyst at IHS Global Insight Inc., said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “We associate ...

General Motors (NYSE:GM) just doesn't get it, check out their new 2009 Hummers, cut & pasted right from their website, aren't those prices just lovely, how about the ...

Shares of Ford Motor Co. (F) and General Motors Corp. (GM) posted gains yesterday (Tuesday) on speculation that consolidation in the U.S. domestic auto industry could be the struggling sector’s saving grace.Over the last three trading sessions, Ford shares are up almost 18%, while GM shares are up over 37% on reports of possible merger talks and asset sales.

Shares of Ford Motor Co. (F) and General Motors Corp. (GM) posted gains yesterday (Tuesday) on speculation that consolidation in the U.S. domestic auto industry could be the struggling sector’s saving grace.Over the last three trading sessions, Ford shares are up almost 18%, while GM shares are up over 37% on reports of possible merger talks and asset sales.

It's been a bumpy ride for solar stocks recently.

The industry received a boost when clean energy tax credits were added to the $700 bailout bill to help its passage from Congress. But fears of falling demand and oversupply have weighed on solar stocks. The Claymore/MAC Global Solar Index ETF (NYSE:TAN) fell 35% in the first eight trading days of October.

William Patalon III, however, says new mapping technology and advances that have made solar power more eco-friendly will boost solar stocks in the long run.

IsraelNewsletter.com had the chance to sit down with an amazing, young pair of college students who are leading an innovative initiative that will give college students hands-on exposure to the Israeli economy by learning and by doing.  The TAMID Israel Investment Group at the University of Michigan is just the tip of the iceberg for this pair.

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Tell Us A Bit About TAMID Israel Investment Group.

Eitan Ingall, President: This whole idea started because Sasha Gribov and I are both the Presidents of Pro-Israel groups on campus at University of Michigan. Sasha is head of the Hillel group, American Movement for Israel and I am currently heading up a pro Israel political advocacy group called the Israel Initiative for Dialogue Education and Advocacy. We have both noticed a serious void in hasbara (Israel advocacy) on our campus in that there is a serious lack of sustained and substantive

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