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Business Definition for: GM
- gross margin
Wiktionary Definition for: GM
- General Motors
- genetic modification or genetically modified
- stock symbol General Motors
Additional Resources
- Should You Buy a GM Car Today?
- Don't worry about warranty coverage and service support. You'll get that no matter what. The big question: Will the great deal you can get on a GM car these days offset the impact the company's bankruptcy will have on resale values? Is it safe to buy a new...
- Articles 2009-05-13
- GM aims to repay loans, reinvest in itself
- Post-bankruptcy General Motors is strong enough now that it can invest more in designing new vehicles and more aggressively advertising the company's products. GM's improving financial picture was illustrated Monday by its announcement that it generated $3.3 billion in operating cash in the 3 months following bankruptcy and that it...
- News items 2009-11-17
- Why GM Failed, As Told by GM's TV Ads
- Yesterday I pointed out in the post "What Killed GM? Brand Marketing" that GM's woes were the result of an unrelenting focus on brand marketing, rather than product quality. Needless to say, a number of branding gurus have lambasted this viewpoint, probably because it assaults their parasitic business model. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- GM faces a tough road ahead over Opel
- General Motors' decision to hold on to its European operations may preserve its status as a global company but it could also give the struggling Detroit carmaker a fresh set of headaches. GM's resources – human as well as financial – have focused over the past year on reviving its...
- News items 2009-11-04
- What a GM Bankruptcy Would Mean to You
- As goes GM, so goes the nation? While it would be a landmark event and a blow to national pride, the failure of the country's largest carmaker would not be the cataclysm you might expect. How the Economy...
- Articles 2009-05-05
- GM to repay U.S. early
- General Motors Co. is expected to fully repay the $6.7 billion in U.S. government loans on its books by 2011, four years earlier than required, because its sales have exceeded expectations and its costs have been lower than planned, according to people close to the talks between GM and the...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Government Takeover Bad for GM Sales?
- The U.S. government is now the major shareholder at General Motors.  Is this good or bad for sales of GM cars? Before answering, please watch this 9 second video: Here's a poll: [poll id="339"] Click here for...
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- GM opts for Magna in Opel deal
- General Motors on Thursday said its board had supported a bid by Canada's Magna International and Russia's Sberbank to buy a majority stake in its European Opel and Vauxhall business.The decision will see Magna and Sberbank take 55 per cent of the "new Opel", employees take 10 per cent...
- External links 2009-09-10
- Top sales exec leaving GM
- General Motors Co.'s top U.S. sales executive is leaving the company to pursue "another opportunity." Mark LaNeve, GM's vice president for U.S. sales will leave the company Oct. 15, President and CEO Fritz Henderson said in an e-mail obtained by The News. LaNeve is leaving for a job outside the...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Pay Caps Make It Tough to Hire Execs: GM Chairman
- By Jim ForsythSEGUIN, Texas (Reuters) - General Motors Co GM Chairman Ed Whitacre on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to give the automaker less restrictive pay caps and said it was too early to discuss the timing for the automaker to become a public company again.Ed Whitacre, who became chairman...
- News items 2009-11-11
- GM Posts Loss, Vows to Repay U.S. Early
- By Kevin Krolicki and David BaileyDETROIT (Reuters UK) - General Motors Co GM on Monday said it had lost $1.2 billion since emerging from a government-sponsored bankruptcy but said its business was stabilizing and vowed a quick repayment of $8 billion owed to the United States and Canada.The results gave...
- News items 2009-11-16
- GM Vows to Repay U.S. Early
- By Kevin Krolicki and David BaileyDETROIT (Reuters UK) - General Motors Co GM on Monday said it had lost $1.2 billion since emerging from a government-sponsored bankruptcy but said its business was stabilizing and vowed a quick repayment of $8 billion owed to the United States and Canada.The results gave...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Breaking News: Delay throws GM sale of Opel into doubt
- General Motors' sale of its European brand Opel has been thrown into doubt after an executive pushed back the signing date again. General Motors' sale of its European brand Opel has been thrown into doubt after an executive pushed back the signing date again and a press report said GM...
- News items 2009-10-23
- How the Government Should Manage GM and Chrysler
- The federal government has rescued banks, insured a huge insurance company, and stepped up as a lender of last resort. Now, with its bailout of the auto industry, it's the functional equivalent of a bankruptcy judge, too. By agreeing to loan General Motors GM and Chrysler a combined $17.4 billion,...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Seven reasons why GM wants to keep Opel:
- General Motors Co. is considering reversing course and hanging on to Opel, and it is easy to figure out why. Keeping a foothold in Europe is vital for GM, and the company may be able to afford it. Six months after the old GM put Opel up for sale and...
- News items 2009-08-31
- GM Readies Opel Plan
- By Kevin Krolicki and Christiaan HetznerDETROIT/RUSSELSHEIM, Germany (Reuters UK) - General Motors Co GM on Thursday said it was readying a plan to restructure Opel and could pay off debt due this month as German workers went on strike to protest the automakers decision to keep the European unit.Thousands of...
- News items 2009-11-05
- GM Update: Lutz Will Take Reins of Opel
- At the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, then-acting GM Europe CEO Bob Lutz right delivers a press conference with then-GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster to introduce the new Opel Ampera hybrid-electric vehicle. Today Lutz was appointed to head Opel following Forster's resignation last week. (Photograph by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)...
- News items 2009-11-09
- GM Posts Loss, Vows to Repay U.S. Early
- By Kevin Krolicki and David BaileyDETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co GM said on Monday it lost $1.2 billion in a bankruptcy-shortened third quarter, but it vowed a quick repayment of $8 billion owed to the United States and Canada.The results gave analysts and potential investors the first look at...
- News items 2009-11-16
- GM Says Cost-cutting on Track; Sales Chief Out
- By Kevin Krolicki and David Bailey DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co GM is on track to hit its cost-cutting targets but faces risks as it tries to win back consumers in an uncertain U.S. economy, the automaker said on Wednesday. In a sign of the tougher scrutiny management faces...
- News items 2009-10-07
- GM Signs Deal to Sell Hummer to Tengzhong
- By Kevin Krolicki and Bernie Woodall DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co GM signed a deal on Friday to sell its iconic but tarnished Hummer brand to an investment partnership headed by an obscure Chinese machinery maker in an agreement that underscores the fast rise and global ambition of the...
- News items 2009-10-09
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