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Shockingly low gas prices can't save G.M., and its own restructuring plan doesn't boost confidence. The next bailout should be a government-administered bankruptcy.
By Andrew Leonard
December 3, 2008
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Sports are fertile ground for making that brilliant coinage a part of everyday speech.
By King Kaufman
November 20, 2008
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A deal to keep automakers afloat might be in the offing, but appears to do little to solve economic problems that are getting worse by the second.
By Andrew Leonard
November 20, 2008
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Analysts are scoffing at SolarWorld's bid for Opel. But maybe the rest of us should be cheering
By Andrew Leonard
November 19, 2008
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One of the last bright spots of the U.S. economy -- export growth -- is dimming. So maybe it's not such a great idea to let domestic automakers fend for themselves.
By Andrew Leonard
November 18, 2008
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Don't think bailout, think big! Restructuring the U.S. auto industry could be just the ticket for a wounded planet.
By Andrew Leonard
November 12, 2008
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If what's good for GM is good for the U.S., what does it mean when the company loses $15.5 billion?
By Andrew Leonard
August 1, 2008
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General Motors announces plans to close four truck and SUV manufacturing plants.
By Andrew Leonard
June 3, 2008
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The presidential hopeful crusades for the auto industry of yore -- and looks awfully out of touch with Michigan's economic pain.
By Edward McClelland
January 15, 2008
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A record year for automobile sales and oil prices equals fun for the whole economy and ecosystem.
By Andrew Leonard
October 18, 2007
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Retrenchment is the order of the day, as workers put away their signs and get back on the job
By Andrew Leonard
September 26, 2007
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But labor shouldn't be blamed for the Big Three's failure to compete.
By Andrew Leonard
September 25, 2007
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A coalition of large businesses comes out for a change in America's healthcare system.
By Alex Koppelman
May 7, 2007
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Stocks slump again on Wall Street, and here's one reason why: GM's financing arm is up to its neck in bad subprime mortgage loans.
By Andrew Leonard
March 2, 2007
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George W. Bush returns from Asia to news that General Motors is shutting nine plants and cutting 30,000 jobs.
By Tim Grieve
November 21, 2005
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How corporate greed and political corruption paved
the way for the SUV explosion.
By Arianna Huffington
January 8, 2003
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General Motors wants to take its pioneering electric automobiles off the road. But the geeks who drive them won't let go of the steering wheel.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
September 4, 2002
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British pop rockers Chumbawamba take the car company's money and run straight to the anti-globalization movement.
By Iain Aitch
January 30, 2002
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Automakers hope smog and high gas prices will persuade consumers to embrace their new "green" lineup.
By Ray Thursby
August 15, 2000
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Mark Hogan is in the "Web on wheels" driver's seat, trying to put GM on a collision course with Gen X.
By Janelle Brown
November 8, 1999
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The right to sue may be tossed around for the next year.
By David McGuire
October 11, 1999
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The just-settled strike against GM in Flint, Mich., was the first ever to center on global investment issues.
By David Bacon
July 31, 1998
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Are electric cars like GM's EV1 high-tech toys -- or saviors of the planet?
By Janelle Brown
June 17, 1998
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An interview with Ralph Nader who is organizing a conference in Washington, D.C., in Nov. 1997 to explore how Microsoft is extending
its near-monopolistic control of the software business into other industries, including banking, insurance, car dealerships, travel services, real estate and television.
By Jonathan Broder
October 10, 1997
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