October 9, 2009
http://detnews.com/article/20091009/AUTO01/910090353
Ex-autoworkers find temp work
Those who do get a job earn wages far below auto industry
LOUIS AGUILAR
The Detroit News
Detroit — Temporary job agencies employ more former blue-collar autoworkers than any other industry.
And those who do find new jobs in the auto industry are paid far less than at their old ones.
Those were among [...]
October 10, 2009
A new phase for Chevrolet Volt
BY MARK PHELAN
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST
The Chevrolet Volt moved significantly closer to America’s driveways as the last pre-production version of the extended-range electric vehicle rolled out of General Motors’ test-assembly facility in Warren on Friday.
Gliding so silently through the factory aisles that quality auditor Shelia Asunto beeped a [...]
Allstate Said to Hire GM’s LaNeve as Chief Marketing Officer
By Doron Levin and Jamie McGee
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) — Allstate Corp., the insurer that spent $364.6 million on advertising last year, hired General Motors Co.’s top U.S. sales executive as chief marketing officer, two people familiar with the matter said.
Mark LaNeve will also hold [...]
GM Agrees to Sell Hummer
China’s Tengzhong Is Expected to Pay $150 Million for Brand
By Steven Mufson and Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, October 10, 2009
General Motors has reached an agreement to sell its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, the company announced Friday.
The American automaker, now largely owned by the [...]
