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Toyota Motor Corporation
September 2006: Market Capitalizations of Toyota Motor Corporation, General Motors Corporation, and Ford Motor Company
March 2006: Market Capitalizations of Toyota Motor Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Fiat SPA, and Tata Motors Limited
March 2006: Consumer Shift to Quality Gives Reliable Two Nearly Half of Global Market Capitalization and Leaves GM with 2%
April 2005: Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined
March 2005: Additional Measures of Toyota's Dominion in Automotive Quality: Market Capitalizations and Bond Ratings of Toyota vs. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen
September 2004: Toyota's Market Capitalization Exceeds the Combined Market Capitalizations of DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, and BMW
November 2003: Toyota's Market Capitalization Towers
August 2003: Moody's Upgrades Toyota's Long Term Debt to AAA
Honda Motor Company
March 2006: Consumer Shift to Quality Gives Reliable Two Nearly Half of Global Market Capitalization and Leaves GM with 2%
April 2005: Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined
Volkswagen AG
April 2005: Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined
March 2005: Additional Measures of Toyota's Dominion in Automotive Quality: Market Capitalizations and Bond Ratings of Toyota vs. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen
DaimlerChrysler AG
March 2006: Consumer Shift to Quality Gives Reliable Two Nearly Half of Global Market Capitalization and Leaves GM with 2%
April 2005: Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined
March 2005: Additional Measures of Toyota's Dominion in Automotive Quality: Market Capitalizations and Bond Ratings of Toyota vs. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen
Ford Motor Company
September 2006: Race to Bankruptcy Tightens: Moody's and S&P Cut Ford's Debt, But GM Retains Razor-Thin Lead
September 2006: Market Capitalizations of Toyota Motor Corporation, General Motors Corporation, and Ford Motor Company
August 2006: Fitch Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk, Retains Negative Outlook, Puts Estimated Post-Bankruptcy Recovery at 51-70%; Will GM-Ford Race to Bankruptcy End in Dead Heat?
August 2006: Moody's Cuts Ford Debt Two Notches Deeper into Junk: Which of the Big Two Will Win the Race to Bankruptcy?
June 2006: S&P Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk: Which of the Big Two Will Win the Race to Bankruptcy?
June 2006: Fitch Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk, but GM Retains Solid Lead in Race to Bankruptcy
March 2006: Consumer Shift to Quality Gives Reliable Two Nearly Half of Global Market Capitalization and Leaves GM with 2%
March 2006: Fitch Cuts Ford's Credit a Notch
March 2006: GM Expands Lead in Race to Bankruptcy: Fitch Cuts GM's Credit a Notch Deeper into Junk, Puts Post-Filing Bond Recovery at 30% to 50%
February 2006: GM Strengthens Lead in Race to Bankruptcy: Moody's Cuts GM's Credit a Notch Deeper into Junk
January 2006: Ford Cuts GM Lead in Race to Insolvency: Which Big Three Will Go Bust First?
January 2006: Ford Narrows Gap in GM-Ford Race to Bankruptcy
December 2005: Ford's Debt Cut to Junk by Fitch, but GM Retains Big Lead in Race to Bankruptcy
September 2005: Moody's Cuts GM and Ford Debt to Junk
July 2005: Fitch Cuts Ford Debt to One Notch Above Junk
May 2005: Fitch Cuts Ford Debt, But Not to Junk
May 2005: With U.S. Consumer Shift toward Quality Unabated, S&P Cuts GM and Ford's Debt to Junk
April 2005: Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined
April 2005: Moody's Cuts GM Long-Term Debt Rating to One Notch Above Junk, Puts Ford Debt Under Review
March 2005: Additional Measures of Toyota's Dominion in Automotive Quality: Market Capitalizations and Bond Ratings of Toyota vs. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen
October 2004: Fitch Downgrades GM and GMAC Long-Term Debt; Moody's Reviews GM's and GMAC's Long-Term Debt for Possible Downgrade and Affirms Ford's and Ford Credit's Long-Term Debt Ratings
December 2003: Former Ford Unit's Debt Rating Cut to Junk
November 2003: Ford's Credit Rating Nears Junk
General Motors Corporation
September 2006: Race to Bankruptcy Tightens: Moody's and S&P Cut Ford's Debt, But GM Retains Razor-Thin Lead
September 2006: Market Capitalizations of Toyota Motor Corporation, General Motors Corporation, and Ford Motor Company
August 2006: Fitch Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk, Retains Negative Outlook, Puts Estimated Post-Bankruptcy Recovery at 51-70%; Will GM-Ford Race to Bankruptcy End in Dead Heat?
August 2006: Moody's Cuts Ford Debt Two Notches Deeper into Junk: Which of the Big Two Will Win the Race to Bankruptcy?
June 2006: S&P Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk: Which of the Big Two Will Win the Race to Bankruptcy?
June 2006: Moody's and S&P Cut GM Creditworthiness Deeper into Junk
June 2006: Fitch Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk, but GM Retains Solid Lead in Race to Bankruptcy
April 2006: If GM Is Really Worth a -$43 Billion, Should Its Executives Be Executed?
March 2006: Moody's Cuts GM Creditworthiness Another Notch Deeper into Junk
March 2006: Market Capitalizations of Toyota Motor Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Fiat SPA, and Tata Motors Limited
March 2006: Consumer Shift to Quality Gives Reliable Two Nearly Half of Global Market Capitalization and Leaves GM with 2%
March 2006: GM Expands Lead in Race to Bankruptcy: Fitch Cuts GM's Credit a Notch Deeper into Junk, Puts Post-Filing Bond Recovery at 30% to 50%
February 2006: GM Strengthens Lead in Race to Bankruptcy: Moody's Cuts GM's Credit a Notch Deeper into Junk
February 2006: Have GM's Own Pronouncements Helped Seal GM's Fate?
January 2006: Ford Cuts GM Lead in Race to Insolvency: Which Big Three Will Go Bust First?
January 2006: Ford Narrows Gap in GM-Ford Race to Bankruptcy
December 2005: MPR's Senior Economics and Business Editor Predicts GM Bankruptcy in 2006
December 2005: Ford's Debt Cut to Junk by Fitch, but GM Retains Big Lead in Race to Bankruptcy
December 2005: Relentless U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Prompts S&P to Cut GM Debt Deeper into Junk
November 2005: Fitch Cuts GM Debt Deeper into Junk
November 2005: Moody's Cuts GM Debt Deeper into Junk
October 2005: Parts Division Jettisoned by GM Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; S&P Cuts GM's Debt Deeper into Junk
September 2005: Fitch Cuts GM Debt Deeper into Junk
September 2005: Moody's Cuts GM and Ford Debt to Junk
August 2005: Former Parts Division GM Dumped on Shareholders Has Rating Slashed: S&P Cuts Delphi's Debt Deep into Junk
May 2005: S&P Cuts Delphi's Long-Term Debt to Five Notches into Junk
May 2005: Detroit Free Press Says GM to Expand Discounts: Clues on Whether GM Products Still Have Marketable Value
May 2005: Fitch Says GM Bonds Junk Too
May 2005: With U.S. Consumer Shift toward Quality Unabated, S&P Cuts GM and Ford's Debt to Junk
April 2005: Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined
April 2005: Moody's Cuts GM Long-Term Debt Rating to One Notch Above Junk, Puts Ford Debt Under Review
March 2005: Additional Measures of Toyota's Dominion in Automotive Quality: Market Capitalizations and Bond Ratings of Toyota vs. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen
March 2005: GM's Bond Rating, Bond Outlook, Common Stock, and Market Cap Take a Tumble, Reports WSJ
March 2005: General Motors Slashes 2005 Earnings Estimate, S&P Cuts GM's Outlook to Negative
February 2005: S&P and Moody's Play Catch-up as U.S. Consumers Sprint Toward Quality and Out of GM Products: Investigations into General Motors' Long-Term Creditworthiness
October 2004: S&P Cuts GM's Debt Rating to One Notch above Junk
October 2004: Fitch Downgrades GM and GMAC Long-Term Debt; Moody's Reviews GM's and GMAC's Long-Term Debt for Possible Downgrade and Affirms Ford's and Ford Credit's Long-Term Debt Ratings
June 2003: Moody's Cuts General Motors' Long-Term Debt Rating to Three Notches above Junk

 

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