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• GM Keeps Opel in Shock Decision

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-04

  By Jo Winterbottom and Michael ShieldsDETROIT/FRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - The mood in the global automotive industry has shifted to cautious optimism, marked by the unveiling on Wednesday of Chrysler's turnaround plan and General Motors' plan to keep its Opel unit.However, automakers were in no mood to celebrate a potential recovery...

  Tags: Job, Automobile Company, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Sales, AutoNation Inc., Ford Motor Co., Opel, US

• GM Sees October Sales Bounce, Chrysler Plunges

  Reuters - 2009-11-03

  By Soyoung Kim and David BaileyDETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors GM posted its first monthly sales increase in nearly two years on Tuesday as a rebound in industrywide U.S. auto sales in October pointed toward a gradual recovery for the battered sector.Chrysler was the weakest of the large automakers. Its...

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• Automakers Gird For "new Normal"

  Reuters - 2009-11-02

  By Helen Massy-Beresford and Kevin KrolickiPARIS/DETROIT (Reuters) - As automakers, parts suppliers and car retailers ready business plans for next year and beyond, the experience of the industry's 2009 crash has made caution the new byword.For perspective, consider that AutoNation AN Chief Executive Mike Jackson now counts as an optimist...

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• Will Ford Lead in Contracting When the Feds Own Stakes in GM and Chrysler?

  BNET - 2009-05-14

  If the federal government ends up owning significant equity stakes in GM and Chrylser, will the automakers be able to participate in competitively-bid contracts? Will Ford -- and perhaps foreign automakers -- have a real edge as a result? BNET Auto blogger Steve Miller ponders the procurement consequences of the...

  Tags: Automobile Company, Chrysler LLC, Procurement, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Purchasing & Procurement, Manufacturing, Government, Business Operations, David P. Hamilton

• Chrysler, GM Bailout is Both a Band-Aid and a Football

  BNET - 2008-12-19

  The bailout Chrysler and GM won is by design only a temporary fix, to keep them on their feet past Jan. 1. Major surgery is on the agenda, with new business plans due in February. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Automobile Company, Chrysler LLC, Football, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Manufacturing, Sales Strategy, Sales, Jim Henry

• Even With Bailout, Tough Sledding for Ford, GM, Chrysler

  BNET - 2008-12-04

  Ford, GM and Chrysler say they need a total of $19 billion to $34 billion to tide them over. But first, U.S. auto sales are going to get even worse, possibly bottoming out next year. by Jim Henry

  Tags: U.S., Automobile Company, U.S. Congress, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jim Henry

• Ford, GM, Chrysler to Take Another Run at Bailout

  BNET - 2008-11-26

  A House of Representatives committee gave Ford, GM and Chrysler an extra weekend to get ready for hearings into a proposed bailout, which faces stiff opposition. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Automobile Company, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Barney Frank, Manufacturing, Jim Henry

• Aid for the Automakers? You Decide!

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-20

  Robert Salomon submits: For those of you who have been following this blog, you know where I stand on the proposed aid package for US automakers see Preventing Moral Hazard in the Auto Industry for background. I am not opposed to aid for GM and Ford, provided that aid...

  Tags: Automobile Company, Chrysler LLC, Seeking Alpha, Robert Salomon, Manufacturing, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Transport

• Automakers: Bailout Arguments, Pro and Con

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-19

  Robert Salomon submits: For those of you who have been following this blog, you know where I stand on the proposed aid package for US automakers see Preventing Moral Hazard in the Auto Industry for background. I am not opposed to aid for General Motors GM and Ford F,...

  Tags: Automobile Company, Chrysler LLC, Seeking Alpha, Robert Salomon, Manufacturing, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., US Market

• 'Big Three' Badly in Need

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-04

  William Patalon III submits: The U.S. Treasury Department has rejected General Motors Corp.’s GM request of $10 billion in assistance for its potential merger with Chrysler LLC after the Bush Administration decided it didn’t want to broaden its $700 billion financial rescue program to include industrial...

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