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- Taxpayers are NOT bailing out Ford Motor, or are we?
- Taxpayers are NOT bailing out Ford Motor, or are we?Not quite the sameSo, Ford presents a plan to develop and implement new technology in their vehicles to improve efficiency and competitiveness, thereby securing a loan from the DOE.GM goes to Washington, along with the UAW, and begs for money to...
- Tags: Government, Personal finance, taxpayer, Socialists, TAXPAYERS, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- Detroit's shrunken three looking better, but...
- One of the most crucial ranking in the auto industry has been released. The bottom of the bottom line: Chrysler, Ford and GM are making better cars now, but still not the best. Most improved brand: Suzuki. That's the heartless conclusion from J.D. Power and Associates. The five...
- Tags: Car, General Motors Corp., Chevy, Volt, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General Motors
- Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General MotorsMaybe they will put the ice cream man in charge of Citigroup nexti knowlets put an oil guy in charge of Time Warnerwe can play all kinds of tricks BarryOh what fun!Court ReviewHmmm. You make some good points, but... GM already...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Investment, ATT/SBC, General Motors Corp., Ed Whitacre, Bad Idea Dept., ATT, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General Motors
- Ed Whitacre, who built SBC, one of the babies Bell, back into "The New AT&T" has been tapped by the Obama Administration's auto task force to be chairman of the "reinvented General Motors." Seriously. Think about that. AT&T is the template for...
- Tags: Board, AT&T Corp., General Motors Corp., Whitacre, Whiteacre, Corporate Governance, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?
- Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?King ObomaGood luck, Obama and his printing presses....RE: Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?It's not like he just put together a corporate unbrella/holding company with many largely independent but coexisting brand names underneath with redundant...
- Tags: Branding, Document management, General Motors Corp., AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?
- Ed Whitacre. The quintessential amalgator of companies. He's going to save GM, as its new chairman? Don't get me wrong. He did a pretty amazing job with the hand he was played in telecommunications. He took the smallest of the Baby Bells,...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., Southwestern Bell, General Motors Corp., Internet, Operational Planning, Telephony, Business Operations, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?
- Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that it's easy to switch search engines so the company really has no power that should upset regulators. Microsoft has introduced Bing, a search engine that has been well received and could take market share. Where does the truth lie? Somewhere...
- Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Search Engine, General Motors Corp., Bing, Allentown, Search, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Photos: When GM's designs ruled the road
- This week's bankruptcy news brings on a bought of nostalgia for GM cars from the 1938 Buick Y Job to the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-06-05
- Hydrogen fuel cell cars hit the road. GM hits panic button.
- Hydrogen fuel cell cars hit the road. GM hits panic button.Hydrogen is too dangerousHandling Hydrogen is too dangerous to use as a motor fuel, period.Oh Great!So we change from OPEC centered in the middle east to another monopoly. The platinum and palladium used as fuel cell catalysts comes from...
- Tags: VW, hydrogen, Hydrogen fuel cell car, hydrogen fuel cell, General Motors Corp., car
- Discussion threads 2009-05-27
- Hydrogen fuel cell cars hit the road. GM hits panic button.
- An eighteen hundred mile demo tour has begun. Hydrogen powered cars will wend across North America for days, having left from Chula Vista today. The run ends June 3 in Vancouver. Here's the official website for Hydrogen Road Tour 2009. The site includes...
- Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, VW, General Motors Corp., Hydrogen, Daimler, A-Class F-CELL, Fuel Cell Car, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- SAPPHIRE and The Story of Stuff
- Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff sustainability presentation has been doing the rounds in American classrooms and has stoked up many on both sides of the political divide. On one side, parents tell of angst ridden kids now wondering about the ecological footprint of Lego and on...
- Tags: Sustainability, General Motors Corp., Annie Leonard, Sustainability Question, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Microsoft to issue bonds: Will it go shopping?
- Microsoft to issue bonds: Will it go shopping?more likelyM$ has run out of cash and is going belly up.Ballmer is just trying to prolong the life of the beast before this new Enron will be exposed.It is to pay for this.http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1137267/eu-software-makers-responsible-codeSoftware finally to be held accountable. This will be costly...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, NoAxe, Microsoft Corp., Linux, bond, General Motors Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- General Motors: It's Time for a Rebranding
- General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingHave You Been To A Dealer Lately?Look at the Saturn Aura, Chevy Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saab 9-3. They are all on the same platform Epsilon. Do they all look alike?RE: General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingI guess you don't realize that the...
- Tags: Branding, American Auto Industry, cost difference, General Motors Corp., car, Cadillac
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- General Motors: It's Time for a Rebranding
- Is the future of General Motors its most recognized brand? My gut feeling is yes. Associated Press is reporting that over 1000 auto dealers are going to be forced to close as a result of GM's restructuring, which will include the elimination of...
- Tags: Car, Brand, Dealership, Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., Cadillac, Chevy, Branding, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- (Riding the PUMA)
- Riding the PUMAStupidThis is the worst idea Gm has every came up with!! What if an 18 wheeler passes you? Who every asked for a product like this?RE: Riding the PUMAIt looks like tons of fun and quick way to get turned into road pizza when...
- Tags: Puma, General Motors Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- Photos: GM, Segway purr about PUMA
- The automaker teams with the maker of the Segway Personal Transporter to put a new, electric spin on a new two-person urban ride. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Segway, Photograph, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Team Management, Management, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-04-07
- (Gallery: GM, Segway take P.U.M.A. for a spin)
- (Gallery: GM, Segway take P.U.M.A. for a spin)PUMAOh come on! RE: (Gallery: GM, Segway take P.U.M.A. for a spin)It looks like a faulty wheelchair. It needs to look a lot better than that. And why only 2 wheels? What's the real benefit? I mean, how long can you...
- Tags: P.U.M.A., Segway, General Motors Corp., Gallery
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Gallery: GM, Segway take P.U.M.A. for a spin
- It looks more like a tricked out wheelchair than a Segway PT or mini-car but GM and Segway say their planned P.U.M.A. will hit 35 mph. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Segway, General Motors Corp., General Motors, P.U.M.A., cars, Andy Smith
- Image galleries 2009-04-07
- GM Segway = 2 seats 2 wheels
- GM Segway = 2 seats 2 wheelsa non starterYou will be better off using public transportation or a bike than this vehicle.RE: GM Segway = 2 seats 2 wheelsI've driven a Segway and they are fantastic 'vehicles'. Rather more like a fun...
- Tags: Segway, General Motors Corp., public transportation
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- GM + Segway = 2 seats + 2 wheels
- General Motors, not dead yet, and Segway are hoping to sell an electric 2-wheeler that seats two. It goes over 30 miles on a single full charge, and is aimed at the uptown market. Being catty the partners are marketing the new vehicle under the name...
- Tags: Segway, General Motors Corp., Marketing Research, Marketing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-07

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