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- Very Big News: Henderson Gone at GM
- Edward Harrison submits: I wonder if the recent missteps with Opel (OPELF.PK) and Saab had anything to do with this. CNN Money reports: In a surprise move, General Motors chief executive Fritz Henderson resigned Tuesday, giving the battered government-owned automaker its third boss in less than a...
- External links 2009-12-01
- GM's Phony Bailout Repayment
- Edward Harrison submits: This comes via Deal Book at the New York Times. The company’s chief executive, Fritz Henderson, called the repayment plan “a personal commitment.” The Obama administration, wardens of the 60 percent taxpayer stake in the company, declared itself “encouraged” by the news. Many commentators followed...
- External links 2009-11-23
- GM Backs Out of Magna Deal: It's Each Nation to Itself
- Edward Harrison submits: I have been reading press accounts of the GM decision to back out of the Opel/Vauxhall sale to the Magna MGA/Sberbank consortium from various countries. There are a lot of different perspectives on this event in the U.S., Belgium, Spain, Germany, Russia, the U.K and elsewhere, because...
- External links 2009-11-06
- GM Looks to Use U.S. and Canadian Tax Money to Bail Out Opel
- Edward Harrison submits: An article in the National Post suggests General Motors may look to divert some of its bailout money to Europe in the wake of a chill in German government support for subsidies. Talk of using taxpayer money to benefit workers in other countries is sure to raise...
- External links 2009-11-15
- GM Bankruptcy Likely to Proceed According to Obama's Plans
- Edward Harrison submits: Judge Robert Gerber has given General Motors (GMGMQ.PK) approval to sell its assets under section 363 of the bankruptcy code. Last month I indicated that this 363 sale was more questionable than Chrysler’s and could meet more resistance in court. That has not happened and...
- External links 2009-07-06
- Third Quarter Auto Production Expected to Boost U.S. GDP
- Edward Harrison submits: Apparently, the U.S. auto industry is working off a significant backlog of inventory because I have been hearing that pretty much everyone in North America is planning to ramp up production for the third quarter. This is prima facie evidence of the huge inventory-based production changes...
- External links 2009-06-30
- Obama's GM Plans: Good Moves, Poor Optics
- Edward Harrison submits: I like the fact that President Obama has drawn a line in the sand and signaled that no more funds will be given to U.S. automakers without their presenting a viable long-term plan for restructuring. Ultimately, the automakers cannot survive merely as a result of government...
- External links 2009-03-31
- FedEx Losing Money Means Economy's In Bad Shape
- Edward Harrison submits: Last month I said that June was significant for two reasons. First, we are going to get our first test of data that could disappoint, which would spell trouble for an overbought market. But, just as important, we need to watch the industrials because there is...
- External links 2009-06-18
- GM Seriously Considers Keeping Opel, Raising Capital
- Edward Harrison submits: Now that it has emerged from bankruptcy and received free money from the Federal Government, General Motors is seriously thinking about keeping Opel by raising capital. The German government has been urging GM to make a decision about the bids it received for GM Europe from...
- External links 2009-08-24
- Toyota: World's Largest Automaker to Cut Global Capacity
- Edward Harrison submits: Toyota TM, now the world’s largest automaker, has said it would halt production at a plant in Aichi prefecture in Japan, reducing total output by a massive 220,000 cars. This should be seen as a recognition of the over-capacity tat exists in the auto sector despite...
- External links 2009-08-27
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