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Apr
6th

GM’s loans for fuel savings tied to Treasury review

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General Motors' request for $10.3 billion in loans under a U.S. Department of Energy program is now contingent on the automaker's 60-day restructuring review, a top GM executive said. Full story...
Apr
6th

GM executive says company hopeful of receiving DoE loan

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General Motors' request for $10.3 billion in loans under a U.S. Department of Energy program is being considered in tandem with the automaker's 60-day restructuring review, a top GM executive said today. Full story...
Apr
6th

GM’s loans for saving fuel tied to Treasury review

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General Motors' request for $10.3 billion in loans under a U.S. Department of Energy program is now contingent on the automaker's 60-day restructuring review, a top GM executive said. Full story...
Apr
6th

VW projected to overtake GM this year as world’s No. 2 producer

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Volkswagen AG will overtake U.S. rival General Motors this year to become the world's second-largest automaker by volume, market research company R.L. Polk Germany said on Monday. Full story...
Apr
6th

Detroit woes weigh on ad industry — but not as much as you’d think

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Now that the Obama administration has taken the wheel at General Motors and Chrysler LLC, the advertising world is watching the two marketers, which poured a combined $3 billion into U.S. advertising last year, careen toward bankruptcy. Full story...
Apr
6th

Opel says production sites not used as collateral

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Opel denied on Monday that four German manufacturing sites were used as collateral for a U.S. government loan to parent General Motors. "The real estate of the German Opel plants belongs to Adam Opel GmbH. Full story...
Apr
6th

GM bankruptcy would expose $13.5 billion pension liability

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A General Motors bankruptcy could become a nightmare for the federal government's Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. That's because the automaker could dump as much as $13.5 billion in unfunded pension liabilities onto the U.S. Full story...
Apr
6th

Potential pension guaranty problem: $13.5 billion GM liability

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A General Motors bankruptcy could become a nightmare for the federal government's Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. That's because the automaker could dump as much as $13.5 billion in unfunded pension liabilities onto the U.S. Full story...
Apr
6th

US: GM will be “reinvented” – new CEO

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General Motors is prepared for bankruptcy if necessary but will still emerge "reinvented" from its current crisis, new chief Fritz Henderson said at the weekend. Full story...
Apr
6th

German gov’t minister plans Abu Dhabi visit on Opel, says paper

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Germany's Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg plans to visit Abu Dhabi to explore the possibility of the Gulf emirate taking a stake in General Motors' German unit Opel, a newspaper said. Full story...
Apr
6th

Abu Dhabi discussed investment in Opel, says labor boss

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A labor leader at General Motors' Opel subsidiary on Monday confirmed reports that the German state of North Rhine-Westfalia has held talks with Abu Dhabi on possibly investing in the unit. Full story...
Apr
6th

Saab restructuring clears hurdle; as many as 20 bidders seen

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A Swedish court on Monday granted General Motors' money-losing Saab unit an extension of the period it is protected from creditors, giving the carmaker further time to restructure. Full story...
Apr
6th

SWEDEN: Saab creditor protection extended

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A Swedish court has extended the period General Motors unit Saab is protected from creditors, giving it further time to restructure. Full story...
Apr
6th

General Motors reveals two-wheel PUMA electric-vehicle prototype:

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It’s based on the same driving principles as a skateboard. It looks like a phone booth, or perhaps a baby stroller. Full story...
Apr
6th

Court approves Saab restructuring; sale seen soon

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A Swedish court on Monday granted General Motors' loss-making unit Saab an extension of the period it is protected from creditors, giving the carmaker further time to restructure. Full story...
Apr
6th

GM’s Henderson speeds up dealer cuts

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General Motors will lean much harder on its strongest brands and#x2014; Cadillac and Chevrolet and#x2014; as it accelerates the reduction of dealerships. Full story...
Apr
6th

Chevy Volt is exception to ‘pay the rent’ rule

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Although General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson has said that every GM model must "pay the rent," there will be at least one prominent exception: the Chevrolet Volt. Last week GM disclosed that it had requested $2. Full story...
Apr
6th

GM Europe aims to pick investors soon

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General Motors Europe is speaking to industrial groups, sovereign wealth funds and banks which are interested in buying a stake in Opel/Vauxhall, company sources said Friday. Full story...
Apr
6th

GM unit Saab prepares for creditor hearing

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The court-appointed aministrator of General Motors' Saab unit said on Monday the carmaker was seeking to write off about three quarters of its non-prioritized debt to help it reach a positive cash flow in 2011. Full story...
Apr
6th

GM CEO Henderson: Bankruptcy not inevitable

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Bankruptcy is not inevitable for General Motors, said the automaker's new CEO, who is under White House orders to win more concessions from bondholders and unionized workers. Full story...
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