GM and Ford leaders must ask: What would a good coach do?   BY TOM WALSH • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 8, 2008 Today’s rumination is on coaching, both sports teams and companies. Coaching textbooks are full of bromides about communications and praise. Sometimes, however, a team or person’s performance is so relentlessly [...]

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It’s a panic — but don’t panic queryvar=”its,a,panic,—,but,dont,panic”; Peter Brown Automotive News | July 7, 2008 – 12:01 am EST     Face it, we’re in a panic. Guys who three months ago were bragging about their Hummer are trying to trade the unsellable bad boy for a Prius or Malibu. Every auto company is [...]

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  Automotive News | July 7, 2008 – 3:15 pm EST     ENLARGE The production version of the Chevy Volt could be ready for viewing in September.     DETROIT (Reuters) — General Motors is rushing to finish the production version of its Chevy Volt and plans to unveil a showroom-ready model of the [...]

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008 GM brands, overlapping models are under review More salaried job cuts possible; company explores ways to raise cash. Eric Morath / The Detroit News General Motors Corp. is undertaking an in-depth review of its product portfolio that could include eliminating or selling a brand, but most likely will result in the [...]

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