GM invests $364M, adding 230 jobs in Marion, Ind. Associated Press 10:08 PM CDT, October 19, 2009 MARION, Ind.   General Motors Co. says it’s investing $364 million in its Marion Metal Center in Indiana and will employ about 230 workers transferring from plants in Michigan and Ohio.   The automaker announced the expansion Monday. [...]

October 20, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091020/OPINION01/910200319 Brand names key to automakers’ future Monikers move young professionals more than quality JOHN W. WAELTI Every time the suits in Detroit make a decision, you swear they couldn’t be more clueless. Yet they’ve managed to outdo themselves again. By deciding to eliminate its Saturn line, General Motors has shuttered two [...]

October 20, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091020/OPINION03/910200321 Europe’s politics hold up GM’s Opel sale DANIEL HOWES The Germans aren’t the only ones hoping to hurdle European Union objections to General Motors Co.’s plans to sell a majority stake in its Adam Opel GmbH unit. GM is pushing to close "open issues" in a binding deal, perhaps as early [...]