In light of recent tension between India and Australia, Richard Farmer calls for an alcohol-free game of cricket at Lord’s.
General Motors
Political snippets: Tensions running hot in India
The brave new post-Detroit world
The slimmed-down automaker set to emerge in GM’s wake finally calls time on the industrial era.
US autoworkers confront the awful truth
The traditional lure of a well-paid full-time job on the assembly line has all but dried up in the United States.
How would you market GM?
Marketing insiders on whether they’d take the bankrupt General Motors on as a client and how they’d market and rebrand the embattled company.
Video of the Day: GM spins bankruptcy — it’s not death, it’s “rebirth”
It’s the sound of a company struggling. In a new ad, General Motors pitches its financial problems as opportunity.
Interactive map: GM’s sphere of influence
The Detroit News’s visual display of GM’s plants and manufacturing employees, as well as suppliers and retirees in the United States and around the world.
Motor-coloured memories
NY Times’ auto blogger James Cobb gets nostaligc over GM cars. Bless.
The GM winners: lawyers, accountants, and paper-pushers
There are some people who will come out winners in the demise of GM, writes Daniel Gross.
Why GM failed
How does a company fail after 101 years of business? Daily Finance gives five reasons.
The fall of an American giant
The NY Times details the rise and fall of America’s most iconic car company.
Goodbye, GM
General Motors is on its deathbed, and filmmaker Michael Moore couldn’t be happier. He offers nine suggestions for transforming the company.
Are new cars old news in the US?
The New York Times is asking today: “Can American drivers live without that new-car smell?” The Big Money wraps the newspapers’ perspective.
Meet the new GM
It’s the new, government-owned General Motors, where bureaucrats are in the driver’s seat.
GM bankruptcy: What does it really mean?
GM are about to go under, which means a few less mansions for some executives and 20,000 workers out of work — but what does it mean for the Average Joe?
US stockmarket zombies snap out of it
Rising US bond yields have finally got the attention of stockmarket investors, triggering a reversal of Tuesday’s mindless surge in optimism and share prices, writes Glenn Dyer.
GM on the brink of bankruptcy
Bankruptcy looks all but certain for General Motors after bondholders rejected their offer to exchange $27 billion in debt for equity.
Saving Detroit, but what about creditors’ rights?
The US government, keen to protect workers, is providing taxpayers’ cash to keep GM and Chrysler afloat. But in its haste it has vilified creditors and ridden roughshod over their legitimate claims.
Pontiac put out to pasture
The Pontiac, now sacrificed on the altar of reorganisation/survival by General Motors, helped see the company through the Great Depression. The irony.
Workers sack the boss at Chrysler
The union has taken control of Chrysler, emerging with a 55% stake in the firm following its bankruptcy filing.
GM closes brands, cuts 20% of marketing staff
Marketing at General Motors is starting to resemble stuffing towels into the bow of the Titanic, as they cut staff and prepare to shut the Pontiac and Saturn brands.
GM to shut 13 car plants for summer
General Motors will shut down 13 of its 20 North American plants for several weeks of the US summer to allow its dealers to sell through their inventories.
US economy GM bankruptcy will tell the tale
The surge in markets and the increasingly optimistic tone in official comments won’t be worth much if the US economy fails to absorb the looming bankruptcy at General Motors.
From bad to worse: GM recalls 1.5m cars
The possibility of engine fires has prompted General Motors to recall nearly 1.5 million passenger sedans. The stuff-up should help them select redundancy candidates…
