May 21, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Dan Akerson

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GM CEO Dan Akerson Says Political Compromise Key To Stopping Next Recession

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 08.12.2012 | Detroit

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DETROIT — General Motors is making progress in restructuring its money-losing European operations and holding constructive talks with German lab...

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GM Chief Says Romney Had 'Short-Sighted' View On Auto Bailout

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.14.2012 | Politics

Speaking Monday on "CBS This Morning," General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's stance against the ...

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GM Complains U.S. Government Won't Let Company Pay CEO More

Posted 04.27.2012 | Business

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General Motors, the world's largest automaker, has a bone to pick with the same U.S. government that bailed it out three years ago. GM paid its CEO...

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Automaker CEO: Climate Change Is Real

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 03.30.2012 | Business

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After getting called out by an environmental group, General Motors has pulled support from the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based nonprofit well-kno...

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GM Sales Up, But Ford And Chrysler Way Ahead

AP | Posted 03.01.2012 | Detroit

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DETROIT -- General Motors says its U.S. sales rose 1 percent last month, led by its small cars. Analysts had expected the company to post lower sales...

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GM CEO Makes BIG Out-of-Pocket Donation To Detroit Revitalization

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.02.2012 | Detroit

Just days before home-building charity Habitat for Humanity celebrates its 25th anniversary, the organization will launch a $25 million project to exp...

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GM CEO Defends Volt Before Congress

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 03.26.2012 | Detroit

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WASHINGTON — The chairman and CEO of General Motors Co. is defending the company over battery fires in Chevrolet Volt electric cars last year. ...

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House Subcommittee Wants To Hear About Those Volt Fires

AP | Posted 01.19.2012 | Detroit

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DETROIT -- General Motors CEO Dan Akerson has agreed to testify before a U.S. House subcommittee about battery fires in Chevrolet Volt electric cars. ...

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Are We Over It?

AP | By TOM KRISHER | Posted 11.17.2011 | Detroit

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DETROIT -- The American public has gotten past its animosity toward General Motors for taking a government bailout in 2009, the company's top executiv...

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Talks Between GM, Auto Workers Union Heat Up

Posted 11.08.2011 | Business

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(Bernie Woodall and Deepa Seetharaman) - Contract talks between General Motors Co and the United Auto Workers union have intensified and shifted t...

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GM To Go On Mini Hiring Spree To Boost Electric Car Line

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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DETROIT: - General Motors Co said on Tuesday it would hire 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan over the next two years to develop more electri...

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