Sep 01, 2010 Should GM be allowed to trademark ‘range anxiety’? 08:22 AM Updated: 3:41 p.m. ET to include Tesla’s response. General Motors is attempting to trademark the term "range anxiety" in its attempt to get across the idea that you may run out of juice in an ordinary all-electric car, but [...]
August 31, 2010 Old G.M. Being Sold for Parts By PETER LATTMAN and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED The new General Motors appears to be thriving. Having emerged from bankruptcy, the revitalized company has recently reported $1.3 billion in quarterly earnings, paraded out a new chief executive and filed an initial public offering that [...]
Rumormill: General Motors mid-size sedans going all four-cylinder by Damon Lavrinc (RSS feed) on Aug 31st 2010 at 6:45PM Straight from the "No Surprise" department comes word from GMInsideNews that all of General Motors mid-size offerings will come equipped with four-cylinder engines as the only available powerplant. GM has made it clear for the last [...]
« Return to Article Click to Print Freightliner workers sue for back pay and benefits Daniel Jackson 2010-09-02 16:22:19 Seven months after laid off Freightliner workers won back pay and benefits in arbitration, none of them have received a dime. On Tuesday, four laid off Freightliner workers filed a class action lawsuit in federal court [...]
September 2, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100902/AUTO01/9020466 Analyst: GM will launch stock sale Nov. 18 CHRISTINA ROGERS AND DAVID SHEPARDSON The Detroit News General Motors Co. plans to announce its sale price for its highly anticipated initial public stock offering Nov. 17 and start trading shares Nov. 18, according to a Tampa-based research firm. The Detroit-based automaker will [...]
GM’s new CEO meets with UAW leaders, says let’s work together David Barkholz Automotive News | September 2, 2010 – 4:23 pm EST UPDATED: 9/2/10 4:47 p.m. ET DETROIT — New General Motors Co. CEO Daniel Akerson, in his second day on the job, said today in a Labor Day greeting to GM’s [...]
WSB News function OpenTrackback (c) {window.open(c,’trackback’,'width=480,height=480,scrollbars=yes,status=yes’);} Decision Soon on GM Property By Jon Lewis @ August 23, 2010 6:04 AM Permalink | Comments (4) (WSB Radio) What will be the fate of the old General Motors plant property in Doraville? The deadline for a decision by the DeKalb County commission is fast approaching. Commissioners will [...]
$26 billion unfunded liability won’t stall GM IPO, experts say By Timothy Inklebarger Source: Pensions & Investments Date: August 23, 2010 Knowing: Mark Oline said GM’s pension plan underfunding is not a surprise to investors. Updated with correction General Motors Co.’s $26.3 billion unfunded pension liability is unlikely to affect its upcoming IPO, [...]
August 27, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100827/AUTO01/8270443 Firm to brief workers on GM plant takeover offer ASSOCIATED PRESS Indianapolis — A company that hopes to buy General Motors Co.’s stamping plant in Indianapolis plans to brief workers on its contract proposal Sunday. Signs announcing the meeting went up Friday at the plant. Addison, Ill.-based JD Norman Industries has [...]
UAW head says auto workers should share in industry ‘upside’ Automotive News | August 27, 2010 – 5:54 pm EST (Bloomberg) — United Auto Workers President Bob King said workers’ concessions helped save U.S. automakers and the employees should regain some benefits now that the industry is recovering. “We want workers to share [...]
Bob Lutz: GM CEO Ed Whitacre’s decision to step down wasn’t a surprise Published: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 11:00 AM Sheena Harrison | MLive.com AP file photoEd Whitacre Former General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz says he wasn’t surprised when CEO Ed Whitacre announced Thursday that he is stepping down after less than a year at [...]
Could GM Start Up Spring Hill Plant Soon? CEO Says Automaker May Restart One Of Two Idled U.S. Plants By Reported By Deanna Lambert WSMV-TV updated 8/12/2010 2:15:04 AM ET SPRING HILL, Tenn. — The CEO of General Motors is giving hope to Spring Hill, Tenn. Comments he recently made indicate that the [...]
GM posts $1.3 billion earnings increase Automaker expected to show ‘solid profitability’ for year DAVID SHEPARDSON Detroit News Washington Bureau General Motors Co. reported a second consecutive quarterly profit Thursday, earning $1.3 billion on higher vehicle sales. GM’s second-quarter results concluded an encouraging earnings season for Detroit’s automakers. Ford Motor Co. reported a $2.6 billion [...]
August 15, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100815/OPINION03/8150308 Car guys? GM’s got ‘em SCOTT BURGESS The resignation of General Motors Co.’s CEO Ed Whitacre and installment of Daniel Akerson shook Detroit last week. Akerson, a former telecommunications executive with financial and investment experience, will be the fourth CEO at the automaker in less than two years — and some [...]
GM stock offering seen as victory for Obama on auto bailout Automotive News | August 14, 2010 – 12:01 am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) — General Motors Co. standing on its own again in the capital markets would be a victory for President Barack Obama as he begins to trumpet auto bailouts as a policy [...]
