Introduction to General Motors and career flexibility for its employees

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General Motors (commonly known as GM) is an automotive company based in United States. The company is headquartered in Michigan and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol of GM and currently GM has the stock price of $34.2. GM has the market capitalization of over $ 54 Billion dollars. General motors has been consistently been ranked the world’s top sellers of auto motives. The company’s sales in the financial year 2013 have been approximately 10 million worldwide. The company faces its most tough competition from Toyota which has beaten GM’s sales for the last two years in a row but the General motors management feels confident about their strategies saying that the gap in sales in Financial year 2012 has been reduced to half and now is less than 200,000 units. The management also stays positive for its coming year hoping it will beat Toyota s sales and will regain its previous position as the world’s top automotive sellers. General motor offers career opportunities to lot of people and employees over 200,000 employees directly across the globe. The company has been ranked 14^th on the worlds employer rankings in the year 2013. The employees of the company have been ranked in the top companies by the employees around the globe as providing a flexible work environment to its employees.

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Introduction of the leading automaker, FORD.

The Ford Motor Company or ‘Ford’ is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Michigan United States. The Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford. Ford deals in the automobile industry. The company manufactures and distributes vehicles and accessories and parts around the globe. The company is traded on New York stock Exchange (NYSE) with the symbol F and ford has the current Stock price of $15.24 and has the market capitalization of $65 billion. The company has strong brand equity and has been ranked 44 in the most valuable brands list in the year 2013.The company operates through two units, which are automotive and its Financial Services. The Automotive unit offers auto motives ranging from cars, trucks and the service parts and accessories for the automotive. The company provides these products across the globe and has a very strong brand image worldwide in providing reliable and luxury cars to the consumers. The company also provides the maintenance and repairs services for the automotive.  Ford automotive has sold fewer than two brand names, i.e. Ford and Lincoln. The financial unit offers the services to finance the auto motives sold by the company. This unit offers financing products through its automotive dealers. 

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RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION - (RL)

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Ralph Lauren news recently came in when it was forced to give a discount of 65% to thousands of its American online shop customers after a voucher went viral which was meant for its employees. An employee of the company got hold of the voucher and shared it on the social media after which it went viral among the customers.

Reacting to the news, the company accepted majority of the orders and gave them discounts worth 65%. Some thought that it is a marketing stunt by the company but such claims were denied by the company.

Ralph Lauren company stores are known for their excellence in architecture design and preservation. It has a total of 631 stores located in various locations worldwide.  

The company announced its revenues of 2013 at $6.9 billion which have shown a positive trend for the last 3 years. The EPS have also shown growth for the past 3 years with EPS of 2013 announced at $8.

By looking at these statistics, a Ralph Lauren investor would be considerably satisfied with the earnings and the revenues estimates. Further, analysts expect the Ralph Lauren stock price to reach $180 in the upcoming 12 months. For investors looking to buy a stock with solid growth, Bidnessetc suggests Ralph Lauren stock a buy. It is cheaply valued and profits are expected to increase according to guidance provided by the company.

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Best Buy (BBY)

Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY)’s share price surged over 250% in 2013 on the hope that the electronic giant will be able to soon turnaround its waning revenues and earnings. Best Buy’s stock price gain came to halt, in fact dropped by a huge margin, when the management announced that Best Buy’s revenues dropped by 0.8% in the stores opened for at least one year.  This led to a year-to-date drop of 35% in Best Buy’s share price.

In the latest reported results, Best buy’s earnings were above analysts’ estimates, while revenues failed to meet the Street’s expectations. Although holiday season is the most important period of the quarter, many retailers were punished for providing disappointing results for this season; the lower-than-expected results were attributable to a number of reasons including low traffic in stores and cold weather.

Last week I came across this new website, Bidness Etc. They provide researched analysis on stocks, and that too free of cost. I read their Best buy’s investment analysis on the site. They are bullish on the stock and are convinced that the electronic retailer’s turnaround strategy, which is labeled as ‘Renew Blue’ will work. The website suggests Best Buy’s policy of matching prices with other electronic retailers, its focus on e-commerce, its strategy to open shop-in-shops of big vendors, and its aggressive cost cutting initiatives are yielding great results, and the company will soon be able to get back to its path of success.

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Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA)

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Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) is the largest manufacturer of electric vehicles (EVs) in the world and one of the hottest stocks on the markets now. Tesla stock price has increased around 560% in the last one year, and is one of the dynamic upcoming players in the American auto industry. The company’s only car model right now is the Model S, and its plans to expand production by building a Gigafactory to build lithium batteries for its vehicle and also other industries like off-grid power storage.

Tesla has been a favorite of stock market speculators who have viewed the company as being in a prime position for value investing. Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk set his sights on having the company deliver around half a million car per year by 2020. The company recently beat expectations for earnings, reporting that it sold more than 6,900 vehicle domestically and international through its retail stores. Tesla also plans to release newer electric vehicle (EV) models, namely the Model X crossover which is coming this year, and also the mass market Model E. The automaker’s first car model previously built was the Tesla Roadster.

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