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How Negative Student Loan Trends Could Affect Auto Lending Market
According to an article on SubPrime Auto Finance, negative student loan trends could affect the auto lending market. Chicago and San Jose, CA — As CNW Research noticed subprime auto loan approvals rising year-over-year by at least 40 percent yet again this month,...
Capital One Announces Quarterly Dividend
MCLEAN, VA - Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) today announced a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share payable February 22, 2013 to stockholders of record as of February 11, 2013. The company has announced dividends on its common stock every quarter since...
Ford, Chevrolet among Consumer Reports’ Top 6 Brands
According to an article posted on The Detroit News, Ford and Chevrolet are among Consumer Reports' top 6 brands. Overall brand perception is an index calculated as the total number of times that a particular make was mentioned as exemplar across all seven categories,...
FTC Settlement Permanently Halts Auto Debt Consulting Operation
According to an article posted on F&I and Showroom, FTC settlement permanently halts auto debt consulting operation. Washington, D.C. — Under a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission, two California-based companies and their principals, who allegedly...
Transaction Prices in January 2013 Decrease from Last Month; Industry Incentives Decline 12 Percent From Last Month According to TrueCar
Santa Monica, CA - TrueCar, Inc. the authority on car pricing information, trends and forecasts, estimated today that the average transaction price for light vehicles in the United States was $30,812 in January 2013, up $300 (1.0 percent) from January 2012 and down...
10 Best Used Cars Under $8,000 Named By KBB.com Editors
Irvine, CA - Shoppers in the market for an affordable used car should check out the list of 10 Best Used Cars Under $8,000 compiled by the expert editors of Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new and used car information. With Americans looking to...
Marketers, Consumers Favor Email Over Social Media
According to a story on Search Engine Watch, consumers favor email over social media. Despite all the newfangled channels and technology by which marketers can reach consumers in a digital capacity today, email is still the most effective and inclusive, according to...
Lincoln Debuts First-Ever Twitter-Generated Super Bowl Ad
Dearborn, MI – Lincoln, the luxury automotive brand, today unveiled its Super Bowl ad, the first-ever commercial written entirely through social media with consumers participating on Twitter. Jimmy Fallon asked his followers to tweet responses to his questions about...
Auto Dealers Embrace Social Graph to Attract and Better Service Customers
Sunnyvale, CA - Digital Air Strike, the nation’s leading automotive social media, online reputation and lead response company, announced today that it now partners with more than 2,000 auto dealerships across the U.S. as they strive to better understand and leverage...
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