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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 06: In this General Motors handout, Eli Manning #10 of the New York Giants poses with the Super Bowl Championship Lombardi Trophy (right) and the Pete Rozelle Trophy for being the Super Bowl XLVI Most Valuable Player after defeating the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XLVI on February 6, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Manning, named MVP, led the Giants to a 21-17 victory.
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Everyone at Naked Lime Marketing is proud of the results we've delivered to our automotive customers and the recognition to be included in GM's co-op marketing programs for their dealerships ... Our focus for dealerships is geared toward reaching and attracting customers, generating leads for new customers, and coordinating messages across different channels. That focus complements the intent of GM's marketing programs, and we look forward to working with GM dealerships to deliver measurable results with our products and services.
Everyone at Naked Lime Marketing is proud of the results we've delivered to our automotive customers and the recognition to be included in GM's co-op marketing programs for their dealerships ... Our focus for dealerships is geared toward reaching and attracting customers, generating leads for new customers, and coordinating messages across different channels. That focus complements the intent of GM's marketing programs, and we look forward to working with GM dealerships to deliver measurable results with our products and services.
The guy who was making $35 an hour at General Motors doesn't want to work for $12 an hour ... When people who are low-skilled get laid off and their market value falls to $11 or $12 per hour, they're bumping up against minimum wage.More quotes »
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Fires in TrailBlazer doors under investigation
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Mets GM Alderson takes act to Twitter
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GM says most of its US dealers agree to upgrades
General Motors said that most of its 4,400 U.S. dealers have agreed to upgrade their showrooms over the next four years.The upgrades include new signs, more modern interiors and lounges with free Wi-Fi . In some cases, dealers might also open cafes or sa Read more »
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Obama plays up auto industry success story
President Barack Obama wears his decision to rescue General Motors and Chrysler three years ago as a badge of honor, a move to save jobs in an industry that helped create the backbone of the middle class more than a half-century ago.For Obama, the auto b Read more »
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Bunkie Knudsen, muscle car pioneer
________By STEVEN REIVE www.wheelbasemedia.comIllustration By GREG PERRY, www.wheelbasemedia.com ________You can sell a young man's car to an old man," he once said, in the springtime of a colorful automotive lifetime, "but you'll never sell an old man's Read more »
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Callaway, Chevrolet to introduce limited edition corvette
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Investment group buys 5.8% of GM
Motors Co. announced Tuesday that Capital Research Global Investors — one of the world's largest investment management firms — has acquired more than 5 percent of its shares. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, GM said the Los Angeles-based 1:19 AM from Detroit News Online Read more »
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Ally Financial CEO says progress on mortgages must precede IPO
comment that you believe violates these standards, please click the "X" in the upper right corner of the post to report it. General Motors Co. announced Tuesday that Capital Research Global Investors one of the worlds largest investment management firms 1:19 AM from Detroit News Online Read more »
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Stand Up, Sit Down …
Feb. 11, 1937, the United Auto Workers and General Motors signed a one-page contract that recognized the UAW as the representative of those workers who had joined the union. That minimalist contract was the fruit of a titanic struggle in which UAW supporters 12:21 AM from Mackinac Center for Public Policy Read more »
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Opel Squandering GM’s U.S. Profit Rankles Stock Investors: Cars
Motors Co. (GM) Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson, having decided to keep the company’s German Opel unit, will come under greater pressure to cut production and employees in Europe as losses continue to pile up. GM has been rolling in good news now for more 12:16 AM from Bloomberg.com Read more »
