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A case study in executive stupidity
Just a question I've been thinking about since yesterday... What do you think the boys at the Big Three auto companies were thinking about when each took his own private jet to Washington to ask for...
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Why I like the auto bailout
I don't care if the Detroit business model is wrong right now. I don't care if their leadership is the biggest bunch of bozos who ever drew breath. The fact is, everybody looks kind of stupid right...
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Bad Guys
You could make the case that this era has produced possibly the worst bad guys in business history. Think about that for a minute. That's really saying something. They've got a lot of competition....
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A letter from Rick Wagoner
Dear Uncle Larry and Aunt Bea, It's been a hard weekend, which is the only excuse I have for not answering your e-mail sooner. I'm sure the May 9th date will work out fine for the barbecue. I don't...
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Great GM cars I've known
1970: Chevy Corvair owned by my friend Stillman finally gives out with about 250,000 miles on it. With tremendous respect, we take it to the parking lot of Shea Stadium, take off the wheels and put it...
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Your country needs you! Go shopping!
Pick up those new GPS systems, now on sale at Best Buy, Wal-Mart and other fine stores for under $100! Don't forget that flat-screen TV that's suddenly within your price range! Remember to stop by the...
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Mary Barra: GM's next CEO?
FORTUNE -- On Friday afternoons, a group of top GM (GM) executives and engineers leave headquarters in downtown Detroit and heads for GM's proving grounds in Milford, Mich. for "knothole drives."...
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Taking the brutality out of brutal honesty
Largely out of fear, people don't spend enough time communicating, especially if they see something going wrong.
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GM Puts Self-Driving Car Push Into a Higher Gear
General Motors is creating an engineering team dedicated autonomous driving as it pushes to build self-driving cars and other connected car technology. The automaker says the team will help accelerate...
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A Nearly All-Robot Farm To Sprout In 2017
The next frontier for robots could be farms. A Japanese agriculture technology company called SPREAD said on Monday that it plans to open a big, robot-run lettuce farm by mid-2017. The farm will use...
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Why GoDaddy’s Offensive Super Bowl Ads Worked
For the first time in more than a decade, GoDaddy won't be advertising on the Super Bowl this year after critics last year shamed the web hosting company for featuring a puppy being sold online. While...
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Here’s What’s Behind Tesla’s Long, Slow Stock Slide
Shares in electric car maker Tesla have slid to a two-year low and are close to trading at half the price they did at their peak in 2014. The dip comes less than a week before Tesla announces its...
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GM Unveils an All-Electric Car for Europe
GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra unveiled a new all-electric car for the European market on Thursday that looks very familiar. Strip off the branding and the new Opel Ampera-e could be mistaken for...
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GM’s Electric Car Ambitions Are Reshaping the Company
Half of the 8,600 designers and engineers who work on the products and controls that make GM cars and trucks move--literally--are involved with alternative and electric propulsion systems. The...
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GM Could Cancel $1.6 Billion Investment in Brazil
General Motors Co will reconsider plans for new investment in Brazil if the economic and political situation does not improve, the company’s president Dan Ammann said in an interview published on...
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Google To Headline Congressional Hearing About Self-Driving Cars
(Reuters) – The director of the Google self-driving car project and auto industry executives will testify before Congress next week on efforts to develop safe and effective autonomous cars. Senator...
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Why Big Retailers Are Going Solar
Years ago, big retailers and tech companies installed solar panels as a way to take an environmental stance. But these days it’s often an economic choice that is fueled by the promise of lower and less...
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GM Buying Self-Driving Tech Startup for More Than $1 Billion
General Motors GM this morning announced that it will acquire Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based developer of autonomous vehicle technology. No financial terms were disclosed, but Fortune has...
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You Can Buy This Self-Driving Car for $20,000
General Motors gm Friday made news for the high price it paid for a startup that develops self-driving technology. It forked over more than $1 billion for Cruise Automation, which most recently was...
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GM, Lyft Deepen Partnership With Short-Term Car Rental Service
General Motors and new business partner Lyft are launching a short-term car rental program aimed at bringing on more drivers to the ride-hailing service. The Express Drive program, which will kick off...
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