Maven: Great Dells of Fire

08/25/06 - 09:47 AM EDT

Marek Fuchs

On the subject of marketing, The Motley Fool runs a good item on Ford's(F Quote - Cramer on F - Stock Picks) apparent desperation. As if things couldn't get worse (no, they are not bringing back the Pinto, equipped with a Sony battery), Ford is no offering 0% six-year financing to anyone, no matter how lame their credit history. Holy repossession.

Toyota(TM Quote - Cramer on TM - Stock Picks), meanwhile, seems to be developing a slight case of Ford-itis. It's not offering free financing to every mongrel who writes checks in disappearing ink, but facing recent recalls and quality problems, Toyota has delayed some new models. Read the latest on this curious turn on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal.

Most of all, have a good weekend. And remember: As the witches told Macbeth, beware the battery.

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A journalist with a background on Wall Street, Marek Fuchs has written the County Lines column for The New York Times for the past five years. He also contributes regular breaking news and feature stories to many of the paper's other sections, including Metro, National and Sports. Fuchs was the editor-in-chief of Fertilemind.net, a financial Web site twice named "Best of the Web" by Forbes Magazine. He was also a stockbroker with Shearson Lehman Brothers in Manhattan and a money manager. He is currently writing a chapter for a book coming out in early 2007 on a really embarrassing subject. He lives in a loud house with three children.
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