$39B Charge Puts Brakes on GM's Earnings - Newser::
(newser) – In what’s likely to be the largest net loss in its history, GM today will announce earnings that include a $39 billion tax charge costing it
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The world’s largest automaker made the second largest quarterly loss in the auto industry history of the United States. General Motors lost a total of $39 billion on a charge that involves unused tax credits.
According to industry analysts, GM is heavily bleeding in North America. GM is deeply hurt by peaking gas prices, problems in the housing market and fickle-minded consumers. With this current situation, GM’s restructuring efforts is hampered. Last Wednesday, GM reported their devastating cash lost.
“We continue to expect the fundamentals to worsen before they improve,” Bear Stearns analyst Peter Nesvold said in a note to analysts.
ABC News: GM Reports 3Q Net Loss of $39 Billion::
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GM offers workers buyouts as posts loss | Reuters::
Feb 12, 2008 But GM's results, including a record $39 billion full-year loss, also point to continued risks for the automaker's turnaround from a slower
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According to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst for Standard and Poor’s, GM’s loss of $39 billion for the third quarter was the second-worst quarterly net loss in the U.S. corporate history under generally accepted accounting principles. The greatest loss was made by AOL Time Warner in 2002 amounting to $44.9 billion or $10.04 per share loss.
The damage to GM had been more aggravated as its strongest rival; Toyota Motor Corp. announced last Wednesday that its profit for the fiscal year rose by 11 percent making a $4 billion company record. GM and Toyota are head to head to the world’s largest automaker by sales title for 2007.
GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner told WWJ-AM in Detroit that the accounting shift won’t have a substantial impact on the business.
GM posts 4th-quarter loss, offers workers buyouts::
For all of 2007, GM posted a net loss of almost $39 billion. That followed a combined net loss of $2 billion for 2006 and $10.4 billion in 2005.
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“I would stress no impact whatsoever on our cash position, no impact on our ability to use the tax offsets in the future, and from my perspective, really no change whatsoever in our outlook or optimism about the future of getting the business turned around,” he said.
Fritz Henderson, GM’s chief financial officer said that his company is optimistic with its cash and products significantly the money it will save from the new four year contract the automaker reached last month. The union controlled trust to support the health care benefits of retired GM workers would not affect their balance sheets by year 2010. Henderson also said that GM sees some benefits from the contract and they will probably start gaining it by next year.
“We feel good about our long-term prospects,” he said.
It seems like it’s not that bad for GM (Saab subsidiary makes Saab spark plugs). Vehicle sales were strong in other regions. In Latin America, GM poses a 22 percent volume increase and 16 percent in the Asian region.
“International and emerging markets expansion has been very positive for the company, as it establishes a dominant position in large growing markets such as China and India,” said David Kudla, CEO of Mainstay Capital Management, in a note to investors.
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