02 August 2005

Keyword News: [discount]


Tuesday, August 2, 2005 1:22 PM PDT
Your Keyword News Alert for [discount]
matched the following stories:

AP via Yahoo! News, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:50 AM PDT
Ford July Sales Jump on Discount Program http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050802/ap_on_bi_ge/auto_sales_2
Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales jumped 35.5 percent in July thanks to a discount program that let customers pay the employee price. Ford and its domestic rivals General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG responded by extending the discount for at least one more month, even though GM had said last week it planned to end the promotion.

CNN Money, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:11 AM PDT
GM sales jump on discount deal http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/08/02/news/fortune500/gm_sales.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. said Tuesday U.S. sales in July rose 20 percent, boosted by its "Employee Discount for Everyone" incentive program.

AP via Yahoo! News, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 9:41 AM PDT
GM to Extend Its Employee Discount Offer http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050802/ap_on_bi_ge/autos_employee_discounts_7
General Motors Corp. will extend its discount plan that gives customers a chance to buy cars at the prices its employees pay through Sept. 6, a dealer confirmed Tuesday. The move reverses an earlier GM decision to end its program and matches moves by smaller rivals Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG to extend similar discounts that have fueled a powerful sales surge.

Fox News, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:51 AM PDT
U.S. Car Sales Jump on Deep Discount Programs http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,164520,00.html
General Motors Corp. plans to end next week its highly successful discount Employee Discount program

ABC News, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:11 AM PDT
Ford July Sales Jump on Discount Program http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1001396&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Ford Sales Jump Dramatically in July Thanks to Employee Discount Program

Canadian Business, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 1:18 PM PDT
Ford sales jump dramatically in July thanks to discount program http://www.canadianbusiness.com/news/article.jsp?content=b080275A
DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales jumped 35.5 per cent in July thanks to a discount program that let customers pay the employee price.

AP via Yahoo! Asia News, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 9:41 AM PDT
GM to Extend Its Employee Discount Offer http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050802/ap/d8bnq4e80.html
General Motors Corp. will extend its discount plan that gives customers a chance to buy cars at the prices its employees pay through Sept. 6, a dealer confirmed Tuesday.

Nashua Telegraph, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:46 AM PDT
GM ends employee-discount plan http://nsnlb.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050802/BUSINESS/108020008/-1/sports
DETROIT – General Motors Corp. dropped its popular employee-discount plan Monday in a signal that the era of big incentives could be ending. Ford Motor Co. said it will continue employee pricing for another month but also will try to cut back on incentives for 2006 models.

ClickOnDetroit, Tue, 02 Aug 2005 9:41 AM PDT
GM Reverses, Will Extend Employee Discount Offer http://www.clickondetroit.com/4YourBusiness/4799376/detail.html?rss=det&psp=news
UPDATE: General Motors Corp. reverses its decision to end the employee-pricing discount plan after Ford and Daimler Chrysler announce they will extend their offers.

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