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General Motors and Chrysler urged lawmakers Thursday to block legislation that would prevent them from consolidating their dealership networks, warning it would complicate their emergence from government-led bankruptcies.

The book on Fritz Henderson is that the General Motors Corp. CEO, a company lifer, has what it takes to shape the "new GM" into what it has never been: a lean, cost-efficient automaker in its home market.

The Senate voted Wednesday to require actual fencing along 700 miles of the border with Mexico rather than vehicle barriers and high-tech equipment.

Despite a federal court's pivotal ruling in the General Motors Corp. bankruptcy, the fate of properties like GM's idled Moraine assembly plant could be tied up for months or even years.

Brent Miles, president of Wyandotte Economic Development Council, says he hopes the Fairfax General Motors Corp.

General Motors Corp. will hold on to two Lansing-area assembly plants and a local parts warehouse under an asset sale approved by a federal bankruptcy court in New York.

The Associated Press 5 comments The U.S. flag flies at the Burt GM auto dealer in Denver June 1, 2009.

General Motors is on track to launch a plug-in sport-utility vehicle in 2011 despite scrapping its Saturn brand as part of a sweeping reorganization in bankruptcy, according to the automaker's product chief.

A restructured General Motors Corp will get the remaining $20 billion in government bankruptcy financing over the rest of this year and could be ready to launch an initial public stock offering in early 2010, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.

A federal judge over the weekend approved the sale of substantially all of General Motors Corp.

A bankruptcy judge said late Sunday that General Motors Corp. can sell the bulk of its assets to a new company, clearing the way for the automaker to quickly emerge from bankruptcy protection.

The U.S. government's $50 billion investment in General Motors Corp. will take years to recoup under the best of circumstances, industry analysts said.

A summary of developments in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of General Motors Corp.

General Motors Corp. confirmed yesterday it has received a non-binding offer from a Chinese concern for its Opel division.

Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Los Angeles -- For all its miscues at home, General Motors Corp.

File - A pickup truck moves by the main entrance to the General Motors plant in Doraville, Ga.

Hitachi Ltd. announced that it will sharply raise production capacity for lithium-ion batteries in order to meet what it describes as a growing demand for gas-electric cars.

Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will supply lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles to General Motors Corp.

Chinese carmaker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co plans to present a detailed bid for General Motors Corp's Opel unit in the next few days, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

DETROIT U.S. sales at Ford and Chrysler last month offered sharply different views on the downtrodden U.S. market for cars and trucks, while General Motors Corp.