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		<title>Recruiters eye UAW property</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 10, 2010
Recruiters eye UAW property
By Karen Middleton karen@athensnews-courier.com
&#8212; Local industrial recruiters are eying a 7-acre piece of property owned by the United Auto Workers Local 2195 in South Limestone County, according to union and local officials.
Joe Rypkowski in the UAW regional office confirmed Tuesday that union representatives have talked to Limestone County officials about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Shreveport gets order for 849 Hummers</title>
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GM Shreveport gets order for 849 Hummers



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Associated Press &#8211; March 10, 2010 9:24 AM ET 
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) &#8211; General Motors has received a fleet order for 849 Hummers, so the Shreveport plant won&#8217;t shut down for two weeks in May, after all.
GM spokesman Otie McKinley says the plant has a month to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Automodular: GM demanding it cut prices 50 per cent at Oshawa plant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Automodular: GM demanding it cut prices 50 per cent at Oshawa plant
(CP) &#8211; 1 day ago
AJAX, Ont. &#8212; General Motors is reportedly demanding that sub-assembly contractor Automodular Corp. cut its prices in half at GM&#8217;s Oshawa, Ont., car plant or risk losing its contract.
Automodular (TSX:AM) said Tuesday it was &#34;evaluating its options&#34; after receiving written [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former car czar says auto bailouts saved Michigan</title>
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March 10, 2010
http://detnews.com/article/20100310/AUTO01/3100435



Former car czar says auto bailouts saved Michigan

DAVID SHEPARDSON
Detroit News Washington Bureau 
New York &#8212; Former White House auto czar Steve Rattner said Wednesday the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit would have been forced into bankruptcy if the Obama administration hadn&#8217;t rescued General Motors and Chrysler last year.
Detroit almost &#34;certainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota seeks to block executive testimony in suit</title>
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Toyota seeks to block executive testimony in suit
            
            Automotive News &#124; March 10, 2010 &#8211; 12:01 am EST
            UPDATED: 3/10/10 4:48 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The hottest IPO of 2010: GM?</title>
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The hottest IPO of 2010: GM?


Thanks largely&#160;to Uncle Sam&#8217;s generosity, the automaker&#160;has an excellent balance sheet and is on the road to competitiveness. Is&#160;it time&#160;for investors to hop on board?&#160;&#160;




By Barron&#8217;s
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The hottest initial public offering of 2010 could be General Motors. That&#8217;s right, GM.
The automaker, long synonymous with bloat and mismanagement, has undergone an impressive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UAW: spare NUMMI</title>
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UAW: spare NUMMI


NAGOYA (Kyodo) The vice president of the largest U.S. autoworker union visited the headquarters of Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday, urging the carmaker to rethink its decision to shut its Fremont, Calif.-based factory, Toyota officials said.
United Auto Workers Vice President Bob King issued the appeal in a meeting with Toyota Executive Vice President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Battles to Withhold Safety Secrets</title>
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GM Battles to Withhold Safety Secrets
Thomas B. Scheffey
03-09-2010
It&#8217;s a potentially explosive lawsuit focusing on the safety record of a major automaker. And it has nothing to do with Toyota.
A small army of defense lawyers for once-mighty General Motors is battling in Connecticut court to seal court documents that indicate that poorly designed seat backs may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pension watchdog says Nummi plan underfunded</title>
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Pension watchdog says Nummi plan underfunded
Tom Abate, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 9, 2010


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The federal agency that protects pensions says New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. is liable for $292 million in benefit payments but has just $161 million in assets, and it wants Toyota Corp. to help make up the difference.
Nummi was founded in 1984 as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3 billion</title>
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March 9, 2010
http://detnews.com/article/20100309/AUTO01/3090386



Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3 billion

CURT ANDERSON AND GREG BLUESTEIN
Associated Press 
Miami &#8212; Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press [...]]]></description>
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