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Honda shares some landscape love with a dedicated customer

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Honda Facebook love

Honda shares the love – Click above for image gallery

Just before Christmas, dedicated Honda lover Chris W. showed his affection for Soichiro’s brand by mowing a Honda logo into his front lawn. Chris’s photos made it to Facebook, and eventually caught the attention of Honda itself, through the brand’s huge network of fans.

Thanks in part to loving owners like Chris, Honda’s Facebook page recently broke through the 1,000,000-fan barrier. To commemorate this social media milestone, Honda took a page right out of Chris W.’s book and etched his name into the front lawn of its Torrance, California, headquarters. Check out Honda’s Facebook page to see the fan love for yourself. Thanks for the tip, Johnathan!

Gallery: Honda shows its appreciation for fans

Honda's Torrance, Ca. corportate headquarters lawnHonda fan Chris W.'s yard

[Source: Facebook]

Honda shares some landscape love with a dedicated customer originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 01 May 2011 15:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Treasury aims to sell GM shares early

Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, GM

General MotorsAccording to The Detroit News, the United States Treasury Department is planning on quickly eliminating its shares of General Motors stock rather than trying to maximize the government’s return on its investment. The news comes from Austan Goolsbee, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, who said that the government is interested in quickly shedding its 33 percent stake in the automaker due to the fact that it never wanted to be a shareholder in the automaker to begin with. The Detroit News reports that if the Treasury Department decided to sell its stake in GM at its current trading price, the government would lose something on the order of $10 billion.

That’s out of the $49.5 billion bailout that GM received from the government.

GM shares are currently trading at their lowest levels since the company went public, thanks largely to an overall market dip. The drop came even with GM reporting its first profit since 2004.

The Detroit News reports that so far, the federal government has reclaimed $23.1 billion of its investment in GM, and that in order to recuperate the $26.4 billion, GM stock would need to trade at $53 per share. The company is trading at $33.02 at the time of this writing.

[Source: The Detroit News]

Treasury aims to sell GM shares early originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Video: Transformers 3 shares new scenes during Super Bowl commercial

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Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon – Click above to watch video after the jump

Transformers fans saw a little treat get tucked amongst the slew of high-dollar ads during last night’s Super Bowl. Michael Bay and company unleashed another solid glimpse at the next film in the mighty morphing machine saga with a trailer for Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon. Judging by the quick clip, we can look forward to more of what made the first two flicks so enjoyable to begin with: intense CG fight scenes, massive destruction and more than a few slow-motion moments.

Shia Labeouf also makes a return appearance.

Labeouf’s new co-star, Rosie Huntington-Whitley, also makes a brief appearance during the trailer. We’ll reserve judgment on whether or not she’s a suitable replacement for Megan Fox until we actually see the movie. Just don’t blink during the trailer or you’ll miss Huntington-Whitley entirely. You can hit the jump to check out the video for yourself. Also be sure to take a look at a slew of production stills courtesy of AB pal CEOFR. Thanks for the video tip, Ace!

Gallery: Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon

[Sources: YouTube, Flickr – images reproduced with permission]

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Video: Transformers 3 shares new scenes during Super Bowl commercial originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Report: Whitacre suggests GM IPO shares will be $20-$25

Filed under: GM, Earnings/Financials

Ed Whitacre in crush of reporters

General Motors chairman Ed Whitacre is readying the world for GM’s Initial Public Offering. The IPO is slated to happen next month and Whitacre has reportedly said that he expects shares to be priced between $20 and $25. That price will likely be achieved via a stock split, with sources saying GM plans to offer shares in a four-to-one split.

This could be good news for past and present employees, as well as dealers, who are invited to purchase shares at the IPO price. The minimum investment is said to be $1,000 to participate in this program and even that minimum dollar amount could yield solid returns right out of the gate.

[Source: The Detroit News | Image: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty]

Report: Whitacre suggests GM IPO shares will be $20-$25 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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