7 hrs ago | Lansing State Journal
GM strike starting to hit some customers
“The strike is making many other potential Enclave buyers deal with the very same choices I've had to mull over the past few weeks.”
Dealers and car buyers are starting to feel the pain of a strike at General Motors Corp's Lansing Delta Township plant that is nearly a month old. via Lansing State Journal
16 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press
“I would not want to predict how long this thing's going to go”
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, not normally very talkative with news media, was a virtual chatterbox on Detroit radio airwaves in recent days, huffing and puffing about the injustices being heaped upon brave, ... via Detroit Free Press
20 hrs ago | Globeinvestor.com
U.S. auto industry is in a recession, GM exec says
“We're working hard to not be involved in those day-to-day negotiations.”
The U.S. auto industry is in a recession, General Motors Corp. president and chief operating officer Fritz Henderson said Tuesday. via Globeinvestor.com
Yesterday | Lansing State Journal
GM resumes work at 5 plants disrupted by supplier's strike
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. has resumed production at five plants affected by an 11-week strike at supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. via Lansing State Journal
Yesterday | Futureoftheunion.com
“Thank God most of our customers are GM employees. If they were regular retail customers, I can't imagine.”
They feel pinch over parts shortage, lack of diverse inventory as clients wait indefinitely for custom cars. via Futureoftheunion.com
Yesterday | Battle Creek Enquirer
Cars, events being lined up for GM's 100th anniversary
“It's too fragile. It will be a trailer queen”
Ed Hanson's 1908 Buick Model F Touring car will celebrate its and General Motors' 100th birthday on the streets of Flint. via Battle Creek Enquirer
Monday | MLive.com
GM to close Windsor, Ontario, transmission factory in 2010
“Certain business cases here are challenging.”
General Motors Corp. plans to close its Windsor, Ontario, transmission factory in the second quarter of 2010, the automaker said Monday. via MLive.com
Monday | VC Ratings
Mascoma scores $61M round to advance biofuel tech
“The challenge in the industry has been the cost of processing, and the long-term effort and outcome of research would be to produce enzymes as the feedstock ferments”
As enthusiasm for corn ethanol wanes and demand for biofuel rises, cellulosic ethanol developer Mascoma Corp. via VC Ratings
Sunday | Canada.com
Foreign automakers outselling Big Three
“It's such a new world for us, because as you well know, for the better part of the last two decades, we've been a truck and SUV company”
Foreign-based manufacturers are now selling more vehicles collectively in Canada than Detroit's traditional Big Three, as Canadians's already strong penchant for good value and fuel-sipping vehicles ... via Canada.com
Sunday May 11 | Bloomberg
Delphi Posts $589 Million Quarterly Loss as Sales to Former Parent GM Fall
Delphi Corp. , the bankrupt former auto-parts subsidiary of General Motors Corp. via Bloomberg







