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Ventura County Star - Camarillo CA, 3 minutes ago / General Motors said Friday that it will launch its Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan next week at the Ohio factory that makes the car.
The Times-Independent - Moab UT, 13 minutes ago / The U.S. government is likely to take a loss on General Motors Co in the first offering of the automaker's stock, six people familiar with preparations for the landmark IPO said.
mySA - San Antonio TX, 36 minutes ago / One day after he stepped down as CEO of the country's biggest automaker, Ed Whitacre had already ditched his suit and tie was back in San Antonio meeting with old friends in his office.
FOX News, 41 minutes ago / President Obama's former auto czar, Steven Rattner , tried to recruit Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, a Brazilian-born, Lebanese descendant, to run General Motors , a one-time symbol of American success, according to Rattner's new tell-all book about the federal bailout of GM and Chrysler.
TMCnet, 41 minutes ago / OnStar is offering Crisis Assist services to its active subscribers in areas affected by Hurricane Earl. With a simple push of the OnStar button in GM vehicles, subscribers will be put in contact with specially-trained Crisis Advisors.
The Macomb Daily - Mount Clemens MI, 54 minutes ago / Warren Mayor James Fouts on Friday blasted President Barack Obama over revelations in a new book that the president pressured General Motors to not move its headquarters to Warren last year.
Columbia Tribune - Columbia MO, 1 hour 46 minutes ago / Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms last month.
The Madison Daily Leader - Madison SD, 1 hour 54 minutes ago / Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3 hours 14 minutes ago / A single, large, exquisitely-located patch of land with a willing seller, just begging to be transformed into something special.
Forbes, 4 hours 21 minutes ago / The stock market this week is saying that I was wrong in warning in last week's column that we might already be back in recession in this, the third quarter of the year.
Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing, 5 hours 51 minutes ago / Nitrobahn reports that General Motors, the U.S. based auto maker introduced the Series II Holden cars in the Australian market.
AutoblogGreen, 5 hours 52 minutes ago / With its launch slated for the second half of 2011, Kevin Wale, president and managing director of General Motors China, promises that the Chevrolet Volt will be priced to compete in China's fledgling alternative technology car market.
Kalamazoo Gazette - Kalamazoo MI, 6 hours 56 minutes ago / You've pilfered a pen or two from your workplace.
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville TN, 8 hours 13 minutes ago / Former General Motors Chairman and CEO Frederick A. "Fritz" Henderson has been tabbed to head Knoxville-based SunCoke Energy, which makes coke for steel manufacturers.
The Detroit Blog - Time, 8 hours 16 minutes ago / If you read this blog regularly (and why wouldn't you?), you know my love of top-secret knowledge.
Insurance News Net, 9 hours 5 minutes ago / Sept. 03--While the intense speculation that Toyota Motor Corp. may have covered up electronic defects appears to have ebbed, Japanese experts say the world's top automaker deserves a failing grade for its risk management, and the resulting damage to its reputation was worse than it should have been.
The Truth About Cars, 9 hours 46 minutes ago / GM, Toyota, and Ford reported subdued August sales numbers for China today.
24/7 Wall Street, 13 hours 33 minutes ago / It may turn out that China is not the Holy Grail for multinational car companies that they believed it would be.
EmailWire, 15 hours 10 minutes ago / A copy of today's newsletter can be purchased on-line with a major credit card at https://ecommerce.bankrupt.com/bin/ibl_re?co_name=GENERAL|MOTORS for $45.
Aerotech News & Review, 22 hours 40 minutes ago / To meet energy initiatives, cut costs, and to help better protect soldiers, the Army is looking to industry for solutions and partnerships.
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
The General Motors Company, also known as GM, is a United States-based automaker with its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan.
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