All the headlines from our General Motors Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 22 2011 // Just over a week after the massive earthquake hit the sprawling Texas Instruments chip plant here, a gardener is reworking the Japanese garden in an inner courtyard of the office tower attached to the plant.The garden is a...
Dec 14 2009 // The participation of two big insurers in the $700 billion financial rescue contradicted the goals of the government program, according to a bailout watchdog.The inclusion of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and...
Aug 12 2009 // Some automobile shoppers may be abandoning car makers but insurance carriers and brokers remain dedicated partners, experts say.Yet no one can deny that tough times have fallen on many of the nation’s car dealers who...
Jul 8 2009 // Groups representing plaintiffs in car accidents are opposing General Motors’ attempt to quickly exit bankruptcy protection, arguing that hundreds of victims could be hurt by the government-led plan.U.S. Judge Robert...
Jul 6 2009 // Automobile shoppers may be abandoning car makers but insurance carriers and brokers remain dedicated partners, experts say.Yet no one can deny that tough times have fallen on many of the nation’s car dealers who seem...
Jun 26 2009 // More than 3,400 Americans will be injured or killed by a defective Chrysler or General Motors vehicle during the first year of the car makers’ bankruptcies, according to a report by a consumer safety advocacy...
Jun 23 2009 // A provision that would release future owners of General Motors for product liability on cars sold prior to the company’s bankruptcy is being challenged by the attorneys general of eight states.GM’s bankruptcy...
Jun 1 2009 // Two stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average will be replaced, Dow Jones & Co. announced.The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV) is taking the place of Citigroup, Inc. (C) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) is going in for...
Jan 12 2009 // Toyota said last week that it plans to roll out new safety and driver-assist programs on certain Toyota and Lexus models beginning late this summer.That marks the first major competition for Detroit-based General...
Aug 11 2008 // General Motors Corp. and its auditor have agreed to pay $303 million to settle claims that the automaker misled shareholders about its finances.Under the settlement, GM would pay $277 million to investors, while its...
Oct 1 2007 // General Motors Corp. and the University of Michigan Medical School are working on a new study that will try to guide emergency workers and doctors who respond to car accidents — and develop safer vehicles along the...
Jul 18 2007 // As automakers race to inject as many safety, security, navigation and entertainment features as possible into their vehicles, they ought to keep Mark Evangelista in mind.The 45-year-old owner of a suburban Detroit...
Apr 20 2007 // General Motors Corp. vehicles had the highest and lowest driver death rates from 2002 through 2005, according to a study being released Thursday by the insurance industry.Two-door, two-wheel drive Chevrolet Blazers built...
Dec 6 2006 // General Motors Corp. unveiled a new $10 million crash test facility this week that will help the automaker study rollover crashes.The Detroit-based company also said that by 2012 it will make rollover-enabled air bags a...
Aug 15 2006 // Billionaire real-estate developer Sheldon H. Solow filed a federal lawsuit last week against insurer Conseco Inc. and one of its subsidiaries, alleging an auction to sell the General Motors Building in Manhattan in 2003...
Jul 12 2006 // GM is to close its factory in Portugal this year and move production of its Combo vehicle to its factory in Zaragoza, Spain, the company’s Europe vice president said July 11.The move means 1,200 lost jobs at the Opel...
Jun 5 2006 // General Motors, ShanghaiGeneral Motors Corp. received approval to open an office in Shanghai as a step toward beginning insurance operations in China. Detroit-based GM said that Motors Insurance Corp., part of the...
May 31 2006 // Collins, a reinsurance brokers has opened a new Seattle office “to provide a much-needed alternative to address the reinsurance needs of insurers in the Pacific Northwest,” Bob Kimmel, senior vice president and...
May 18 2006 // General Motors Corp. announced this week that it has received Chinese approval to open an office in Shanghai as a step toward beginning insurance operations in China.Detroit-based GM said that Motors Insurance Corp., part...
Oct 12 2005 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire MIC Life Insurance Corporation from Motors Insurance Corporation, a subsidiary of GMAC Insurance Holdings Inc., for an undisclosed consideration. MIC Life is currently...