General Motors

General Motors (GM) closed out its centennial year having to ask the U. S. taxpayers for loans to survive.

The US seems to be violating that pledge, too, in its rescue efforts for General Motors and Chrysler.

President Obama has said he has no interest in running General Motors, and will leave company decisions to GM senior management.

In 1997, Shanghai General Motors was formed, and a year later the first Buick sedan rolled off the production line there.

Ford looks, in other words, as though it is now trying to emulate the cuts under way at General Motors (GM).

Bernays was an advisor to General Motors but he was no longer alone.

How much of a difference should investors expect when General Motors -- or any company -- brings in a new chief executive?

And, she became one of the top women advertising experts working with General Motors in support of the company's Corvette car.

Among the many reasons for the collapse of the old General Motors was its chronic inability to field a competitive small car in the U. S.

The main stipulation for the government loan, which had not been offered to Saab until now, is that it find a new, non-General Motors owner.

Vehicle sales for General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC fell during the month, compared with a year earlier.

"The next two months, and really 2009, is all about the reinvention of General Motors, " he said.

General Motors' board of directors convenes later on Friday and sources close to the deal said the meeting would address the sale of Opel.

But a year ago, he dove for safety in blue-chip stocks like IBM, Merrill Lynch, General Motors, and Delta Air Lines.

American global business leadership used to be personified by the likes of General Motors, Caterpillar, General Electric and Eastman Kodak.

It had achieved the unthinkable , toppling mighty General Motors from the top of the industry.

General Motors is running out of cash. Oil prices ran up to historic highs before dropping, but only because of a worldwide recession.

The German government has approved a rescue plan for some of the European operations of the American car manufacturer General Motors.

Microsoft is a little like the General Motors of technology.

Toyota, General Motors and Volvo may be flummoxed for the moment because supplies from Japan have been disrupted.

General Motors executive once said that he thought "what was good for the country was good for General Motors and vice versa" .

You might have thought General Motors would have followed the Gillette pattern, a brand for each category. But apparently not.

In the United States, higher fuel prices come just as General Motors and Chrysler show signs of recovery after their reorganizations.

As General Motors peers over the brink of the abyss into a future that very likely holds a bankruptcy, the hits just keep coming.

Interested in keeping Saab as a Swedish brand, Koenigsegg has apparently lined up financing to purchase the General Motors unit.

the u . a . w . is seeking to protect jobs in the united states and limit the number of temporary workers used by general motors.

General Motors has agreed to donate a zero-emissions electric bus to use during the Olympics, she said.

Only 18 months ago Toyota displaced General Motors (GM), a fallen icon if ever there was one, as the world's biggest carmaker.

General Motors reported a quarterly profit of $2 billion. Sales in its North American market continued to improve.

The US rightly let Chrysler and General Motors file for bankruptcy before issuing loans to help with a necessary restructuring.

Mr. Crane had been earning more than $100, 000 a year operating heavy machinery at Delco, a former unit of General Motors.

Along with its rivals, General Motors and Chrysler, Ford has seen this year's rising petrol prices push Americans out of large vehicles.

General Motors, she writes, was bought by Fiat, "an event unimaginable just a couple [of] years earlier" .

The United Auto Workers is ready to take on General Motors.

I'm calling to inform you that Mr. Sanada, from General Motors, will not be able to attend the party after all.

William S. Knudsen picked him as his successor when that all-round motorman stepped up to executive vice president of General Motors Corp.

General Motors became among the first groups outside of Japan to announce a direct impact on production as a result of the disasters.

The internal ballistics of nozzleless SRM differs greatly from the general motors due to the speciality of its structure.

In a way that General Motors can only have dreamed of, what has been good for Samsung has been good for South Korea.

General Motors re-listed after the return of the U. S. government's bailout funds, U. S. Treasury holdings in the company from 61% to 26%.

And from hope to dire straits, General Motors now is all but certain to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday.

Chrysler's bankruptcy may really have been a trial run for General Motors' somewhat larger and more drawn-out process.

Just as things are starting to look extremely dark for General Motors, cross-town rival Chrysler is having an upswing in luck.

General Motors roared back as a public company on Thursday, with its newly-listed shares trading well above their offering price.

With virtually no public charging stations across the U. S. , General Motors is justifiably concerned.

Today, all the big three US car companies, Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors, have moved substantial parts of their production abroad.

Officials suggest there is still time before General Motors and Chrysler run out of money.

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General Motors, this extraordinary technology was a symbol of American automotive manufacturing giant, has declared bankruptcy.

The collapse of General Motors into bankruptcy is only the latest chapter in a long story of mismanagement and decline.

To make sure Guantanamo Bay closes, Obama said the new warden will be the CEO of General Motors.

The American carmaker General Motors has found the Chinese market to be a life-saving opportunity for the reinvention of the Buick brand.

General Motors hopes to put fizz into its staid Buick brand with high-performance "Super" versions of the LaCrosse and Lucerne saloons.

The U. S. also bought a controlling interest in General Motors during the financial crisis and wants to retain the option for such measures.

Both Chrysler, the smallest of the "Big Three" , and the larger General Motors (GM), ended up in the government's hands (via bankruptcy).

There should only be one response to any Chinese money targeting General Motors' forthcoming initial public offering: Fill 'er up.

General Motors is reportedly preparing for the worst, with work under way to get the company ready for a possible bankruptcy.

Auditors for the American car giant General Motors say they have substantial doubts about the company's ability to continue.

But General Motors, which recently launched its Baojun local brand, insists it is the right move commercially for the company.

Toyota is the new General Motors in terms of experiencing quality glitches, over-expansion and the proliferation of new product models.

Little did I know its arrival marked the end of one era, just as the bankruptcy of General Motors this week marks the end of another.

They also hold big shares of Citigroup and a number of other banks, as well as sixty percent of General Motors.

A seemingly unlikely pair, General Motors and Segway, have teamed up to create a new type of personal transport vehicle.

General Motors Corp. is expected to tell the government it needs several billion more or it may have to file for bankruptcy protection.

General Motors Co announced Monday it has hired Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer of Microsoft, to run its financial side.

Think about it. I'm on a last place network, I moved to a state that's bankrupt, and 'The Tonight Show'' is sponsored by General Motors.

The former financing arm of General Motors is now partly owned by private-equity firms and is terribly thinly capitalised.

Ford Motor Co. of the U. S. skipped the show, and General Motors Co. had only a tiny corner booth.

General Motors' share price fell to its lowest level since the Depression.

For the many individual General Motors Corp. shareholders wondering what their stock is still worth, the answer looks pretty bleak.

The most talked-about of the battery-plus-generator models is General Motors' Chevrolet Volt (to be sold in Europe as the Ampera).

Already General Motors is delivering its Chevrolet Aveo, which though somewhat larger than the Ka, fits into a similar market segment.

So China is a very critically important market for us as General Motors works to improve our performance around the globe.

As General Motors is attempting to prove, streamlining the number of brands in an automaker's portfolio could be the way of the future.

That's doubly true after today's announcement of General Motors' planned closure of 42% of the company's Canadian dealerships.

Chery, a Chinese company founded only a decade ago, became the best-selling manufacturer in March, pipping Shanghai General Motors.

Surprised when the interior of the mothership turns out to closely resemble a General Motors motorhome, Mr Shermer consents to lying down.

The higher price would help the U. S. government recoup more of the taxpayer-finance bailout that General Motors received.

The very livelihood of thousands of autoworkers in Detroit depends on a drastic turnaround, particularly for General Motors.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney. com) -- General Motors and Chrysler LLC are finally getting the money they need to avoid an imminent collapse.

General Motors and South East in Southeast Asia opened the pack a packed news briefing in Bangkok with the promotion of a promotional video.

The industrial failures in the crisis included Chrysler and General Motors; companies that had been struggling for years.

Companies that have been awarded include: General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, IBM Corporation.

The Renaissance Center, world headquarters of General Motors, towers over abandoned warehouses along the Detroit River in downtown Detroit.

Get a grip on this: Racquet handles are downsizing faster than General Motors among both pros and recreational players.

Feinberg journeyed to the plush offices of Mr. Miller in the General Motors building in Manhattan.

to win Opel and now Saturn from the rapidly disintegrating General Motors may prove to be an example of what happens when things go right.

General Motors has suspended production at a factory in Louisiana due to a shortage of Japanese parts.

The opening of Shanghai General Motors Co. Ltd. Means a great deal to the economy of both countries.

In the past decade Toyota has raised capacity by half to 10m units a year, overtaking General Motors as the world's largest carmaker.

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General Motors is to sell its Hummer brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery for an undisclosed amount.

General Motors' cars have long lagged behind Japanese competitors in terms of reliability and quality.

General Motors can spread cost over five million cars a year .

The news is a glimpse of silver lining in the cloud currently hanging over the market, and General Motors and Chrysler in particular.

General Motors plans to export $900 million in vehicles and parts to China in the next two years.

(TM, 7203. TO) of Japan and General Motors Co. of the U. S. are gearing up to test-market plug-in hybrid electric cars in China soon.

It led to a situation whereby General Motors could make money only by selling big, gas-guzzling S. U. V. 's and trucks.

America no longer has a Hummer economy (General Motors is considering selling off the gas guzzler).

Today Toyota sells more vehicles worldwide than General Motors does, with a much less bloated distribution system.

General Motors, the US auto manufacturer, got a costly lesson when it introduced its Chevrolet Nova to the Puerto Rican market.

The only businesses he has rescued are the huge union-dominated General Motors and Chrysler.

Opel's works council has mooted a similar plan in the battle to help rescue the troubled European arm of General Motors.

At its height, General Motors (GM) was bigger than any other car company in world.

General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler made cars on both sides of the Detroit River, sending parts and vehicles back and forth at will.

General Motors moved one step closer to bankruptcy on Wednesday as bondholders failed to agree on a debt for equity swap.

"The agreement with General Motors does prevent us from selling Opel in the United States, " Magna founder Frank Stronach said.

It has the potential to derail the restructuring and cast a shadow over the bankruptcy proceedings of General Motors.

Chery's QQ model is so similar to General Motors Spark that the US company once tried to take legal action.

LESS than two years ago Toyota swept past an ailing General Motors (GM) to become the world's biggest carmaker.

General Motors is now at risk of running out of cash within months.

But according to General Motors, the first three weeks of the month were a good deal better, running at a rate of 10. 3m.

So it's come to this: General Motors, once the world's mightiest industrial enterprise, is now flirting with bankruptcy.

There is no question General Motors will live on with its four core brands, in one form or another.

In 1929 John Raskob, a director of General Motors, wrote an article in the Ladies' Home Journal entitled "Everybody Ought to Be Rich" .

General Motors and Ford have put jets up for sale, as have other companies including Citigroup, AT&T and Time Warner.

General Motors has temporarily shut some of its factories in Europe.

a joint venture of SAIC and General Motors of the U. S. that advertises its Buick model on the game.

General Motors is expected to announce details of its "faster, deeper" reorganization plans early next week.

The news isn't particularly surprising, especially given General Motors' lack of profitability on the Saturn-branded Astra.

Some domestic-brand sympathizers defecting from Chrysler appear to be moving to Ford and General Motors.

The federal government will assist General Motors in the sale of its assets to a new, streamlined GM.

General Motors has confirmed that CEO Rick Wagoner will resign at the behest of President Barack Obama and his auto industry task force.

Just look at General Motors, which spent 40 days in bankruptcy and got rid of its Hummer and Saturn lines, and is the stronger for it.

U. S. automaker General Motors says its expansion plans are on track in India despite the troubles it faces in the United States.

Chrysler, like Ford and General Motors, has long been criticized for a glut of new car dealerships.

General Motors recently pioneered a "Sit-n-Lift" motorised chair lift as an accessory on its minivans.

Clearly what was good for General Motors was not necessarily good for the US.

After shedding billions of dollars in debt, analysts say both General Motors and Chrysler are poised for a comeback.

General Motors and Ford are also closing some plants beyond the usual two-week end of year production break.

It has grown too big too fast. It has tried to cut costs while maintaining standards, never easy. Itcould become the new General Motors.

General Motors and Seqway have teamed up to bring a prototype of a 2-wheeled, 2-seat vehicle (see photo) with a top speed of 56kmph.

This one, relatively inexpensive Japanese cars are to occupy a major role in the market, while General Motors sales have been very small.

The Mark is Ford's biggest moneymaker , just as Cadillac is for General Motors .

The UAW most recently went on strike against American Axel for 80-days, essentially bringing several General Motors plants to a halt.

Sales were down by 9% at Chrysler and by 19% at General Motors, though this was better than many analysts had expected.

The European Union's competition regulator said she would study the terms of General Motors' plan to spin off Opel, its European arm.

The American government rejected turnaround plans submitted by General Motors and Chrysler as inadequate.

General Motors had to halt car output at several of its American plants because of a strike at Rico, an Indian firm that makes parts.

General Motors' shares went into free-fall on Thursday, dropping 31% after a rating agency threatened to downgrade its debt.

The figures do not include Chrysler, which filed for bankruptcy in April or General Motors, which filed on June 1.

General Motors' decision to file for bankruptcy protection is a huge deal in the business history of the US and possibly the globe.

This was the case for Delphi , a major supplier to General Motors, during GM's downturn in 2005.

The deal followed the unwinding of a three-decade alliance between Suzuki and General Motors, which ended in 2008 when GM fought bankruptcy.

That's what makes General Motors' decision not to move forward with its new 2. 9L V6 diesel for Cadillac in Europe so confusing.

It may also cost less than the $40, 000 many had expected, General Motors officials hinted at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month.

General Motors in Southeast Asia opened a packed news briefing in Bangkok with a promotional video.

If, say, General Motors were to fail, no one could demand that its shareholders putup more money to pay off its debts.

General Motors declined 11 percent, the biggest drop since its post-bankruptcy public offering a year ago, to $22. 31.

A film story of the "General Motors Parade of Progress"

Facing slumping sales and extreme cost cutting, General Motors will shutter most of its U. S. plants for nine weeks this summer.

Protection against a default by General Motors was among the most sought-after contracts.

Several carmakers, including General Motors and Ford Motor, have already stepped up production to replenish depleted inventories.

Saab and Volvo are on the block because their owners, General Motors (GM) and Ford respectively, can no longer afford to keep them.

Flags fly outside the General Motors world headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, last week.

The head of General Motors, Rick Wagoner, says the prices are changing consumer behavior, maybe permanently.

He is also planning to sell off a large stake in the company's profitable finance subsidiary, General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Mr Geithner is likely to preside over a similar rescue, albeit also of General Motors and Ford.

It may be the end of an era, but General Motors will live on.

General motors, Toyota, Nissan and Ford are considered to be the four largest auto manufactures in the world.

Ford, General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler are all hoping to take over the troubled Korean firm.

Other companies under scrutiny include Citigroup, Wells Fargo, General Motors, Chrysler and Chrysler Financial.

In Detroit, General Motors is working on what might sound like a pipe-dream: crash-proof Cadillacs.

arises of the dominant position which is said to be held by General Motors Continental.

General Motors is hoping that the Chevrolet Volt , powered mostly by electricity , will someday boost sales for its company .

Opel is the German subsidiary of General Motors America, GM Europe is a window.

Everybody should be glad that General Motors and the rest of Detroit have recovered from the recession.

General Motors is still the nation's leading automobile seller but its perch has been greatly lowered.

This past year, General Motors (GM) executives participated in an exercise that did just that.

Even a devoted driving enthusiast like former General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz concedes that driverless cars are the way of the future.

"It may become the country that leads the switch to electric vehicles, " says Nick Reilly, who heads Asia Pacific for General Motors.

General Motors believes that customers will expect performance that mirrors traditional gasoline-powered cars.

General Motors Co. jumped at the opportunity to unload its Hummer brand on China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Corp.

When General Motors introduced the Chevy Nova in South America, it was apparently unaware that "no va" means "it won't go" .

Could the U. S. taxpayer really break even on the, er, investment in General Motors?

Until recently many Chinese carmakers built thinly disguised copies of vehicles made by Volkswagen, General Motors and Toyota.

The latest red flags were reports that Coca-Cola and General Motors planned to target marketing budgets as part of cost-cutting efforts.

Designed through a partnership with General Motors, the Robonaut2 is the cutting edge of android technology.

Koenigsegg, a tiny maker of high-performance cars based in Sweden, pulled out of an agreement to buy Saab from General Motors.

George W. Bush, the US president, announced plans last week to lend General Motors and Chrysler $17. 4bn to survive the next three months.

"It could be huge, " said General Motors' Chief Executive Rick Wagoner. "China could play a significant role. "

Pratap points out that these cars are very different from the ones General Motors sold in the United States.

General Motors had pictures of the Mustang two years before the car went on sale .

When General Motors introduced its Chevy Nova into Latin America, it overlooked the fact that No va in Spanish means "It doesn't go. "

The Oscar-winning firebrand whose "Roger &Me" attacked General Motors, whose "Sicko" extolled government-run health care.

Analysts are somewhat less clear about how new management at Chrysler Group and General Motors will balance market share and profit margin.

As such, General Motors announced on Wednesday that it will be boosting production at the Camaro's Oshawa, Ontario plant.

Leave aside whether the US government, majority owner of General Motors, is fit to pass judgment on Toyota.

But the General Motors plant at Lordstown is doing just fine.

General Motors Co. and Honda Motor Co. are among automakers that have reported September figures.

However, the initial claims could be skewed because General Motors and other manufacturers skipped their usual July shutdowns.

I. G. They also hold big shares of Citigroup anda number of other banks, as well as 60% of General Motors.

Chinese auto makers are gearing up to directly challenge global peers such as General Motors Co. and Mercedes-Benz.

And one of the major industrial corporations of the world-of all time [General Motors] could be on the brink.

Here's why: Through a partnership with General Motors, NASA's Robonaut2 is the latest example of android technology.

General Motors Co. and Nissan are spending billions of dollars to market electric cars they hope will become mainstream vehicles.

The Chrysler case could set a precedent for General Motors Corp, which is using a similar quick-sale strategy in its bankruptcy in New York.

Rallies in overseas shares and favorable news at Boeing and General Motors boosted market participants' mood early in the session.

General Motors Co. , which launched its Volt electric car last month, also is looking into alternative types of motors.

The new General Motors will be owned mostly by the U. S. government, which will hold a 60 percent stake.

Just after Christmas, workers from General Motors took to the streets, following a trail blazed by those from Nissan and Renault.

President Obama has defended his decision to use billions of dollars of public money to save General Motors and Chrysler from collapse.

General Motors and the United Auto Workers agreed on a proposed new contract after a strike that lasted two days.

In contrast, yesterday General Motors presented its restructuring proposal to Congress.

General Motors provided its first financial update since leaving bankruptcy protection.

General Motors' U. S. sales may be crumbling under bankruptcy rumblings, but the Detroit-based automaker is still doing quite well in China.

The heads of Chrysler, Ford and General Motors returned to Congress this week to again ask for federal aid.

General Motors has reached a tentative agreement to sell Saab to the Swedish sports car manufacturer Koenigsegg.

The legislation proposes extending emergency short-term loans to cash-strapped General Motors and Chrysler.

There were other small signs of optimism Thursday. General Motors said it will not need a $2 billion government loan for this month.

In Canada, both General Motors and Ford Motor have launched generous "employee pricing" promotions for July and August.

Geithner also defended President Barack Obama's decision last week to oust the chairman of ailing U. S. automaker General Motors.

Competition from overseas automakers, including Volkswagen AG and General Motors Corp. , is also squeezing margins.

Toyota and General Motors posted the biggest year-over-year gains but other automakers are also reporting robust sales.

General Motors is announcing today that it's selling its Saturn brand to Penske Automotive Group.

The Unimate, the first programmable industrial robot, is installed on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey.

Waiting lists for the new electric cars from Nissan and General Motors (GM) exceeded production quotas.

The strike hit companies including Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan, BMW and Daimler.

Just think about all the crises that haven't happened, say with the downgrade of General Motors and Ford or the collapse of Amaranth.

But the contract could still unravel as agreement is required from other parties, including General Motors, Saab's former owner.

Last week saw the federal government become a majority shareholder in U. S. automaker General Motors, which filed for bankruptcy.

The Blue Oval is also concerned that the billions loaned the Chrysler and General Motors could impact the retail market in the short-term.

Run by Washington, General Motors could turn out just like the Rover Group, if we're lucky.

And General Motors is weighing an end to production of the Hummer as buyers flee such gas-guzzling vehicles.

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC need billions of dollars in government loans to stay afloat.

General Motors is not going out of business.

General Motors is to be carved up into two new companies.

General Motors employees at a rally in support of the US automotive industry.

President Barack Obama says it took some tough decisions to support American auto companies like General Motors.

This text has introduced history of Shanghai General Motors Co. , Ltd. and Chevrolet car brand and current situation.

That's why, for global companies like General Motors, China is no longer the future.

General Motors stock tumbled more than 20 percent after analysts downgraded the top American carmaker.

The opportunity to crow about the beast is a welcome respite from months of bad news plaguing General Motors, Cadillac's manufacturer.

General Motors, and its majority owner the US Treasury, are largely losers.

I believe we could lose General Motors by the end of this month.

Along with BMW, General Motors and Chrysler, it has developed a new hybrid system called Two-Mode.

The alternative, as everyone saw with old-line industrial companies like General Motors, is insolvency.

General Motors, Mercedes-Benz and China's BYD exhibited an assortment of hybrids, plug-ins and pure electric vehicles.

Sweden's other major car brand, General Motors Co. 's Saab, is also involved in a deal involving a Chinese company.

General Motors yesterday lost its court bid to postpone hearings on Delphi's application to tear up its labour contracts.

General Motors announced plans to slash second quarter production by 34% as it reported a whopping 53% drop in year-on-year U.

That's why, for global companies like General Motors, China is no longer the future. It's the present.

Unfortunately her own government is wavering, with talk this week of help for Opel, a subsidiary of America's troubled General Motors.

The EN-V from General Motors can rotate 360 degrees and be driven in manual mode with a driver - or without .

Japan's carmakers fared rather better: Toyota outsold Ford for the first time, putting it in second place behind General Motors.

In the short term, says Joseph Liu, General Motors' Asia-Pacific head of sales and marketing, "everyone will suffer" .

General Motors is among several global auto companies hoping to tap the potential of emerging markets like India.

After months of negotiations, General Motors' hourly UAW workers have finally ratified a new labor contract.

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are now asking for a combined $34 billion, up from $25 billion just two weeks ago.

General Motors electronic fuel- control system includes an exhaust- gas oxygen senor or sniffer .