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RUSS DARROW
It's Trade, Stupid
As a small business owner, I have seen a lot of programs meant to fix our economy come and go. Tax cuts and hikes, bank bailouts, TARP funding, TALF funding and cash for clunkers have all passed us by. The silver bullet remains elusive. 12:33 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 19
The U.S. government is encouraged by the turnaround plan for Chrysler presented by Fiat S.p.A. but will not push for a quick offering of the automaker's shares, a senior official said. 2:00 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 18
The Obama administration's autos task force was caught off guard when General Motors Co. decided to scrap a planned sale of its Opel unit that had the strong backing of Germany, a senior official said. 1:22 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 18
GREEN CARS
The Obama administration's preference for robust electric car production will not influence its oversight of taxpayer equity in General Motors Co. and Chrysler, an administration official said. 2:30 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 18
A just-announced plan for General Motors Co. to repay roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada would be re-evaluated in June, the Obama administration's top automotive official said. 11:46 am U.S. ET | Nov. 18
General Motors Co. has “narrowed the field” to two possible candidates to replace CFO Ray Young and may make a decision by year end, Bloomberg News reported, citing two people close to the matter. 12:17 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 18
U.S. President Barack Obama said today his administration did not want to meddle in the decisions of General Motors and said he was pleased GM may repay government loans sooner than expected. 11:16 am U.S. ET | Nov. 18
India's Tata conglomerate is looking for a successor to Ratan Tata, the 71-year-old chairman of the sprawling salt-to-automaker group. Local and foreign candidates are being looked at to head the group, which includes Tata Motors Ltd. 2:46 am U.S. ET | Nov. 18
Ford Motor Co. stock today reached a new two-year high after disclosures that billionaire investor George Soros' hedge fund bought a 7.3 million-share stake in the automaker. 2:04 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 17 | UPDATED: 11/17/09 4:16 p.m. ET
General Motors Co. will launch a big incentive program for its four surviving U.S. brands this week in a bid to flush out excess 2009 inventory that has been keeping GM's per-vehicle incentive spend the highest in the industry. 11:02 am U.S. ET | Nov. 16 | UPDATED: 11/16/09 3:17 p.m. ET
With Smart’s U.S. sales continuing to drop dramatically, Daimler AG is launching a pilot program in Austin, Texas, for short-term rental of the micro car. 3:31 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 16
Akio Toyoda has appointed himself supreme automotive taste tester for Toyota Motor Corp., a kind of master chef overseeing ingredients that go into the automaker's vehicles. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 16
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Chevrolet's SS performance designation will survive, GM vice president of global engineering, told AutoWeek. 10:47 am U.S. ET | Nov. 20
The Obama administration wants a fast-track initial public offering of General Motors Co. shares to reduce its majority stake in the automaker, a senior official said. 11:00 am U.S. ET | Nov. 18
