Toyota Motor (TM) said today that production at all 18 of its Japanese plants would resume on April 18. The company was forced to halt production following last month's earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan, resulting in a production loss of around 260,000 vehicles since March 14. The 18 Toyota plants will resume at half capacity between the 18th and 27th, and then will halt again from the 28th through May 9 ...

For the first time in a year, Ford Motor (F) sold more vehicles in March than its American competitor General Motors (GM). Ford benefited from sales in new and refreshed models of its vehicles, in addition to greater discounts than General Motors offered to its customers. During the month, Ford sold 212,295 vehicles, versus 206,621 for General Motors. The good news for General Motors is that its sales figures marked a 9.6% rise ...

Lost of stocks hitting new 52 week highs today with the DOW being up 0.4%, and the NASDAQ up 0.7%. Here are a couple of the stocks that traded up to new highs today: Motorola (MOT) currently up 1.4% and hit new 52 week high of $9.05, currently trading at $9.01. Qualcomm (QCOM) currently up 1.0% to $49.94 and hit 52 week high of $49.98. Procter & Gamble (PG) hit a new 52 week ...

All of the major indexes closed today's session in the red, but that was not enough to keep some big name stocks from hitting new highs in today's trading action. Ford Motor (NYSE: F) hit a new 52 week high today of 9.14 before afternoon profit taking came in and pushed shares lower. The stock has been very strong lately, and recently was considered to be the stock of the year ...