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31 May 2009Vauxhall workers in dark as Magna fails to clarify plans
Vauxhall's 5000 workers were waiting to hear whether the prospective new owner Magna International will shut down either of the two British plants.
read moreMandelson's Vauxhall assurances
Business secretary Lord Mandelson has moved to calm speculation that Vauxhalls plants could be closed following the beginning of sale proceedings of GM Europe to Magna.
read moreGM on the brink
General Motors executives are making the final preparations for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing tomorrow.
read moreGM: Car maker poised to rebuild after filing for bankruptcy
GM will file for bankruptcy in the US courts as it tries to restructure its ailing global operations and rid itself of tens of billions of dollars of legacy costs.
read moreGeneral Motors holds a mirror up to America
US politicians dare not talk openly about industrial adjustment because the public does not want to hear about it, writes Robert Reich
read moreMarchionne thwarted as GM calls the shots
Fiat's Sergio Marchionne, thwarted in his efforts to build a big listed carmaker around GM's Opel/Vauxhall in Europe and Chrysler, looks like one of the first collateral victims of GM's impending bankruptcy
read moreEnd of an era as lumbering GM crashes
Like a lumbering dinosaur too slow in its responses to smaller and fiercer predators and economic climate change, GM faces extinction in its present form
read moreUS cars force taken to task
As General Motors prepares to file for bankruptcy protection on Monday and Chrysler prepares to emerge, the US automotive task force is in the final stretch as undertaker – and hopefully midwife – to two of Detroit's big three carmakers
read moreGeneral Motors
If the phrase, 'end of an era', has been overused lately, it surely applies in the case of the 100-year-old carmaker
read moreChrysler ruling will be 'test case' for GM
Chrysler is set to emerge from a fast-track bankruptcy protection this week, with Judge Arthur Gonzalez in the US bankruptcy court expected to rule on the shape of a slimmed-down company
read moreGM bondholders in debt-for-equity swap
A majority of General Motors bondholders have agreed to a debt-for-equity exchange, a source familiar with the voting said on Sunday, helping pave the way for a bankruptcy filing expected on Monday.
read moreWagoner's GM exit is a blessing in disguise
Rick Wagoner's successor as chief executive of General Motors, Fritz Henderson, is breathing new life into the ailing Detroit carmaker's head office
read moreQ&A: Chapter 11 filing and General Motors
Questions and Answers: What is a Chapter 11 filing, how will it affect General Motors? What lessons can GM learn, and what does the future hold for Detroit carmaker?
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