General Motors News

In Flint , Mich., Feb. 11 is known as White Shirt Day, when the union members' blue collars were seen as equal to the white shirts worn by their management counterparts.

On this date in 1937, the Flint Sit-Down strike ended after General Motors recognized the United Auto Workers at the bargaining agent for GM employees.

Even more than 1,300 miles away in Texas, a young, newly married Zebedee Hurd caught word of a city called Flint, Michigan, where jobs were plentiful and working-class wages were more than decent.

On the day before American Airlines proposed deep cuts in its workforce, General Motors announced a major expansion to bring new jobs and investment to Arlington.

United Auto Workers President Bob King used the anniversary of the Flint sit-down strike on Friday to call for "direct action" - including nonviolent civil disobedience - to take back America from the "right-wing Republicans" and "one-percenters" he says have hijacked this democracy.

The quality, or lack thereof, of American-made automobiles has been bemoaned for decades.

This is the fourth in a series of commentaries that will take a look at five companies whose names begin with the word "General." We recognize some of them as household names and as global conglomerates with operations throughout the world.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney always had a love for American cars, growing up as the son of a chief auto executive.

Kia introduces the Trackster concept vehicle during the media preview of the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place on February 8, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.

General Motors Co. has won approval from environmental authorities in central China for a new $1.1 billion assembly plant, though the company says it has not yet decided on the plan.

In February 1937, Geraldine Blankinship was a vivacious 17-year-old in a red beret and cape, dodging police and company thugs to get food to her father and thousands of other striking auto workers occupying General Motors Co.'s Fisher No.

The Justice Department said Thursday 49 states, including Michigan, struck a $25 billion deal with the nation's five biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses.

Oracle : Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Taleo Corporation or $46 per share, approximately $1.9 billion, net of Taleo's cash and debt.

Smith, Thomas bought 250,079 shares at market prices between $33.57 and $35.68 on Jan 27th 2012, for a total cost of $8,659,523. Hess, John bought 91,250 shares at a market price of $54.79 on Jan 30th 2012, for a total cost of $4,999,414. Farrell, Michael bought 47,500 shares at market prices between $17.12 and $17.17 on Jan 30th 2012, for a total ... (more)

Fears for thousands of British jobs and the future of Vauxhall's UK car plant have surfaced after bosses at US parent company General Motors warned of 'horrendous' losses in Europe to be announced next week.

Mitt Romney, who in November 2008 penned an op-ed titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt," will make a campaign speech at Ford Field in the Motor City on Feb.

GMC U.S. Marketing Vice President Tony DiSalle unveils the 2013 GMC Acadia at the Chicago Auto Show Wednesday.

Three years ago, credit was so tight that the owner of a legal firm with a $400,000 salary and a very good credit score of more than 700 couldn't get financed to buy the car he wanted from Michael Mosser's dealership.

While the Chicago show doesn't have as many world debuts as the show in Detroit does, the major auto companies do save some surprises for one of the nation's largest car markets.

I wrote back in May 2009, in a Forbes cover story, that Fisker Automotive represented the next Detroit .