GM

GM is the abbreviated, commonly used name to identify General Motors, the second largest maker of automobiles in the world. For generations the GM brand has been a symbol of both American ingenuity and affluence, employing some 250,000 people as recently as 2008. GM brands include such cars as Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC.

On June 1, 2009 GM filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy following months of speculation and rumor, and after receiving bailout money from the U.S. government as a part of its economic stimulus plan. The current plan is for the company to re-emerge "leaner and meaner" in a few months, also with the assistance of government funds.

GM, as well as other companies feeling the effects of the economic downturn, are hot topics throughout the blogosphere as a result. In the case of GM, you can find plenty of talk on both financial sites and at GM blogs like GM Fastlane.

GM talks about how the new post-bankruptcy company will look at GM Reinvention.You can also find information about GM's electric car, the Chevrolet Volt at GMVolt.com.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “GM”

• The Opel Plan: It’s All About Jobs

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 708
  Specifically, it’s about where General Motors—which earlier this month shocked just about everyone when it decided to hang on to Opel, its main European division, rather than sell—will oust thousands of workers. The focus of the jettisoned deal with Canadian parts supplier Magna and Sbrebank, a Russian bank, ...
  19 hours ago

• Episode 278 – Slow Sales Expected Next Year, Toyota To Cut In CA, Aid To Opel Questioned

  
  John's Journal — Authority: 131
  Runtime 7:11 Car sales may not go up as much as initially thought in the American market next year. Toyota is considering moving a significant amount of employees out of California in order to cut costs. A German supplier executive says don’t give aid to Opel because it will hurt other European automakers. All ...
  20 hours ago

• Koenigsegg Pulls Out Unexpectedly, Prolongs GM’s Saab Story

  
  Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility — Authority: 431
  Just a few minutes ago General Motors released a statement confirming that Koenigsegg has suddenly reneged on their agreement to purchase Saab. Despite the fact that GM is no stranger to failed deals (for further reference, please contact your nearest disgruntled Saturn dealer), CEO Fritz Henderson expressed surprise ...
  20 hours ago

• Chevy Volt is it the hybrid in your future?

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 489
  Chevy Volt on test track in Michigan Hybrids are smart, cool and the Chevy Volt will one in 2010 Who would think they could go to Toronto and back on 4 tanks of gas? We did with a Hybrid from Toyota. Soon GM will be shipping the Chevy Volt. They say 2010 with no pricing set. It will no doubt be competitive or it ...
  20 hours ago

• Opel: The Bridge Is Gone

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  GM is no longer in hock with Germany. They paid back all of the €1.5b bridge loan Opel had received from Berlin to keep it afloat until it was taken over by Magna and Sberbank. As we all know, this didn’t happen. Berlin wanted its money back, and got it. “I can tell you that the Read the original: Opel: The ...
  21 hours ago

• GM’s Sale of Saab to Koenigsegg Collapses

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  General Motors confirmed Tuesday that its planned sale of Swedish automaker Saab to Koenigsegg Group AB has collapsed with
  21 hours ago

• DetN Bailout Report: White House Forced Rapid Bankruptcy, UAW Refused Hourly Pension Freeze

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  On October 13th of last year, when TTAC’s Bailout Watch clocked in at a mere 115 entries, GM’s then-CEO Rick Wagoner and board members Erskine Bowles and John Bryan approached the Treasury for a “temporary” bailout. Not that we knew it at the time. “In this period of continued uncertainty in the markets, you ...
  22 hours ago

• Tech Stocks Trade Sideways As Chip Shares Gain

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 941
  Tech Stocks Trade Sideways As Chip Shares Gain
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• An all-American GM could one day be Chinese owned? Experts say it could happen

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 594
  Apparently the idea that the ultimate all-American automotive company, General Motors, could one day be owned by a Chinese company or group isn’t too far-fetched, reports CNNMoney . “I can tell you right now the Chinese are shopping heavily in the U.S. auto sector,” said David Cole, chairman of the Center for ...
  22 hours ago

• U.S. Stocks Begin Mildly Off; Energy Shares Weigh

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 941
  U.S. Stocks Begin Mildly Off; Energy Shares Weigh
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• problem with 95 Firebird

  
  Tampa Racing — Authority: 179
  My friends 95 Firebird(3.4L with A/T) is making a rattling noise that sounds like its coming from the exhaust or something under the car. When he sits at a light it does it but then he puts it in neutral and it goes away. He says he hears it coming from other Camaros and Firebirds too so I thought somebody on here ...
  22 hours ago

• Merkel Says GM Has Repaid Bridge Loan To Germany

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  BERLIN (Dow Jones)--General Motors Co. has repaid a bridge loan for its Adam Opel GmbH unit to the German government, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, adding the aid had been crucial to keep the German car maker afloat. "The last aid from General Motors for Opel is repaid," Merkel told attendees of a business ...
  22 hours ago

• Twelve South’s BassJump subwoofer improves your MacBook experience via USB, not parachute

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
                The speakers on the MacBook line are generally quite good — for a laptop. Rock your world they won’t, but Twelve South’s BassJump might just add that low-frequency kick your unibody workhorse has been missing Read more here: Twelve South’s BassJump subwoofer improves your MacBook ...
  23 hours ago

• Answering Your Questions About the Chevy Volt

  
  Wheels — Authority: 670
  We asked readers to send us any questions they had about the Chevrolet Volt hybrid car.
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• Answering Your Questions About the Chevy Volt

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  We asked readers to send us any questions they had about the Chevrolet Volt hybrid car. Excerpt from: Answering Your Questions About the Chevy Volt
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• Slow recovery could prevent GM, Chrysler IPOs

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 649
  A new auto industry forecast by Fitch Ratings, an automobile market analysis firm, predicts that a slow recovery for the economy and resulting slow turnaround for the auto industry may prevent GM and Chrysler from making an initial public offering of stock in the newly restructured auto companies. The Detroit News ...
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• China To Buy GM, Reloaded

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  It’s been year ago that we had blogged Chinese press reports that China’s SAIC might buy GM. It turned out to be one of many Chinese rumors that followed. We became the target of hate mongering, some idiots even accused us of driving down GM’s and Chrysler’s stock price. Duh, buyout rumors usually drive prices ...
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• 2011 Chevrolet Volt: Our A-Z Guide to the Chevy Volt as We Know it Today

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 460
  Pawing through the roughly 247.3 gazillion articles that have been written about the Chevrolet Volt to date – it is possibly the most written-about-in-advance new car ever – weve noticed one shortcoming: Theres so much its hard to find one place to go to get simple Volt specs and data. Well, were going to fix ...
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• GM To Hold Chevy Volt School Assembly

  
  Eco Auto Ninja — Authority: 110
  Harvard-Westlake middle school in L.A. will be getting a lesson in electric vehicles on November 30th, as GM will be doing a presentation on the inner workings of the 2011 Chevy Volt (pictured above). The presentation, which will also be broadcast on the web, will examine the basic principles behind electric cars ...
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• Business Digest: GM asks Europe for restructuring help

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 968
  AUTOMOTIVE General Motors asked European governments to help pay most of the $4.9 billion that it needs to restructure its struggling European operations.
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