Due to circumstances beyond her control, Liz Cheney is unable to appear at HD Dialogue. She has asked her friend Karl Rove, former President Bush's Deputy Chief of Staff Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, Author of "Courage and Consequence", Fox News Contributor, Wall Street and Newsweek Columnist to "fill-in"for her.
Karl Rove served as Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000-2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004-2007. At the White House he oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and Intergovernmental Affairs and was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, coordinating the White House policy-making process.
More than three years after Tata Motors and Iveco, a Fiat Group company, signed a comprehensive agreement to jointly explore opportunities in the area of commercial vehicles, the plan has largely remained in cold storage.
In February 2007, Tata Motors and Iveco signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for potential developments in engineering, manufacturing, sourcing and distribution of products and components. The MoU also paved the way for Tata Motors' ambitious plan of launching its own range of trucks and buses overseas and Iveco's models in India. These would have been done through leveraging the distribution and marketing strengths of both companies.
Mahindra & Mahindra is upbeat on its auto business prospects for 2011-12, taking forward the momentum from this fiscal.
"I do believe it will be an exciting year for us. We will have completed the acquisition process of SsangYong which will pave the alignment with M&M,"Dr Pawan Goenka, President, Automotive and Farm Equipment Sectors, told Business Line.
MEXICO CITY--A program to allow Mexican trucks to operate in the U.S. could be "up and running" in four to six months, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Monday, potentially ending a dispute between the two countries that has lasted more than a decade.
Speaking alongside Mexican and Canadian trade officials at an annual meeting under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Kirk said the U.S. "would like to sit down and begin" negotiations with Mexico in the next week.
ArvinMeritor has broken ground at its technical center and manufacturing facility in Nanjing, located in the Jiangsu Province.
The company is investing approximately $16 million in a 32,000 square meter facility that will accelerate the company's ability to provide dedicated engineering capabilities, advanced product solutions and localized production for its customers in China. When fully operational, the facility will staff approximately 500 employees.
The outgoing chief executive officer (CEO) of Volvo AB, Leif Johansson, has been linked with the chairmanship of electronic telecommunications company Ericsson, reports Dow Jones International News.
The news service cited a report in Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri. The newspaper also reported that Carl-Henric Svanberg, the current chairman of BP and former CEO of Ericsson CEO is "the hottest candidate" to become the new chairman of Volvo.
Shanghai - Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd (600166, SH), the world's biggest commercial vehicle maker by sales last year, announced recently its 2020 vision: to form five pillar industries, including new energy vehicles, new energy, heavy machinery, the Internet of things and financial services, auto.sina.com reported Friday.
Currently the Internet of things industry has been basically formed, and we will enter the implementation phase of this industry in the first half of next year; while plans for the formation of the financial services industry, not just limited to the auto finance filed, is still under development, said Zhao Jingguang, deputy Party secretary of Foton Motor.