New BMW assembly plant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6505987.stm

BMWs new assemblly plant could be a great opportunity for them as they will save money through building the cars in a counrty with such cheap labour. Compared to factories in the UK they will be able to get a better price for their vehicles that are made there giving them a better competitiveness against their main rivals audi and mercedes.

The only problem this may cause is the extra import costs for the long journey and expensive insurance.

Overall I think this is a good advance by BMW as it will increase employement and have a good affect on BMWs prices/profits

Jaguar site is sold

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/6501871.stm

Jaguar has sold one of it's sites to an australian developer loosing 1500 jobs. It will keep some of the original facility keeping 400 people employed under them in the area. This is bad in the short term for the local area as many people will be put out of work. However, once the new company has established itself in the area many of the workers will be able to get work at the ld site.

google court case

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6474183.stm

A court case against Googles popularity rating model was thrown out of court after KinderStarts, complaint that google damged its business by excluding it from googles ranking system. This has just been time wasted for goole who are still reeling from courtcases over the legality of some of the videos on youtube which google owns

Morrisons rebranding

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6452803.stm

Morrisions are planning a rebrand after rise of 277m pounds in pretax profits last year.

This could be a good chance for an improving company to become a massive market player. Already the 4th largest supermarket company has a lot to gain if they get this rebranding right. If not they will fail

Aston officially british

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6442101.stm

After a mamouth contest for the famous car manufacturers, Aston Martin are finally back in the hands of the British. This is a good thing for britain as the $439m purchase will now bring back an important part of our indusrial heritage and the fact that we now have a car company that is not owned by Ford. As I have stated before this is bad for Ford as Aston was one of the few parts making any money.

Aston Martin buy out race

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6428999.stm

After a frankly stupid decision by ford to sell Aston Martin, bidders have been falling over backwards for a chance at buying the luxury sports company. I think this is a good opporunity for Aston as they will be able to do more things without the constraintss of the debts of Ford, and will be a sad loss for Ford as it is one of the few parts of the super manufacturer that is making any money.

Ford $11bn revamp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6406887.stm

The announced $11bn revamp by Ford is planned at taking this failing car company back into profit. The giant which owns Aston Martin, Jaguar,Land Rover/Range Rover, and mazda among others, reported a loss of $12.7bn, and is pplanning on cutting 51,000 jobs worldwide. As part of this it has put Aston Martin on sale which I find a Suprise as it was one of the few parts of the company that waas making any money. Having said that Jaguar is looking promising with its new range of cars coming out from the luxury s type to the ridiculously fast XKRR. This sets to go into profit sooner than the rest of Ford. I think Ford needs to rethink its approach and sell all the companies it owns which are really loosing money, and then it will still be a force to be reckoned with instead of dying completely.