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GM Board to Reconsider Opel Next Month
By Kevin Krolicki and Maria SheahanDETROIT/FRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - General Motors GM will decide in early November whether to proceed with a deal to sell its European arm Opel to a group led by Canada's Magna MGa or to seize a new opportunity to keep the unit after seven months...
Tags: Board, General Motors Corp., Opel, Vauxhall, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Magna
News items 2009-10-23
GM to Present Opel Restructuring Plan
By Feliciano TiseraZARAGOZA (Reuters UK) - U.S. carmaker General Motors GM will present a new viability plan for Opel in mid-December as it aims to reduce capacity across Europe by about 20 percent, a top executive said on Thursday.GM this month reversed a decision to sell a majority stake in...
Tags: Spain, General Motors Corp., Magna, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Germany
News items 2009-11-19
Marvin Windows and Doors Case Study: Magna International, Inc. Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Magna is an automobile parts manufacturer - one of the world's largest and most diversified automobile suppliers. To highlight its building's majestic design, Magna needed exceptional windows. The building owners chose pairs of Marvin's signature Case master windows crowned with Awning Transoms - all made with a special green-tinted glass....
Tags: Window, Marvin Windows And Doors, Magna, Construction
Case studies
Magna's Coen: '08 Online Ad Spend To Grow Only 8 Percent; Total Ad Revs To Drop 3.2 Percent
Magna Global's Bob Coen has downgraded his forecast for U.S. online ad spend to 8 percent growth from his earlier call this summer's for web ad dollars to rise 12 percent. At this point, it looks like 2009 growth in online will slow significantly, rising only 5 percent, he...
Tags: Advertisement, Online Advertising, Magna, Magna Global, Advertising, Information, Research, David Kaplan
External links 2008-12-08
Valence Technology F3Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We’ll take our first question from Bob Ecinder - Garden State. Bob Ecinder - Garden State A question, Bob; I know that you’re working with Smith Electric Vehicle, and they have announced that they are going to be building a facility in the...
Tags: Valence Technology, Europe, Battery, Call Transcript, Earnings, Ford Motor Co., Magna, Engineering, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-02-09
Brussels to pore over Magna deal
The European Commission is to scrutinise German backing for the takeover of General Motors' European operations amid concern that planned job cuts could be influenced by political factors, hitting plants in the UK and Belgium disproportionately hard.Signalling that she would take a tough line on the issue, Neelie Kroes,...
Tags: Plant, Magna, Opel, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Force Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Company News, European Union Government, Government News, Human Resources & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Redundancies & Layoffs, Shareholdings, Financial Times
External links 2009-09-14
VW and BMW voice unease at Magna plans
Magna's plans to take a majority stake in GM's lossmaking European arm Opel triggered a backlash yesterday when German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW voiced unease over the deal and warned that they would review their business relationships with the Canadian car parts supplier.Ferdinand Piƫch, VW chairman, said that Europe's...
Tags: Car, VW, Voice, Supplier, BMW AG, Magna, Government, Channel Management, Marketing, Company News, Divestment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shareholdings, Financial Times
External links 2009-09-15
UK raises 'subsidy war' fear over Opel
Lord Mandelson called on Brussels on Thursday night to ensure that Germany's offer of multibillion-euro subsidies to smooth the sale of General Motors' European arm does not begin a "subsidy war", with governments using state aid to protect jobs.The UK business secretary's intervention in the escalating political row over...
Tags: Secretary, Subsidy, Magna, Government, Vertical Industries, Company News, Government Grants & Subsidies, Government News, Financial Times
External links 2009-09-17
Magna, GM Make Progress, No Deal on Opel: Unions
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Chief executives of General Motors and autoparts maker Magna made some progress in Friday talks on the sale of GM's Opel unit, but key barriers remain, Opel's top labor leader and board member said on Saturday. GM chief Fritz Henderson and Magna Co-CEO Siegfried Wolf met in...
Tags: General Motors Corp.
News items 2009-08-08
Magna says resolves final Opel issues with GM
By Christiaan Hetzner and Angelika Gruber) FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Magna and its Russian partner Sberbank have reached an agreement in principle with General Motors' management over a contract to buy a stake in GM's European unit Opel, Magna Co-Chief Executive Siegfried Wolf told Reuters on Thursday The boards of directors...
Tags: General Motors Corp.
News items 2009-08-13
GM Moves Closer to Picking Magna For Opel: Sources
By Philipp Halstrick and Angelika Gruber FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors is moving closer to picking Germany's favored buyer, Magna International and its Russian partners, for its Opel business when GM's board meets on Friday, sources close to the matter said. "It's going in the direction of Magna," one of...
Tags: General Motors Corp., automobile company, Magna International Inc.
News items 2009-08-21
GM Still Wants State Aid For Opel
By Christiaan Hetzner and Angelika GruberFRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - General Motors GM reaffirmed on Friday it wants state aid to help overhaul European arm Opel after a newspaper quoted GM's chairman as saying the U.S. carmaker will not ask German taxpayers for help.The topic is politically sensitive since GM this...
Tags: Germany, General Motors Corp., Opel, Government, Vertical Industries, Bruederle, Magna, Oukbs
News items 2009-11-14
GM Still Wants State Aid For Opel Restructuring
By Christiaan Hetzner and Angelika GruberFRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - General Motors GM reaffirmed on Friday it wants state aid to help overhaul European arm Opel after a newspaper quoted GM's chairman as saying the U.S. carmaker will not ask German taxpayers for help.The topic is politically sensitive since GM this...
Tags: Germany, General Motors Corp., Government, Vertical Industries, Bruederle, Magna, Oukbs
News items 2009-11-13
GM CEO Starts Opel Charm Tour at Ruesselsheim HQ
By Christiaan HetznerFRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors GM Chief Executive Fritz Henderson was due in Germany on Monday to start talks aimed at soothing workers' tempers over the carmaker's plan to reorganize European arm Opel on its own.GM plunged Opel into turmoil last week by reversing its plan to sell...
Tags: Car, General Motors Corp., Magna, Gm, Opel, Us
News items 2009-11-09
GM Puts Signing of Opel Sale on Hold
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors GM put on hold a deal to sell a 55 percent stake in carmaker Opel to a Russian-backed consortium led by Canadian automotive group Magna MGa, GM's chief negotiator on the deal said on Friday.No sale can proceed until the U.S. carmaker's board of directors...
Tags: Automobile Company, General Motors Corp., Opel, Magna, Vauxhall, Manufacturing, Corporate Governance, Recruitment & Selection
News items 2009-10-23
Magna's Opel Buy Inches Closer
By Foo Yun Chee and Feliciano TiseraBRUSSELS/ZARAGOZA, Spain (Reuters UK) - Canada's Magna MGa on Monday inched closer to clinching its Opel buy with approval from Spanish plant workers as the clock ticks down to a November 3 board meeting at which GM GM is set to decide on the...
Tags: Board, General Motors Corp., Worker, Berlin, European Union, Magna, Opel, Spain
News items 2009-10-26
Magna's Opel Buy Inches Closer as Spain Gives Go-ahead
By Foo Yun Chee and Feliciano TiseraBRUSSELS/ZARAGOZA, Spain (Reuters) - Canada's Magna on Monday inched closer to clinching its Opel buy with approval from Spanish plant workers as the clock ticks down to a November 3 board meeting at which GM is set to decide on the deal.Spain's Opel workers...
Tags: Spain, Board, General Motors Corp., Worker, Berlin, European Union, Magna, Opel, Germany
News items 2009-10-26
Germans to Take New Look at Opel Deal
By Alexander Huebner and Maria SheahanFRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - Germany's new government will take a fresh look at the planned sale of carmaker Opel to Canada's Magna MGa and may consider dropping its support for the deal, a member of the trust overseeing Opel said."The new government will take another...
Tags: Member, General Motors Corp., Opel, Magna, Government, Dirk Pfeil, Germany, Merkel
News items 2009-10-27
Magna Wants Demel to Head Opel: Report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Canadian auto parts maker Magna MGa wants Herbert Demel, the head of its Austrian car development and assembly plant, to become head of Opel, a German magazine said, citing sources.Carl-Peter Forster, the current head GM Europe, had been touted to become the head of Opel's operating business...
Tags: Head, General Motors Corp., Magna, Opel, Car, Us
News items 2009-11-01
Magna Wants Demel to Head Opel - Report
FRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - Canadian auto parts maker Magna MGa wants Herbert Demel, the head of its Austrian car development and assembly plant, to become head of Opel, a German magazine said, citing sources.Carl-Peter Forster, the current head GM Europe, had been touted to become the head of Opel's operating...
Tags: Head, General Motors Corp., Magna, Opel, Car, Oukbs
News items 2009-11-01
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