Thursday, July 16, 2009
GM shakes up leadership
Several managers to leave, retire as exec ranks shrink
Robert Snell / The Detroit News
The management shakeup at General Motors Co. continued Wednesday with several key executives — including the company’s vice president of research and development and its lawyer — announcing retirements or departures now that the automaker has [...]

July 16, 2009

Analysis finds GM, Chrysler’s plans weak

Car Wars report predicts high market share losses

BY TIM HIGGINS
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
General Motors and Chrysler, fresh out of bankruptcy, will remain challenged in the United States by relatively weak plans to bring new cars and trucks to market, according to an annual competitive analysis released Wednesday [...]

GM board postpones annual shareholders meeting
41 minutes ago
DETROIT — General Motors Co. says it has postponed its annual shareholders’ meeting indefinitely.
Company spokesman Tom Wilkinson says the old GM’s board delayed the meeting without setting a new date. It had been scheduled for Aug. 4 in Detroit.
The new GM emerged from bankruptcy protection on Friday but [...]