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• Outside Acme.(Management Briefing Seminars)(Carlyle Group L.P.; Onex Corp. acquired General Motors Corp. Allison Transmission Div.)(55% of Lear shares opposed Icahn offer)

  - 2007-08-08

  55% of Lear shares opposed Icahn offer DETROIT - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's ill-fated attempt to acquire seating and electronics supplier Lear Corp. was defeated July 16 by a vote of 38.66 million shares opposed to 22.21 million shares in favor. An additional 9.37...

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• Auto News digest.(Briefs)(Ford leads in Daewoo bidding)(Dura Automotive Systems Inc. sell Atwood Mobile Products )

  - 2007-07-09

  GM will retain Allison liability DETROIT - General Motors said last week that it would retain responsibility for pension and retiree medical costs for current workers at Allison Transmission after the unit is taken private in a $5.6 billion deal, Reuters reported. ...

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• Auto News Digest.(Briefs)

  - 2007-07-02

  GM will sell Allison unit DETROIT - General Motors last week agreed to sell its Allison Transmission commercial and military business to the private equity firms Carlyle Group and Onex Corp. for about $5.6 billion. The agreement encompasses seven manufacturing operations in Indianapolis and...

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• GM steps up its hybrid plans in China.(News)(General Motors)

  - 2005-11-07

  Byline: Alysha Webb General Motors is increasing its efforts to build hybrid vehicles in China, and GM's Allison Transmission division and its suppliers will benefit. GM and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. agreed last week to explore ways to expand a hybrid...

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• IndyGo Purchases Two Hybrid Buses for Indianapolis Transit.(Indianapolis Public Transportation Corp.)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-01-26

  General Motors Corporation GM recently announced that the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation IndyGo has added two new hybrid transit buses, powered by GM Allison Transmission, Cummins, Inc. and Remy International, Inc. technology, to the Indianapolis city transit fleet. According to GM, the buses...

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• Houston METRO Showcases New Hybrid Transit Buses.(Brief Article)

  - 2003-12-01

  General Motors GM recently reported that the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, TX METRO showcased four new hybrid electric buses powered by Allison Transmission hybrid systems during the Clean Cities "Advancing the Choice for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles" workshop held late last month in Houston, TX....

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• GM To Improve Competitiveness Through Merger Of Powertrain, Transmission Units - Brief Article

  - 2003-02-19

  In a move to improve competitiveness, General Motors said that it will combine its Allison Transmission and its GM Powertrain divisions, effective immediately. GM said the combination of the transmission and motor engine units will not result in any job cuts and have no impact on customers. Under the...

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• Maxwell Enjoys Bus Ride - Maxwell Technologies Inc - Company Operations

  - 2001-02-12

  Supplying ultracapacitor energy cells for General motors buses

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• Digest.(automobile industry news)(Brief Article)

  - 2000-07-31

  GM-Fiat venture gets CEO LOS ANGELES - General Motors last week named Dan Hancock, 49, CEO of a new powertrain joint venture with Fiat Auto S.p.A. The joint venture, based in Turin, Italy, is responsible for merging and managing GM's and Fiat's...

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• Allison invades new transmission segment.(Allison Transmission Div expects sharply increase its sales)(Brief Article)

  - 2000-07-10

  INDIANAPOLIS - General Motors' Allison Transmission Division expects to more than double its annual unit sales in the next four years as it wins new contracts in the hot full-sized truck market and increases its share of the commercial vehicle market overseas. Allison, with...

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