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- GM in talks to bring Chinese cars to India: report
NEW DELHI (AFP) -- US auto giant General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, according to the Press Trust of India.GM began... - GM could deploy U.S. funding overseas
DETROIT, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson said the U.S. automaker could use federal money to support its struggling European operations. The U.S. government gave GM $50 million to help it eme... - Opel chief quits after GM decides to keep European unit
NEW YORK (AFP) -- General Motors said Friday it will seek a new chief for European operations with Carl-Peter Forster quitting following the automaker's decision to hang on to its Opel/Vauxhall di... - GM Europe head quits following Opel U-turn: source
FRANKFURT (AFP) -- General Motors Europe head Carl-Peter Forster is quitting in disgust at GM's decision to hang on to its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, a well-informed source told AFP on Friday. - GM Europe head 'quits following Opel U-turn'
FRANKFURT (AFP) -- General Motors Europe head Carl-Peter Forster is quitting in disgust at GM's decision to hang on to it... - GM Europe head 'quits following Opel U-turn'
FRANKFURT (AFP) -- General Motors Europe head Carl-Peter Forster is quitting in disgust at GM's decision to hang on to its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, Spiegel magazine reported on Friday in its o... - Ex-GM exec returns to U.S. and fraud plea
CHICAGO, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A former General Motors executive, a fugitive for more than a year, returned to the United States to plead guilty to kickbacks and fraud, U.S. officials said. The U.S. Justice Department said Daniel J. Bealko... - Rage against GM over 10,000 planned job cuts at Opel
by Deborah Cole BERLIN (AFP) -- Angry German workers planned protests Thursday after General Motors said it would cut some 10,000 jobs at its European unit Opel in a move slammed as a slap in the face for Chancellor Angela Merkel.GM ... - GM plans 10,000 job cuts at Opel
BERLIN (AFP) -- General Motors said Wednesday it wanted to cut around 10,000 jobs at its European division Opel a day after the US car maker stunned the auto sector by scrapping plans to sell the... - GM to cut 10,000 jobs in Europe
DETROIT, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. auto giant General Motors Co. said Wednesday it would cut 10,000 jobs from its European operations in Britain and Germany. GM announced earlier this week it had reversed its early decision to sell its Eu... - GM says it plans to cut 10,000 jobs at Opel
BERLIN (AFP) -- General Motors plans to cut around 10,000 jobs at its European division Opel, GM vice president John Smith said Wednesday after the US auto giant announced that it would retain con... - GM re-sets strategy, scraps Opel sale
by William Ickes FRANKFURT (AFP) -- General Motors has unexpectedly re-set its global development strategy, scrapping plans to sell its German-based European unit Opel and retaining key small-car e... - GM axes Opel sale, reclaims small-car jewel
by William Ickes FRANKFURT (AFP) -- General Motors has brought the sale of its European car division Opel/Vauxhall to a screeching halt, fuelling fear and anger in Germany on Wednesday as the US gr... - GM scraps plan to sell Vauxhall
by Rob Lever WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The government said on Wednesday it would work closely with General Motors after the US automaker scrapped an on-again, off-again plan to sell its big European division, Opel, that had triggered a political ... - GM scraps plan to sell European unit Opel
by Rob Lever WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US automakers General Motors has scrapped an on-again, off-again plan to sell its big European division, Opel, which had triggered a political and diplomatic contro... - GM says it will keep Opel
DETROIT, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. automaker GM Co. said Tuesday business is looking up so it's not going to sell its Opel division. GM said on its Web Site that its board of directors has decided to initiate a major makeover of its Europ... - GM to cancel sale, keep European unit Opel
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- General Motors said Tuesday its board decided to keep Opel, scrapping an on-again, off-again plan to sell its big European division.GM said in a statement the board made... - GM, Ford say sales are up; Chrysler drops
DETROIT, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Two out of three U.S. automakers reported vehicle sales increased in October, with Chrysler Group LLC reporting sales slumped significantly, down 30 percent. General Motors Co. said it sold 177,603 vehicles i... - Report: Browns fire GM Kokinis
CLEVELAND, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Cleveland Browns General Manager George Kokinis is no longer with the team, the Browns announced late Monday. The team issued a statement that said Kokinis is no longer actively involved with the organiz... - GM chief says federal bailout was enough
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson said the U.S. government's bailout that rescued the automaker from bankruptcy was sufficient. The amount of financing provided was suff... - GMAC seeking third U.S. bailout
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. automobile financing firm GMAC is seeking a third financial bailout from the federal government, sources close to the negotiations said. Treasury and company officials have been in discussions that c... - GMAC in talks for further taxpayer bailout: report
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US auto finance giant GMAC is in "advanced talks" with the US Treasury to receive a third injection of taxpayer funds, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday.The new injection -- worth between 2.8 billion and 5.6... - Biden announces new use for old GM plant
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A shuttered General Motors facility in Delaware will reopen to produce long-range electric hybrid vehicles, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden announced Tuesday. The Wilmington, Del., assembly plant was... - Hybrid automaker Fisker to buy shuttered GM plant
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Budding US hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive will reopen a shuttered General Motors plant in Delaware to build fuel-efficient, plug-in cars, the White House announced Tuesday.US Vice President Joe Biden said th... - Biden to announce new use for old GM plant
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A deal to reopen a former General Motors Co. plant in Wilmington, Del., as a factory producing electric vehicles is in the works, the White House said. Vice President Joe Biden was to travel to his... - Jed Hoyer named GM of Padres
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Jed Hoyer became general manager of the San Diego Padres Monday, the team announced. Hoyer, 35, formerly an executive with the Boston Red Sox, replaces Kevin Towers, who was fired this month. Jed... - GM consultants charged $23 million
DETROIT, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. consulting firm is charging General Motors' bankruptcy estate $23 million for 90 days' work, documents indicate. A quarterly report filed last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court show the crisis management ... - Report: Padres name Boston's Hoyer as GM
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The San Diego Padres have hired Red Sox executive Jed Hoyer to be their new general manager, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Saturday. Hoyer, an assistant general manager in Boston, will replace Kevin... - Delay throws GM sale of Opel into doubt
by William Ickes FRANKFURT (AFP) -- General Motors' sale of its European brand Opel was thrown into doubt on Friday when an executive pushed back the signing date again and a press report said GM wanted to hang on to the company.GM v... - Paradigm shift: How Galileo's spy glass upended science
by Marlowe Hood PARIS (AFP) -- Today it would hardly pass muster as a child's plaything, but the telescope Galileo used 400 years ago this week to peer into the heavens overturned the foundations ... - Opel sale signing date not before Nov 3: GM
FRANKFURT (AFP) -- After much delay, the final signing of deal to sell German carmaker Opel to the Canadian group Magna will take place on November 3 at the earliest, GM vice president John Smith said on Friday.The signing of bindin... - Nov 3 earliest date for signing of Opel sale: GM
FRANKFURT (AFP) -- After much delay, the final signing of deal to sell German carmaker Opel to the Canadian group Magna will take place on November 3 at the earliest, GM vice president John Smith said on Friday.The signing of bindin... - State of GM, Chrysler 'shocked' officials
DETROIT, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Former U.S. automotive task force chief Steve Rattner said the state of General Motors Co. and Chrysler last spring shocked government officials. We were shocked, even below our low expectations, - Study looks at formation of pigment cells
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Swedish scientists say they have discovered skin pigment cells can be formed from completely different cells than previously thought. The Karolinska Institute scientists say their finding also rep... - GM focused on closing Opel deal: FT
LONDON (AFP) -- General Motors remains focused on the sale of its loss-making European unit Opel despite EU concerns about the deal, the Financial Times reported Tuesday."We've had a number of exhaustive discussions with our board o... - EU farm ministers refuse to okay new GM maize strains
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) -- European Union farm ministers refused to give their seal of approval on Monday to plans to allow the import of genetically-modified maize from US growers, diplomats said.During a meeting of European Union agricu... - GM has 'plan B' if Opel sale falls through: report
FRANKFURT (AFP) -- US automaker General Motors has an alternative plan up its sleeve if the EU blocks the planned sale of its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, a press r... - GM has 'plan B' if Opel sale falls through: report
FRANKFURT (AFP) -- US automaker General Motors has an alternative plan up its sleeve if the EU blocks the planned sale of its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, a press report said on Monday."While the automaker continues to prefer a sale... - France's CMA-CGM wants to delay delivery of ships: report
PARIS (AFP) -- France's CMA-CGM container shipping company wants to delay the delivery of 49 ships it has ordered and is due to receive within the next three years, the company's CEO said Monday."Our first objective is to obtain the... - India decision on GM aubergines 'to take months': official
NEW DELHI (AFP) -- India is to hold a public consultation on genetically modified aubergines, which were cleared by regulators this week but await final government approval, an official said Frid... - Mexico allows disputed GM corn tests
MEXICO CITY (AFP) -- Mexico on Thursday approved its first permits for genetically-modified test crops of corn, in a controversial move to boost the staple food in the cradle of maize production.... - EU and Greenpeace row over safety of GM food
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- The EU Commission stressed Thursday that health and environmental factors were foremost in approving genetically modified foodstuffs, while protesting farmers and environmentalists called for an outright ban."GMOs... - GM expected to sign final Opel deal
FRANKFURT (AFP) -- US auto giant General Motors was expected later Thursday to ink a final deal to cede control of its loss-making European unit Opel/Vauxhall after 80 years in the driving seat. - Opel deal may be signed this week: GM chief
BUPYEONG, South Korea (AFP) -- General Motors may sign a deal this week to sell its Opel unit to Canadian parts manufacturer Magna International, GM chief executive Fritz Henderson said Thursday. - GM has 'constructive' dialogue with SKorean bank
BUPYEONG, South Korea (AFP) -- The chief executive of General Motors said Thursday he held "very constructive" dialogue with a South Korean state bank on fresh support for the US automaker's struggling local unit.Fritz Henderson met... - GM has 'constructive' dialogue with SKorea bank
BUPYEONG, South Korea (AFP) -- The chief executive of General Motors said Thursday he held "very constructive" dialogue with a South Korean state bank on fresh support for the US automaker's struggling local unit.Fritz Henderson met... - India regulator approves first GM vegetable
by Pratap Chakravarty NEW DELHI (AFP) -- Indian regulators approved on Wednesday the introduction of genetically modified aubergines, potentially making them the first transgenic vegetable to be g... - GM chief seeks fresh loans from SKorean bank
SEOUL (AFP) -- The head of US giant General Motors will hold talks with a South Korean bank Wednesday to try to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh loans for a troubled local subsidiary, officials said.GM CEO Fritz Hende... - Gen. Haig resigns from MGM Mirage board
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr. has resigned from the board of MGM Mirage in Las Vegas, the casino said Tuesday. The MGM Mirage did not give a reason for Haig's departure. The retired general ... - GM chooses Docherty to head U.S. sales
DETROIT, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- General Motors Co. turned to an insider -- and for the first time a woman -- Susan Docherty, to replace the head of U.S. sales, Mark LaNeve. Docherty will become the only woman on the nine-member executive c...
