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Chinese Food (for Thought)
I wrote last July that the future of the auto finance sector was largely wrapped up in China. August car...
Fleeting Changes
With cities and states nationwide facing budget crunches, spending on vehicle fleets is under the microscope. West Virginia, for one,...
Floorplan Aid Down Under
Nine months after GE Money and GMAC pulled out of the floorplan business in Australia, the country’s government has activated...
Auto Financiers Prep $7B of Loans for Talf
TALF newcomers Hyundai Motor Finance Corp. and Chesapeake Funding LLC, a unit of PHH Corp., are getting set to issue...
Imports Grab CARS Marketshare
New-car sales prompted by Cash for Clunkers (aka CARS) certainly blew the roof off industry estimates for the program’s success....
Deadline Nears for Auto Finance Excellence Awards
With the deadline just a week away, now’s the time to nominate executives and companies for the 2009 Auto Finance...
The Government Finds Its Tough to Play Lender
The Cash for Clunkers program is in the home stretch today -- applications can be submitted only until 8 p.m....
LIVE BLOG: White House Briefing on the Cash for Clunkers Program @ 4 PM ET on Aug 20
4:04 PM ET: Call has yet to begin. 4:10: Call starts. Briefing is by a senior administration official. 4:11: Briefing...
