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Ford, GM, IBM and China: A Match Made in the Han Dynasty

John Wagner Givens | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: GM Bailout, GM Bankruptcy, Gm, GM Buyouts, Hummer Sale, Chinese Government, Volvo, Ford, Hummer, China, Ford to Sell Volvo to Geely, World News
John Wagner Givens

For cultural and historical reasons, China has relatively less experience in brand building, so the US currently seems to have a comparative advantage in internationally known brands.

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Mort Zuckerman Offers GM 6 Months Of Free Rent To Stay Put: Report

New York Post | John Crudele | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

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NOW that its wallet is fat with billions in taxpayer money, General Motors is reconsidering moving its New York offices out of the ultra-expensive bui...

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GM's Beefy Camaro Ad Targets Gay Men (VIDEO)

Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Gm, Camaro, GM Beefcake, Transformers 2, GM Bailout, GM Adversiting, Bumblebee Boys, Business News

UPDATE: This promotion has been removed from YouTube... In a new ad, GM's putting the muscle back in muscle car. (Apologies for the strained metaphor...

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Sam Stein

For Watchdogs, Tracking Specifics Of GM Bailout Nearly Impossible

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: General Motors, Automobile Industry, Treasury, Transperency Bailout, Treasury TARP, Bailout Transperency, GM Bailout, Trouble Asset Relief Program, Transparency, Politics News

In bankruptcy hearings that went late into the night on Tuesday and resumed again on Wednesday, executives from General Motors laid out the pricey pro...

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GM Bankruptcy: Government May Never Recoup Its Investment

washingtonpost.com | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business

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If a new General Motors emerges from bankruptcy as planned, U.S. financial aid for the company will expand to nearly $50 billion, but neither the gove...

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For US To Recover Its Investment, GM Stock Would Have To Hit Record Levels

Washington Post | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business

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If a new General Motors emerges from bankruptcy as planned, U.S. financial aid for the company will expand to nearly $50 billion, but neither the gove...

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Michigan Gets GM Small Car Plant, Will Create 1,200 Jobs

AP | ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

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SPRING HILL, Tenn. — Workers at General Motors' soon-to-be-idled assembly plant in Tennessee held out hope for a reprieve, but now it's back to ...

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Iacocca: GM, Chrysler Need To Repay U.S. Loans Fast

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Chrysler Bailout, GM Bailout, Gm, GM Bankruptcy, Business News

DETROIT — Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has some advice for the people who are running his old company, and those who will lead the new Genera...

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Whitacre, New GM Chairman: "I Don't Know Anything About Cars"

bloomberg.com | Amy Thomson and Katie Merx | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

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No car experience is necessary to take a top spot at the bankrupt icon of Detroit's automobile industry. Believe it or not, the newly appointed ch...

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Edward Whitacre Jr.: New GM Chairman Is Former AT&T CEO

Yahoo! Finance | Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

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UPDATE: Edward Whitacre was the son of a railroad engineer, who grew up trapping frogs and shooting rabbits, according to Business Week. DETROIT (A...

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Lawmakers Squabble Over GM Plant Locations (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: GM Bailout, GM Bankruptcy, General Motors Bankruptcy, Tennessee, Lamar Alexander, GM Plants, Business News

With the General Motors bankruptcy just hours old, lawmakers are already jockeying for control over where GM plants will be located. Just yesterda...

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GM Bankruptcy: Feds Hope For Quick Exit From Chap. 11

AP | TOM KRISHER and BREE FOWLER | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: GM Workers, General Motors, GM Bailout, GM Bankruptcy, Fritz Henderson, Gm Chapter 11, GM Restructuring, Gm Plant Closings, Business News

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. took a key step toward its downsizing on Tuesday, striking a tentative deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese...

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VIDEO: Ad Introduces 'New GM'

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

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What would a bankruptcy be without a wholesale rebranding? AdAge got a copy of a new video spot which introduces us to the 'new GM.' In case you're wo...

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Government Motors: US Will Own 60% Of GM

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and KEN THOMAS | Posted 07.01.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — General Motors, the humbled auto giant that has been part of American life for more than 100 years, will file for bankruptcy protec...

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GM Rescue Presents Potential Conflicts In Environmental Arena

Wall Street Journal | NEIL KING JR., JEFFREY MCCRACKEN and MIKE SPECTOR | Posted 07.01.2009 | Green

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Even after nine months of extraordinary government intervention, the scope and complexity of the General Motors Corp. rescue present a thicket of conf...

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U.S. Hopes To Recoup GM Investment In 5 Years

Washington Post | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business

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The United States would recover most of its planned $50 billion investment in General Motors within five years, according to a preliminary Treasury De...

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GM Borrows Another $4 Billion From Treasury

Yahoo Finance | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business

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General Motors Corp. said Friday that it has borrowed an additional $4 billion from the Treasury Department, meaning the automaker has now accepted $1...

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Ousted CEO Rick Wagoner Still On GM's Payroll As Treasury Considers $20 Million Severance Package

Washington Post | David Cho | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business

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Seven weeks after the Treasury Department announced that it was ousting General Motors chief G. Richard Wagoner Jr. in the federal bailout of the comp...

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GM posts $6B 1Q loss, spends $10.2B in cash

Yahoo! Finance | Tom Krisher and Kimberly S. Johnson | Posted 06.07.2009 | Home

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DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. lost $6 billion in the first quarter and its revenue was cut nearly in half as car buyers feared the wounded auto...

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Grand Theft Automaker

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.31.2009 | Business

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Stuart Whatley

Nobody expects the administration to right the world economy in a day, but what it can do is make sure each who is owed gets his fair share of the pie.

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GM Spent $2.8M Lobbying Government In The First Quarter

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

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NEW YORK — General Motors Corp. spent $2.8 million lobbying the U.S. government in the first three months of 2009, while the company was survivi...

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Chrysler, GM Getting Billions More In Gov Bailout Funds

AP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

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DETROIT — General Motors Corp. could get as much as $5 billion more in federal loans, while Chrysler LLC could get $500 million as they race aga...

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Bank Of America CEO Ken Lewis: Don't Compare Me To EX-GM CEO Rick Wagoner

McClatchy | Christina Rexrode | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business

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Bank of America Corp. chief executive Ken Lewis bristled at comparisons between himself and Rick Wagoner, the ousted CEO of General Motors Corp., in a...

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The Double-Standardization Of Double Standards

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uaw, GM Bailout, Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy, GM Chrysler Deal, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Economy, Bank of America, Aig, Chrysler Bailout, Ford, Barack Obama, Wall Street Crisis, General Motors, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Ron Gettelfinger, Timothy Geithner, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Hummer, Citigroup, Double Standard, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

Surely there is nothing new about double standards in business and finance, especially in the current crisis. In fact, there may even be a rising double standard for what constitutes a double standard.

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Congressman Thaddeus McCotter's Rock Tribute To Auto Industry (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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Detroit-area GOP Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, who denounced the Obama's rejection of bailout funds for the auto industry, did his part to help out t...

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