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April 2008
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Malibu Taking More Conquest Sales from Foreign Makes
From Winding Road | April 29, 2008It’s been well established that the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu has been a sales leader for General Motors, easily surpassing the popularity of... more
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What's his game this time? Kerkorian in the Blue Oval
From Motor Trend Blog | April 28, 2008DETROIT - The man who was the scourge of General Motors and Rick Wagoner three years ago (has it really been that long?), Kirk Kerkorian... more
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GM to cut truck production, negotiate union layoffs
From Reuters: Business News | April 28, 2008DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp on Monday said it would cut planned truck production at four North American plants in the coming... more
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Muscle-car designer takes detour
| April 27, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesFor the son of a General Motors designer -- born and raised in Detroit in the final years of the "big, bigger and biggest" age of American... more
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GM CEO Compensation Jumps 64%; S&P Looking at GM Downgrade
From The Truth About Cars | April 26, 2008I know we've already reported GM CEO Rick Wagoner and his cronies' '07 pay hikes, cynically released on a Friday to avoid full... more
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GM CEO's compensation jumps 64 percent in 2007
From Reuters: Business News | April 25, 2008DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp Chief Executive Rick Wagoner's salary and other compensation rose 64 percent in 2007 to about $15... more
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Spied! Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon
From Winding Road | April 25, 2008It looks as if Cadillac is preparing to bring drivers the CTS wagon they never knew that they always wanted, as evidenced by these new spy... more
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GM's Reportedly Road-Testing Lithium-Ion Batteries for the Volt
From Wired: Autopia | April 25, 2008Big news out of General Motors, where Vice Chairman Bob Lutz says engineers have started road-testing Chevrolet Volt test mules with lithium... more
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GM Ethanol Partner Setting Up Demo Plant
From Green Car Advisor | April 25, 2008Computer rendering of Coskata's pilot plant for cellulosic ethanol production. Coskata Inc., which recently inked a partnership deal with... more
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Strike deadline at GM stamping plant extended
From Reuters: Business News | April 25, 2008DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union on Friday extended a deadline for a strike at a General Motors Corp metal stamping plant... more
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Massive National Geographic feature on 1964 NYC World's Fair
From Boing Boing | April 24, 2008Marilyn sez, "Modern Mechanix photographed the 25 pages of this April 1965 Nat Geo story on the 1964 New York World's Fair. Great photos of... more
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Toyota vs. GM shouldn't be about countries of origin
From Motor Trend Blog | April 24, 2008DETROIT - January's doubts about whether Toyota or General Motors is the world's largest automaker are over. If full-year 2007 results were... more
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Toyota takes world sales lead from General Motors
April 23, 2008 From Los Angeles TimesDETROIT -- Toyota has taken the global automotive sales lead from General Motors, selling 2.41 million vehicles to GM's 2.25 million over... more
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UAW threatens GM strike at Ohio stamping plant
From Reuters: Business News | April 22, 2008DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp , whose production of the hot-selling Malibu sedan could be disrupted by a strike this week, now faces... more
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GM slips on Fortune 500 list []
From Jalopnik | April 22, 2008General Motors fell one position to No. 4 on the 2008 Fortune 500 list, the magazine's annual ranking of the nation's largest publicly traded... more
