( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “over $43 billion.” Despite a small dip in U.S. vehicle sales, General Motors’ first-quarter net income rose more than 25% on strong deliveries of pickup trucks and other higher-profit vehicles. [CutID: <Cuts> GM-PROFITS-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 28s Title: GM-PROFITS-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: over $43-billion] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Excluding one-time items, […]
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GM reports strong Q1 profits as prices help offset small US sales dip
( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “over $43 billion.”
Despite a small dip in U.S. vehicle sales, General Motors’ first-quarter net income rose more than 25% on strong deliveries of pickup trucks and other higher-profit vehicles.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Excluding one-time items, the company made $2.62 per share, beating Wall Street estimates of $2.13, according to FactSet.
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VERBATIM: The Detroit automaker said that while its average sales price per vehicle was down slightly from last year at just under $50,000, pickup sales remained strong. GM said it’s not seeing the price erosion across its lineup that other companies have experienced. GM said it made $2.97 billion from January through March, with revenue increasing 7.6% over the same period a year ago to just over $43 billion.