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For AutoNation's Jackson, Penske sets pace for retirement
Jackson told Automotive News last week that he intends to follow the example of his friend and competitor Roger Penske, the 76-year-old CEO of Penske Automotive Group who moonlights tirelessly at the race track on many weekends.
Avis Budget Group Expands Car Sales Program to New Jersey
Avis Budget Group, Inc. today announced that its Ultimate Test Drive car sales program is now available in New Jersey.
Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Auto Dealerships Industry With The Highest ROE
Below are the top mid-cap auto dealerships stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity.
Dealers have long feared that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would find a way to wreak havoc in dealership F&I offices, even though it has no direct jurisdiction over dealerships except buy-here, pay-here stores.
Car dealer ties pickup sales to housing market resurgence
The largest car dealer in the nation is using pickup truck sales to gauge the resurgence in the metro area housing market.
AutoNation rebrands Orlando-area Courtesy dealerships
It's official: Orlando-area Courtesy automobile dealerships have taken on the name of their parent company, AutoNation.
Edward Lampert Top Holdings - Great Gains Despite One Bad Apple
Here's a look at the portfolio of investing Guru Edward Lampert , Number 68 on the Forbes list of 400 Richest Americans.
StockCall Early Morning Insight into KMX, AN, ORLY, and AAP
Equities continue their upward ascent as S&P 500 and The Dow Jones Index closed in the green zone for Wednesday's trading session.
Publics: Flat fees likely but no threat
Executives for several of the publicly traded new-car dealership groups say they're resigned to flat fees instead of dealer reserve as compensation for negotiating loans, thanks to pressure from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
AutoNation's Jackson: Oversight of add-ons is head-scratcher
The nation's biggest auto retailer is closely watching to see whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will go after finance and insurance products next.
Savant Edward Lampert, Top Six Holdings - Great Gains despite One Bad Apple
Here's a look at the portfolio of investing Guru Edward Lampert , Number 68 on the Forbes list of 400 Richest Americans.
AutoNation plans Mercedes-Benz dealership in Tampa
Mercedes-Benz has awarded AutoNation Inc. a new franchise for the Tampa market. AutoNation expects the new store to open in 2014, a statement said.
Public retail groups: 'We're fighting tooth and nail' for margins
Profit margins on new vehicles are slipping for the nation's largest dealership groups as manufacturers and retailers slug it out for market share.
AutoNation Announces Total Retail New Vehicle Unit Sales of 22,515 in April 2013
Total retail new vehicle unit sales for AutoNation's operating segments were as follows: market.
Fort Myers Toyota dealership renamed
Whether dishing up a barbecue lunch or ducking under a car's hood to meet a technician, AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson said he wanted every employee at the Fort Myers Toyota dealership Wednesday to know they were on the same team.
Huizenga, Bush, Braley leaving Swisher Hygiene board
Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Jorge Perez and H. Wayne Huizenga at the SFBJ's Business of the Year Awards on April 25.
Swisher Hygiene shares slip as 2012 losses are announced
Swisher Hygiene Chairman Wayne Huizenga chats before the company's last annual meeting in Fort Lauderdale.
Dealers grouse that stair-step plans are causing more pain than last year
Stair-step programs, the incentive plans that drive many dealers crazy, are causing more grumbling than they were a year ago.
Who you gonna call? AutoNation is answer soon
On Wednesday, the familiar AutoWay brand that identifies more than a dozen car dealerships dotting this metro area will disappear.
Inside the Business of the Year Awards with PA rez, Huizenga - slideshow
Developer Jorge P ©rez, who has literally transformed the South Florida skyline, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the SFBJ's Business of the Year Awards on Thursday night.