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Trying to count the number of bank screwups during the foreclosure crisis is a little like guessing the amount of change in a huge jar: You can see that the answer is "an awful lot," but without breaking the jar and counting by hand, there's no way to know for sure. On Thursday, however, just how much homeowner misery Ally Financial may be responsible for came to light after the Federal Reserve...

The company managed, however, to stay off Goldman's list of the funds' favorite shorts FORTUNE -- Goldman Sachs (GS) on Thursday issued its Q1 2012 Hedge Fund Trend Monitor report, which lists both the 50 stocks most important to hedge funds as well the 50 "Very Important Short Positions For Hedge Funds." Apple (AAPL) doesn't appear on the second list, but it tops the first: Stock: Number of f...

Toyota Motor a annoncé vendredi le lancement de huit modèles compacts spécialement conçus pour les marchés émergents d'ici 2015, le constructeur japonais voulant ainsi regagner une partie du terrain perdu sur Volkswagen et General Motors. Le groupe, qui a été détrôné l'an dernier par General Motors...

Verkehrte Welt. Während die deutsche Tochter Opel vor einem harten Sparkurs steht, baut General Motors beim südkoreanischen Autohersteller Daewoo aus.

Schwache Verkaufszahlen und ständige Verluste: General Motors ist unzufrieden mit seiner europäischen Tochter Opel. Deshalb verlangt der Vize-Chef aus den USA nun eine neue Unternehmenskultur: Die Europäer dürften sich nicht daran gewöhnen, immer nur Geld zu verlieren.

Die Autokonzerne rücken enger zusammen. Fiat will gemeinsam mit Mazda einen neuen Roadster entwickeln. Auch General Motors und PSA Peugeot Citroën wollen in Europa enger kooperieren. Wer mit wem zusammenarbeitet.

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Le constructeur japonais a vendu plus de voitures que General Motors et Volkswagen sur la période janvier-mars.

THE HEAD of General Motors unit Opel sought to allay workers’ fears that the automaker plans to shut one of its four German plants as it pulls production of the Astra, its best-selling model, from the country.

La filiale du constructeur automobile américain General Motors, l'allemand Opel, traverse de graves difficultés financières, et l'existence de…

Die Opel-Beschäftigten in Bochum müssen weiter um ihre Arbeitsplätze bangen.

Die Frage bleibt offen: Will General Motors das Bochumer Opel-Werk bald dicht machen? Opel-Chef Stracke legt sich nicht fest. Die Arbeitnehmer reagieren mit steigender Wut.

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - The head of General Motors unit Opel sought to allay workers' fears that the automaker plans to shut one of its four German plants as it pulls production of the Astra, its best-selling model, from the country.

General Motors will not advertise during this year's Super Bowl game, the automaker said Friday.

DETROIT (AP) -- Mark Reuss has arguably the most important job at General Motors....

Nach der Entscheidung von General Motors, die Produktion des Astra nach England und Polen zu verlagern, bangen die Opel-Mitarbeiter in Deutschland um die Werke in Rüsselsheim und Bochum. Die IG Metall wirft Opel Wortbruch vor und kritisierte, dass Belegschaften gegeneinander ausgespielt werden.

The verdict came from American parent company General Motors as it saved Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire from closure.

DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on its IPO parade this week.

¿Qué consecuencias tendrá la decisión de la empresa de retirar su campaña publicitaria de la red social?

Ocho años después de su creación, un tiempo en el que a Marc Zuckerberg le han dedicado una película sobre los truculentos orígenes de la red social y se ha codeado con líderes de la talla de Obama, Sarkozy o Merkel, Facebook sale a Bolsa. Si la euforia se mantiene y el precio por acción se establece en los 38 dólares (29,8 euros) que esperan los analistas, se convertiría en el tercer mayor deb...

The Government has finally been handed a blueprint for how it can drag Britain out of its economic malaise: General Motors' investment in Ellesmere Port.

The awkwardly-timed news that General Motors, America's third-largest advertiser, is no longer going to pay to advertise on Facebook, three days before the company floats, is a major blow to the social network, writes Emma Barnett.

Feared closure averted as GM announces that next Astra car model will be built at Merseyside and Polish plantsThe Vauxhall car plant at Ellesmere Port has been saved from closure, preserving 2,100 jobs and creating hundreds more, after workers accepted a deal that will see the next-generation Astra car built at the factory.The business secretary, Vince Cable, is visiting the plant on Thursday t...

Investment by General Motors will secure and create jobs in UK automotive sector

In Facebook parlance, the "relationship status" for General Motors and Ford would have to fall under "It's complicated."

HUNDREDS of jobs will be created as Vauxhall gives the go-ahead for the new Astra to be built at Ellesmere Port

General Motors is to confirm within hours that Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant has been saved, securing the jobs of 2,100 staff, the BBC learns.

Fluffeh writes "General Motors spends around $40 million per year on maintaining a Facebook profile and around a quarter of that goes into paid advertising. However, in a statement, they just announced that 'it's simply not working.' That's a bit of bad news just prior to the Facebook IPO — and while Daniel Knapp tries to sweeten the news, he probably makes it even more bitter by commenting 'Ad...

While GM's decision could be an exception in the advertising world, it marked the first highly visible crack in the Facebook strategy, said one analyst.

GM, the nation's third-largest advertiser, says it doesn't think paying for space on Facebook helps sell cars. Other companies are beginning to question the effectiveness, as well.

Der Börsengang von Facebook soll noch größer werden: Die Firma will nun ein Viertel mehr Aktien platzieren. Da kommt die Nachricht über einen Werbestopp von General Motors ungelegen. mehr...

Weil sich Investoren um Facebook-Aktien reißen, wird das soziale Netzwerk wohl weit mehr Papiere ausgeben als ursprünglich geplant. Ein Rückschlag kommt aus der Anzeigenabteilung: Ein Werbepartner lässt Facebook hängen.

Schlechte Nachrichten für Facebook kurz vor dem Börsengang: Nach einem Bericht des "Wall Street Journal" vom Dienstag plant der Opel-Mutterkonzern General Motors, keine Werbung mehr auf dem sozialen Netzwerk zu schalten. Es werde zu wenig Wirkung erzielt. Der Schritt könnte Signalwirkung haben und Facebooks Höhepunkt vor Börseneinstieg einen Dämpfer verpassen.

General Motors said it will stop advertising on Facebook, even as the social networking website prepares to go public.

General Motors threw cold water on the buildup to Facebook’s red-hot initial public offering Tuesday, saying it will stop paid advertising on the social network, just days before Facebook’s market debut. Read full article >>

GENERAL Motors kills a $10 million Facebook campaign with other companies set to follow, claiming ads are ineffective.  

General Motors Co said on Tuesday it will stop advertising on Facebook, even as the social networking website prepares to go public.

General Motors plans to stop paying for ads on the website in a move that raises questions about the social network’s business model

GENERAL Motors kills a $10 million Facebook campaign with other advertisers set to follow as world's largest social networking prepares for it's highly anticipated IPO.

(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway added new positions in automaker General Motors and media conglomerate Viacom in the first quarter and cut its stake in chipmaker Intel by 33 percent, the conglomerate said in a quarterly holdings statement on Tuesday.

As Wall Street and Silicon Valley gear up for the insanity of Friday’s Facebook IPO, news that General Motors will stop advertising on the social network throws a big wet blanket on the hype by highlighting a concern of investors:

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) added General Motors (GM) to its portfolio in the first quarter, buying up 10 million shares as of March 31, according to an SEC filing released after the market closed. Buffett also took a stake in Viacom (VIAB), adding 1.6 million shares. GM jumped 3.8% in after hours trading.

The Wall Street Journal‘s Sharon Terlep, Suzanne Vranica, and Shayndi Raice this afternoon write that General Motors (GM) plans to stop buying ads on Facebook given they have little effect, citing multiple unnamed sources. GM will continue to use free Facebook postings to promote itself, the authors write. Facebook is expected to go public on [...]

Two weeks ago, a patent filing by General Motors was uncovered that proposed using data collected from its OnStar service to tailor public advertisements to individual drivers. Like the billboards Tom Cruise encountered in Minority Report, the OnStar-linked ads would be tailored to passing motorists based on personal information they'd shared with their telematics service. Perusing ...

DETROIT, May 14 (Reuters) - General Motors Co, the largest U.S. automaker, is interested in buying Ally Financial Inc's international operations, GM's chief executive told Bloomberg on Monday.

Einsparungen, Kürzungen, Stellenabbau: Alles hat dem Autohersteller Opel bislang nicht geholfen. Seit fast zehn Jahren kriselt die Tochter des US-Konzerns General Motors und aktuelle Zahlen deuten auf keine Besserung hin. tagesschau.de fasst die vergangenen Jahre zusammen.

French president-elect Francois Hollande aims to make it financially painful for healthy firms to fire workers and will "arm wrestle" big employers like General Motors to force them to take a more "moral" approach, a senior adviser said.

Moins de deux ans après l’avoir racheté pour un euro symbolique, General Motors envisage de vendre son site de Strasbourg, qui fabrique des boîtes de vitesse et emploie environ 1....lire la suite

Moins de deux ans après l’avoir racheté pour un euro symbolique, General Motors envisage de vendre son site de Strasbourg, qui fabrique des boîtes de vitesse et emploie environ 1....lire la suitehistoires liées17:15 Deux trains par heure en plus entre Anvers à Brussels Airport17:42 Extension du piétonnier autour de la Grand-Place de Bruxelles17:52 Syrie: le CNS félicite Hollande, espère un sout...

Le groupe annonce avoir entamé une «évaluation complète» de l'activité du site.

General Motors Company (GMC) a annoncé mercredi avoir lancé "une évaluation complète et détaillée" de son site de Strasbourg "en vue d'une vente potentielle de cette unité", qui fait de nouveau partie du groupe automobile américain depuis septembre 2010.histoires liéesAutolib´ pourrait être à l´équilibre un peu plus vite que prévu estime Vincent BolloréJapon: vers la nationalisation de Tepco, à...

Rüsselsheim (dpa) - Der Opel-«Astra» soll einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge ab 2015 nicht mehr im Werk Rüsselsheim produziert werden. Der Mutterkonzern General Motors wolle die Produktion des Modells aus...

In Europa laufen die Geschäfte zwar schleppend, aber insgesamt gelingt es dem US-Autobauer General Motors, die Erwartungen der Analysten zu übertreffen. Allerdings musste GM rund 600 Millionen Dollar (457 Millionen Euro) auf den Firmenwert seiner deutschen Tochter Opel abschreiben.

General Motors said its first-quarter income increased 30 percent in North America, but a loss in Europe and a one-time charge contributed to a 69 percent decline in total earnings.

Suggestions by Barack Obama’s reelection team that Mitt Romney might not have acted to kill Osama bin Laden are “a bridge too far” and “a sign of a desperate campaign,” Romney adviser Ed Gillespie charged Sunday. Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Gillespie was asked for his reaction to a video clip in which Vice President Joe Biden last week told a campaign audience “Thanks to President Obam...

General Motors' models are pictured at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2012) in Beijing.

General Motors baut seine Kooperation mit dem chinesischen Unternehmen SAIC. Peugeot macht sich schon Sorgen um die Südamerika-Kooperation und Opel um den Markt in Osteuropa.

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The recent launch of two new models on successive days was hard work for General Motors South Africa.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Loss-making General Motors unit Opel is considering the sale of its Eisenach plant in Germany where it manufactures the Corsa subcompact and was due to begin building the...

Schon wieder müssen die Mitarbeiter im Bochumer Opel-Werk um ihre Arbeitsplätze bangen: Medienberichten zufolge plant die amerikanische Muttergesellschaft General Motors, zwei Standorte in Europa zu schließen. Das Werk in Bochum gilt als besonders gefährdet.

General Motors India launched a new version of its Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV), Tavera, compliant with the latest Bharat Stage IV emission norms.

Back in January, Vice President Joe Biden summed up President Obama's first term with: "Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive." At the time, the Obama campaign sought to emphasize the president's record in foreign policy and saving the auto industry. Last week, the campaign unveiled a new theme and sent Biden to Ohio to test it out. For the first time, Biden called the Republican ...

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc added several women- and minority-owned investment banks to the roster of underwriters for its initial public offering, following in the footsteps of General Motors Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, which did the same during their own offerings.

Ford CEO Alan Mulally netted $34.5 million worth of company shares as a reward for leading the auto maker's turnaround, a contrast to the modest pay packages for top brass at Chrysler and General Motors.

Peugeot shareholders haven't reacted with wild enthusiasm to the French car maker's planned partnership with General Motors. Following publication of the details of the €1 billion rights issue that forms part of the deal, that is unlikely to change.

A GROUP of apartheid victims has secured a landmark compensation deal from US car giant General Motors (GM), nearly a decade after first suing the company for collaborating with South Africa’s former racist regime.

Power equipment major ABB, which has tied up with automotive majors such as General Motors and Nissan for electric vehicle-related projects, is now looking for opportunities in the fledgling Indian electric vehicle industry.

Victims of apartheid will receive R10 000 as a result of a settlement between General Motors in the United States

Die angekündigte Kooperation zwischen General Motors und PSA Peugeot Citroën wirft Fragen auf. Viele Experten in den USA sind skeptisch und ratlos, warum GM sich auf den Deal einlässt.

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The move, which puts under threat the future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port car plant, aims to save $2billion over five years through cost-cutting and joint purchasing.

General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen announce a global alliance that will see them develop cars together.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- General Motors and France's PSA Peugeot Citroen, both struggling in Europe, said Wednesday that they're forming an alliance to share car platforms and purchasing power....

General Motors is named as a key investor in the new battery

Wien (OTS) - Die Elektrifizierung der Kraftfahrzeuge ermöglicht eine weitere Reduzierung des Verbrauchs und den Einsatz regenerativer Energiequellen für den Straßenverkehr. Der Vortrag stellt General Motors' breites Spektrum an Lösungen für die Elektrifizierung vor. Neben den ...

General Motors puscht in Europa seine US-Marken Chevrolet und Cadillac. Opel könnte dabei dabei auf der Strecke bleiben.

General Motors drängt die defizitäre Tochter zu Kostensenkung. In den Werken wächst die Nervosität. Der Betriebsrat verweist auf GM-Zusagen, Opel-Standorte zu erhalten.

US carmaker General Motors makes record profits in 2011 but unveils huge losses in its European operations.

Amerikanischer Autokonzern peilt 10 Milliarden Dollar Gewinn an

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - General Motors scored with an Armageddon-proof Chevy truck while a Clint Eastwood pep talk for America won notice for rival Chrysler during the high-stakes brand battle at Sunday's Super Bowl.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Chevy Volt became a political punching bag on Wednesday, with Republicans accusing the Obama administration of hiding fire risks from the public, and General Motors saying its signature electric vehicle unfairly got caught in political crosswinds.

La empresa japonesa perdió en 2011 el puesto de mayor constructor mundial de autos, en favor de la estadounidense General Motors

After three years in second place, General Motors reclaimed its title due to strong sales in every region of the globe. The automaker surpassed Volkswagen as Toyota fell to third.

The prices of various models have been hiked by up to Rs 17,000 to offset rising input costs and the impact of currency fluctuation.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will cut production of its Chevrolet Volt if sales of the plug-in hybrid fall short of estimates in the first half of the year, GM vice chairman Steve Girsky said on Tuesday.

General Motors and Ford report record car sales in China for 2011, despite a slowdown in the market in that country.

On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took over the facilities and occupied them for 44 days. My uncle was one of them.

NASA and General Motors have developed a humanoid robot called Robonaut2. It is more dexterous and human-like than its predecessor and other, similar robots. NASA hopes to use it for precursor missions to the moon or Mars, or to work side-by-side with astronauts on the space station. GM says the technology could be used in its manufacturing plants or put into its products. In the video engineer...

What is the retailer doing that's so wrong? A more deserving target might actually be small companies.In cultural commentary about the American economy, one company at a time always seems to be the goat. Everything it does is interpreted as evil. In the 1950s it was General Motors. GM's CEO, Charles "Engine Charlie" Wilson, became a national figure of ridicule for telling a congressional commit...

Le constructeur automobile suédois Saab pourrait disparaître après 60 ans d'activité : en effet son propriétaire néerlandais Swedish Automobile a…

Pékin commence ce jeudi à surtaxer les grosses cylindrées fabriquées ou assemblées aux Etats-Unis. General Motors, Chrysler, mais aussi les allemands…

General Motors Co is closing in on a package of proposed fixes for the Chevrolet Volt battery pack that engineers believe would eliminate the risk of a fire being triggered days after a crash, two people with knowledge of the situation say.

General Motors said its idled assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., would work on any of the company’s cars whenever extra production is needed.

General Motors has posted a 15% fall in profit for the third quarter after a loss in Europe and investors that closed the door to improvement.

Der Verkauf des krisengeschüttelten schwedischen Autobauers Saab nach China gerät ins Wanken. Der ehemalige Saab-Mutterkonzern General Motors (GM) stellt sich quer. Die US-Amerikaner wollen verhindern, dass ihre Technik in die Hände der aufstrebenden chinesischen Konkurrenz fällt. Saab sucht nun fieberhaft nach einer Lösung, um den überlebensnotwendigen Verkauf doch noch hinzukriegen.