23 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co., saved by the Obama administration with a $50 billion bailout, is making more money than it has in its history, adding jobs and gaining market share. It's still a headache for Barack Obama. GM closed yesterday at ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-23/gm-record-profit-no-balm-for-obama-nursing-loss-on-shares-cars.html

21 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. has hired management consultant Hackett Group to help identify areas to cut an undetermined number of white-collar jobs, said two people familiar with the matter. Hackett Group, based in Miami, will help identify ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-21/gm-said-to-hire-hackett-group-to-find-north-america-job-cuts.html

By David Shepardson General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will extend warranty coverage to owners of thousands of Saab vehicles sold before February 2010, while Saab's North American board met to decide its next steps. Saab North America, which is based ...

http://www.detnews.com/article/20111221/AUTO01/112210325/1148/auto01/GM-extend-most-warranties-Saab

They're the people, led by former GM Chairman Jack Smith, who took a pass on Jaguar Cars Ltd., looked beyond Volvo Cars and opted in 1990 to take a 50 percent stake in the smaller Swedish automaker "born from jets," literally. ...

http://detnews.com/article/20111220/OPINION03/112200327/GM-s-%E2%80%98neglected-stepchild%E2%80%99-never-fully-given-a-chance-to-thrive

By Neil Munro Published: 11:42 PM 12/18/2011 By Neil Munro FILE - In this file photograph taken Dec. 2, 2009, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt debuts at the Los Angeles Auto Show, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) The company predicted it would sell ...

http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/18/general-motors-chevy-volt-is-going-flat-in-business-and-politics/

DETROIT, Michigan — General Motors Co. repeated its opposition to the sale of the Swedish automaker Saab to a group of Chinese investors. GM spokesman James Cain said the company remains opposed to the deal as structured and insisted no deal can move ...

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By Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin AP Auto Writers / December 16, 2011 The chairman and chief executive at General Motors Co. says publicly what other CEOs say in private: he disses competitors' cars and laments his company's lumbering bureaucracy. ...

http://www.boston.com/cars/news/articles/2011/12/16/gm_ceo_wants_to_speed_up_change/

By James R. Healey, USA TODAY The General Motors eAssist very mild hybrid system helps the Chevrolet Malibu Eco and some Buick models boost their fuel economy ratings without the cost or complexity of the full-bore hybrid systems pioneered by Toyota in ...

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/12/GM-eAssist-naked-exposed-demasked-mystery-explained-simple-mpg--586358/1

15 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. may hasten plans to increase output in China after regulators in the world's largest automobile market said they will impose punitive duties on some vehicles imported from the US Levies of as much as 12.9 percent ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-14/gm-may-increase-china-production-after-tariffs-jpmorgan-says.html

By Greg Gardner/Detroit Free Press General Motors last night halted production of its Chevy Cruze -- GM's No. 2 seller this year after the Chevy Silverado pickup -- over an issue with a supplier. GM would not identify the supplier or the material that ...

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/12/gm-halts-production-of-hot-selling-cruze-supplier-issue/1

LORDSTOWN - The outlook for Chevrolet Cruze compact car production at the General Motors Co. Lordstown Complex will be determined daily after another part supply disruption idled the complex Monday. "We're going day-to-day. ...

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After almost three years of silence, the former chief executive of General Motors Co. emerged over the weekend. Mr. Wagoner picked his hometown of Richmond, Va., to make his first public appearance since 2009, when he was ousted from GM by the Obama ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204336104577092300389298094.html

G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., former chairman and CEO of General Motors, speaks at Virginia Commonwealth University's fall commencement at the Siegel Center on Saturday, December 12, 2011. Approximately 1770 graduates were expected at Virginia Commonwealth ...

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/local-news/2011/dec/10/3/ex-ge-head-wagoner-tells-vcu-grads-to-take-entrepr-ar-1535032/

The Japanese auto giant Friday also lowered its global sales outlook to 7.38 million vehicles for the fiscal year ending March 31, an admission Toyota could lose its crown as the world's largest car maker this year, a title it took from General Motors ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203413304577087571486584682.html

By BILL VLASIC DETROIT — Late last month, the top executives of General Motors convened for an emergency conference call. The topic: How to respond to a federal investigation of GM's pride and joy, the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/09/business/gms-chief-daniel-akerson-shakes-up-automakers-staid-traditions.html

By BILL VLASIC and NICK BUNKLEY DETROIT — General Motors and federal officials are re-examining five Chevrolet Volts used in crash tests to assess whether problems with welded parts or other structural flaws contributed to battery fires. ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/business/general-motors-to-re-examine-volts-welded-parts.html

By Ben Klayman and Kevin Krolicki DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) 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 ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/07/us-gm-volt-idUSTRE7B605K20111207

26 (Bloomberg) -- Dan Akerson, chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Co., the biggest US automaker, talks about the company's business in China, and the US government-led bailout of GM and Chrysler Group LLC in 2009. ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-06/general-motors-china-vehicle-sales-rise-20-on-bigger-incentives-models.html

FRANKFURT Dec 5 (Reuters) - General Motors has declared its strategy for turning around its European carmaking unit Opel a failure, Financial Times Deutschland reported on Monday, citing GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky. "Unfortunately, our plan for ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/05/gm-opel-idUSL5E7N507420111205

Grand Forks, ND (WDAZ TV) - General Motors is buying back Chevy Volts from owners worried the plug-in extended-range electric car will catch fire. Three lithium ion batteries caught fire weeks after the federal government conducted extreme side impact ...

http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/55653/

General Motors Co.'s head of global product development says the issues with the Chevrolet Volt are no different than those encountered during the introduction of other new automotive technologies, but she added that the company will make changes to ...

http://www.detnews.com/article/20111203/AUTO01/112030317/1148/auto01/GM-exec-promises-speedy-fix-to-Volt-battery--if-needed

General Motors has sold about 6000 Chevrolet Volts. One analyst said he expected few owners would take the automaker up on its offer to repurchase the electric vehicles as the company and federal investigators try to determine why several of them ...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-volt-20111202,0,6521147.story

But now, General Motors Co. dealers may have to wait even longer to see that happen. GM created a new manufacturing process that slows rust from forming on rotors, extends their life, saves consumers hundreds of dollars, and even eliminate some of that ...

http://www.detnews.com/article/20111201/OPINION03/112010351/1031

29 (Bloomberg) -- When General Motors Co. announced plans in June 2008 to build the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, executives called it a "moon shot" intended to rocket past Toyota Motor Corp. in technology leadership. Now the car is a flash-point for ...

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By Chuck Squatriglia General Motors staunchly defended the Chevrolet Volt on Monday, even as it offered to loan replacement vehicles to any Volt owner concerned about a federal inquiry into the safety of the car's battery pack. GM responded assertively ...

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/11/gm-defends-safety-of-chevrolet-volt/