General Motors News

Michael Moore's latest documentary now has a title - and a theme that resonates with recession-weary audiences.

General Motors Corp. is rushing to prepare for its rebirth late this week as a company largely owned by the U.S. government.

When General Motors executives are asked whether the company really can be revived after bankruptcy, they'll quickly point to the Chevrolet Malibu, and it's easy to see why.

For the past five months, President Barack Obama has taken control of General Motors Corp.

Sedans are lined up last week at a Chevrolet dealership in Lynn, Mass. GM hopes for a "leaner and meaner" management after it sells the majority of its assets.

WASHINGTON - A House panel Tuesday night voted to require General Motors and Chrysler to restore franchise agreements with their dealers despite their dire financial condition.

General Motors could literally turn green as it readies itself for major management and cultural changes that will coincide with its escape from bankruptcy protection.

WASHINGTON - The death of Robert McNamara at 93 was less a faint reverberation of a receding era than a reminder that mentalities are the defining attributes of eras, and certain American mentalities recur with, it sometimes seems, metronomic regularity.

CHINESE automaker Beijing Automotic Industries Corp has joined the bidding for General Motors Corp's German unit, Adam Opel GmbH, a GM spokesman said on Wednesday.

The Canadian Auto Workers says Ford has asked the union to match recent concession-filled labour deals with General Motors and Chrysler so the company can remain competitive.

In a June 30, 2009, file photo General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson leaves bankruptcy court in New York.

Stalled General Motors is set to rise from the ashes of bankruptcy after a US judge approved the sale of its good assets to a state-backed venture.

Wisconsin's offer to General Motors Corp. that failed to convince GM to put a new small-car production line in Janesville was valued at about $200 million, the city of Janesville said Tuesday.

The filing represents the largest in a string of recent failures of auto parts suppliers and highlights the pressure on the sector from sharply curtailed production and bankruptcies at automakers General Motors Corp and Chrysler.

Ultimately, General Motors Corp. hopes to sell its good assets to a new GM. The new GM will have less debt and a lower cost structure.

A summary of developments in the bankruptcy cases of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC GENERAL MOTORS _ DAY 36 WHERE DOES IT STAND?: Monday marked Detroit-based GM's 36th day under bankruptcy court protection.

A restructured General Motors Corp will get the remaining $20 billion in government bankruptcy financing over the rest of this year and could be ready to launch an initial public stock offering in early 2010, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.

July 6 - Earnings season kicks off and so does the new General Motors. Alison Kosik reports.

A bankruptcy judge has ruled that General Motors Corp. can sell the bulk of its assets to a new company, potentially clearing the way for the automaker to quickly emerge from bankruptcy protection.

When it was deciding where to build its new compact car, General Motors Corp. made a point of saying it would push politics aside and use strictly commercial criteria.