http://dir.salon.com/topics/general_motors/?source=rss&aim=general_motors en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT Andrew Leonard Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/01/general_motors_carnage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/01/general_motors_carnage/index.html?source=rss If what's good for GM is good for the U.S., what does it mean when the company loses $15.5 billion? Andrew Leonard Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/03/tahoe_suburban_yukon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/03/tahoe_suburban_yukon/index.html?source=rss General Motors announces plans to close four truck and SUV manufacturing plants. By Edward McClelland Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/15/romney_michigan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/15/romney_michigan/index.html?source=rss The presidential hopeful crusades for the auto industry of yore -- and looks awfully out of touch with Michigan's economic pain. Andrew Leonard Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/18/car_sales_and_oil_prices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/18/car_sales_and_oil_prices/index.html?source=rss A record year for automobile sales and oil prices equals fun for the whole economy and ecosystem. Andrew Leonard Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/26/uaw_strike_over/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/26/uaw_strike_over/index.html?source=rss Retrenchment is the order of the day, as workers put away their signs and get back on the job Andrew Leonard Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/25/uaw_strike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/25/uaw_strike/index.html?source=rss But labor shouldn't be blamed for the Big Three's failure to compete. Alex Koppelman Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/07/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/07/healthcare/index.html?source=rss A coalition of large businesses comes out for a change in America's healthcare system. Andrew Leonard Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/02/gm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/02/gm/index.html?source=rss 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. Tim Grieve Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/11/21/gm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/11/21/gm/index.html?source=rss George W. Bush returns from Asia to news that General Motors is shutting nine plants and cutting 30,000 jobs. By Arianna Huffington Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2003/01/08/suv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/huffington/2003/01/08/suv/index.html?source=rss How corporate greed and political corruption paved the way for the SUV explosion. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/04/woe_to_ev1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/04/woe_to_ev1/index.html?source=rss 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 Iain Aitch Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/30/chumbawamba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/30/chumbawamba/index.html?source=rss British pop rockers Chumbawamba take the car company's money and run straight to the anti-globalization movement. By Ray Thursby Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/08/15/hybrid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/08/15/hybrid/index.html?source=rss Automakers hope smog and high gas prices will persuade consumers to embrace their new "green" lineup. By Janelle Brown Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/08/hogan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/08/hogan/index.html?source=rss Mark Hogan is in the "Web on wheels" driver's seat, trying to put GM on a collision course with Gen X. By David McGuire Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/10/11/hmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/10/11/hmo/index.html?source=rss The right to sue may be tossed around for the next year. By David Bacon Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/31/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/31/news/index.html?source=rss The just-settled strike against GM in Flint, Mich., was the first ever to center on global investment issues. By Janelle Brown Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/06/17/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/06/17/feature/index.html?source=rss Are electric cars like GM's EV1 high-tech toys -- or saviors of the planet? By Jonathan Broder Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/10/10/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/10/10/news/index.html?source=rss 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.