Automotive
The Automotive industry is one of the world's most important - and most volatile. Strategic decisions are made several years ahead - but adverse forces happen at a moment's notice. IN THIS SECTION: how an industry that is both economically and politically important to countries swings from success to failure and back again, often in a very short timescale. Click on Write for us to join our contributor panel.
Automotive: 660,000 cars recalled in the USA.
General Motors and Toyota in the US are recalling cars for a variety of defects
Automotive: VW recalls Passats
Volkswagen has issued a voluntary recall in the USA for many Passats built between 1999-2005.
Automotive: Ford says Tata to Jaguar and Range Rover
It is expected that Ford, which had already said that Tata of India was its preferred bidder, will shortly announce that Jaguar and Range Rover will be sold to Tata for USD2 milliard.
Automotive: Ford finally gets it right - just in time to lose it
Ford sold Aston Martin to an investment company and then put Jaguar and Range Rover up to sale, recently declaring Tata of India to be the preferred bidder. It's yet another faux pas in the recent history where, so far as the company's accounts are concerned, it's any colour you want so long as it's red.
Autos: Canada bites back
Here's a puzzle - what's northern, big, white and grumpy? No, it's not a polar bear. It's Canada - at least when it comes to its car manufacturing industry. What's that, you say? Does Canada have a car manufacturing industry? Apparently so.