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Saab Files For Bankruptcy

AP | MALIN RISING | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Saab, Sweden, Video, General Motors, Zhejiang Youngman Lotus, Saab Bankruptcy, Victor Muller, China Saab, Auto Industry, Saab Bankrupt, Business News

STOCKHOLM — Saab Automobile filed for bankruptcy on Monday, giving up a desperate struggle to stay in business after previous owner General Moto...

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Saab Attempts To Avoid Bankruptcy With Big Property Deal

AP | By LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Saab, Salaries, Debt, Spyker Cars, Swedish National Debt Office, General Motors, Hemfosa, Saab Automobile Property, Car Makers, Jobless, Swedish Automobile, European Investment Bank, Property, Business News

STOCKHOLM -- Crisis-hit car maker Saab has struck a $40 million deal to sell and lease back property in an effort to improve its ailing finances that ...

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Saab Admits To Not Having Enough Money To Pay Its Employees

Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co., Saab, Pang Da Automobile Trade Co., Spyker Cars, Employees, General Motors Co., Chinese Investors, The Swedish Debt Office, Russian Investors, Victor Muller, Financial Crisis, European Investment Bank, Production Stoppages, Sweden, Employee Wages, Business News

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Saab's owner said Thursday it doesn't have the money to pay employees' wages, deepening the financial crisis that is pushing the st...

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10 Brands That Will Disappear Next Year

24/7 Wall St. | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Saab, A&W, Nokia, Kelloggs Corn Pops, Tri-Star, Apple, American Apparel, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, Sony Pictures, Slidepollajax, Myspace, Blockbuster, Soap Opera Digest, Business News

24/7 Wall St. has created a new list of brands that will disappear, which includes Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD), Sony Pictures (NYSE:SNE), American Apparel (NY...

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PHOTOS: 2011 World Debuts At The LA Auto Show

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saab, Mazda, Jaguar, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Slidepollajax, LA Auto Show, Fiat, Mitsubishi, La Around Town, Volkswagen, LA Events, Electric Cars, Los Angeles News

It's electrifying: the 2010 LA Auto Show boasts twenty world debuts, more than thirty North American debuts, a bevy of new hybrids and electric cars, ...

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Another U.S. Car Division Bites the Dust: Mercury

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saab, Oldsmobile, Hot Rod, Saturn, Alan Mulally, Hirohata Mercury, Bob Hirohata, Ford, Pontiac, Edsel, Bill Ford, Sam Barris, Henry Ford, Lincoln, Elana Ford, Mercury, George Barris, Hummer, Business News

A lesson other car-makers have learned the hard way is that buyers want a car that makes a definite statement, which knows its place in the market. A perpetual question mark like Mercury has absolutely no chance of survival.

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Did W's NHTSA ignore Toyota problems? On-air this weekend!

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Saturday March 13 LIVE at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern www.TalkRadioOne.com Steve Parker's The Car Nut Show Not only has Toyota become the butt of mi...

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Automotive/Auto racing shows this weekend

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

STEVE PARKER'S THE CAR NUT SHOW Saturday, 2/27, LIVE @ 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern on www.TalkRadioOne.com An amazing spectacle in congress this past we...

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How to Face Your Company's Mortality

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linens 'N Things, Saab, Bloomberg-Businessweek, Perot Systems, Schering-Plough, Business, Businessweek, General Motors, Saab Bankruptcy, Nortel, Max-Factor, Wyeth, Circuit City, BusinessWeek Sale, Linens 'N Things Bankruptcy, GM Saab, Mergers, Home News

Cross-posted from Harvard Business Online One corporate drama playing out in the news is the fate of Saab -- a now-orphan division of General Motors ...

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Spyker: Saab Will Be Profitable By 2012

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spyker, Saab, Cars, Spyker Saab, Gm, Auto Industry, Saab Bankruptcy, Business News

AMSTERDAM — Spyker Cars NV, the new owner of Saab, plans to produce three Saab lines and return the troubled Swedish carmaker to profitability b...

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Spyker-Saab Deal: GM To Sell Saab For $74 Million

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Motors, Saab, Saab Bankruptcy, GM Saab, Spyker, Spyker Cars, Gm, Swedish Cars, Sweden, Business News

AMSTERDAM — General Motors Co. said Tuesday it has reached an agreement to sell its struggling Saab Automobile arm to the small Dutch luxury car...

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'Save Our Saabs' Convoy Rallies In Schaumburg

Chicago Breaking News | January 24, 2010 6:59 PM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saab, Ikea, General Motors, Saab Rally, Saab Bankruptcy, Chicago, Schaumburg, GM Saab, Chicago News

"I don't want to drive a (Toyota) Camry. If I had one, I would probably drive it off of a cliff," said Kevin Wright, who is part of a dual-Saab drivin...

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GM's Saab Sale CANCELED: Sweedish Buyer Steps Out

AP | TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gm, Saab, Detroit, Koenigsegg, Auto Industry, Auto Manufacturers, Business News

DETROIT — A deal for General Motors Co. to sell Saab to a specialty carmaker has collapsed, leaving the storied Swedish brand born from jets in ...

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Saab Sale: Spyker Gives GM More Time To Consider Its Offer To Buy Saab

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Motors, Saab, Spyker, Saab Bankruptcy, GM Saab, Business News

NEW YORK — Spyker Cars, a niche automaker based in the Netherlands, is giving General Motors Co. more time to consider selling it the Saab brand...

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GM: Saab Shutting Down After Deal Talks Fall Apart

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Motors, Saab, GM Saab, Spyker Cars, Koenigsegg Group AB, Business News

NEW YORK — General Motors is killing off another well-known brand – Saab, a quirky line of cars known for angular roof lines and ignition ...

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Latin Arms Race Heats Up: Obama Leans on Brazil To Buy Boeing Warplanes

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, White House, Hugo Chavez, Pentagon, Venezuela, Lula, Sarkozy, James Jones, Boeing, Russia, Hillary Clinton, Obama, China, National Security Council, Brazil, Saab, Arms Control, Arms Race, World News

While sharing his vision of a more peaceful world with the UN and demanding big Pentagon cuts, Obama has also been lobbying Brazil to buy warplanes from shrinking defense giant Boeing.

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GM's "60-day Buy Back" plan - more gimmicks or smart sales move?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebay, Saab, Lee Iacocca, California, Toyota, Saturn, Ed Whiteacre, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, Buick, AT&T, Chevrolet, Lexus es350, Cars, Gmc, Pontiac, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Detroit, Core Four, Hummer, Buick Lacrosse, Cadillac, Business News

Another "Hail Mary" from GM? Or the real thing? Starting today and running through November, General Motors is offering buyers of their Core Four bra...

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GM Saab Sale: Swedish Koenigsegg Will By Brand

AP | LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saab, GM Sales, General Motors, GM Bankruptcy, Gm, Koeingsegg, GM Saab, GM Brands, Business News

STOCKHOLM — Saab Automobile, General Motors Corp.'s struggling Swedish unit known for its family cars, was rescued Tuesday by a consortium led b...

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GM Must Cut Buick, GMC Now

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saab, Scion, Oldsmobile Aurora, Scion Hako, Toyota, GMC Truck, Saturn, South Bend, White House Auto Task Force, Buick, Indiana, Lexus, Chevrolet, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, Obama Administration, Cars, Pontiac, Obama White House, Sichuan, General Motors, Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, Baja 500, Detroit, Buick Y-Job, Mishawaka, Hummer, Harley Earl, Cadillac, Business News

General Motors must drop their Buick and GMC divisions. And do it now. The number of people already put out of work by the Amazingly-Shrinking Genera...

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Which GM Brands Will Last? (VOTE)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saab, GM Bankruptcy, Chevrolet, Slidepoll, Gm, Gmc, GM Daewoo, Pontiac, GM Brands, Hhmmer, General Motors, Dodge, Gm Chapter 11, Business News

When General Motors filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, the century-old automaker announced that it would quickly cut a number of brands. The new ...

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Help! I Live In Sweden, and I Am Addicted to Socialism

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saab, Depression, Wall-E, Mitch McConnell, Rush Limbaugh, Matrix, Gas Tax, Addiction, Stockholm, Capitalism, Daycare, Daily Show, Child Care, Bailout, Sean Hannity, Jim Bunning, Kentucky, Socialism, Mcmansions, World War II, Wyatt Cenac, Health Care, Bill O'Reilly, Sweden, Politics News

Reminded of what America stands for -- a nation of pure individuals -- I admit I fell prey to "socialism" after all those years as a "liberal."

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Saab Bankruptcy Filing

AP | KARL RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Automakers, Saab, Auto Bailout, Car Bankruptcy, Automakers Bailout, Saab Bankruptcy, Business News

STOCKHOLM — General Motors Corp.'s Swedish-based subsidiary Saab went into court protection from creditors Friday so the unit can be spun off or...

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Saturn, Saab, Hummer: What You Need To Know

Wall Street Journal | MIKE SPECTOR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automakers, Saab, Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Saturn, General Motors, Future of General Motors, Hummer, Auto Industry, Business News

General Motors Corp. could shed its Saturn and Hummer brands as part of its viability plan submitted to the Obama administration Tuesday. The future o...

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GM, Chrysler Want Billions More

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Congress, GMC Truck, Saturn, Chrysler, Buick, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, George W. Bush, Fiat, Cars, Chinese, Detroit News, Ford, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Lawrence Summers, New York Federal Reserve Bank, General Motors, Brembo, Mini, Delphi, Charlie Rose, GMAC Bailout, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Uaw, Penske Automotive Group, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, Moody Blues, Mitt Romney, Pontiac Solstice, Mitsuoka Motor, Roger Smith, Frankfurt International Auto Show, Pontiac, Ferrari, Saab, Tokyo Motor Show, Bmw, Smart Car, Wall Street, Dodge, Tim Geithner, President Obama Administration, Henry Paulson, Hummer Sale, Hollywood, Cadillac, Firebird, Miata, Auto Bailout, Business News

Incidentally, GM got another $4 billion Tuesday after turning in their plan. Were you ever rewarded that much just for doing your homework?

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Five Things Mr. Obama Must Say About Detroit -- and Fast

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

While GM and Chrysler both remain on life support (and Ford has also been talking with the government about a credit line or loan), the car and truck business around the world is not doing much better than Detroit.

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