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Mary Barra, GM's executive vice president of global product development, global purchasing and supply chain, on Tuesday was named GM's new CEO effective Jan. 15, replacing GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson, 65, who is retiring.

The Detroit company said Thursday that it is selling all 24.8 million shares of PSA to institutional investors.

GM's luxury brand is getting a shot of free PR and youth appeal thanks to a couple of current pop songs that extol the mystique of Cadillacs.

Stumbling on a Craigslist ad and having good instincts led Detroit rock group Dead in 5 to land a soundtrack deal for the movie "Pro-Wrestlers vs. Zombies."

GM said Wednesday it will stop making cars and engines in Australia by the end of 2017 because of high production costs.

Ford Motor Co's board of directors plans to press Chief Executive Alan Mulally soon for a decision on his future, as speculation intensifies that he may be offered the job of CEO at Microsoft Corp. Mulally, 68, is one of a handful of candidates still in contention for the Microsoft role, according to several sources close to the technology giant, ... (more)

Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls acquired the former Frick Co. as part of the 3.2 billion acquisition of York International in 2005.

Bing addressed business and civic leaders Wednesday in his last formal speech as mayor.

A federal judge said General Motors Co is not required to pay $450 million to cover medical benefits for retirees, in a defeat for the United Auto Workers union.

A former Fortune 500 executive who lives in New Hampshire is set to be arraigned on charges that he caused a crash that killed a Vermont couple.

B2Gold Corp. . Miner. Up 15 cents, or 7.01 per cent, at $2.29 on 8.54 million shares.

General Motors Co said it would stop making cars in Australia by 2017 due to high costs and a cripplingly strong currency, fuelling fears rival Toyota Motor Corp will follow suit and put the entire local autos industry at risk.

The move to make these living room devices just a cheap and simple way to connect to a smarter computing device or cloud service strikes me as the right way to go.

A judge on Tuesday said that automaker General Motors has no legal obligation to make a $450 million payment for medical benefits for certain blue-collar retirees.

General Motors Co. said today that the giant, downtown Detroit complex, which includes GM's headquarters as well as a hotel and nearly 60 other businesses, restaurants and retailers, is no longer sending its wasteto a landfill.

Americans spent more money on new cars last month than in any November in history, driving new-car sales to more post-recession highs.

General Motors on Tuesday promoted insider Mary Barra to serve as the new chief executive officer, the first female head of a major U.S. automaker.

Barra, 51, will replace Dan Akerson on Jan. 15. Akerson, chairman and CEO, moved up his retirement plans by several months because his wife, Karin, is battling advanced cancer, the company said in a statement Tuesday.

A worker cleans the Mercedes-Benz ML350 CDi 4Matic at the company's booth during Guangzhou 2013 Auto Show in China's southern city of Guangzhou, Nov. 21, 2013.

FWT, Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless communication infrastructure products, announced today that it has received ISO-9001 certification from the International Standards Organization for the design and manufacturing of communications towers.