/Film: Overture Films will release Capitalism: A Love Story on October 2nd 2009, a year and a day after the United States Senate voted to approve the $700 billion bailout. It is also the same week that Moore’s feature debut
Car promo USA Today: Dave Barthmuss, a General Motors spokesman, said the promotion might surprise some “because you don’t see it in the mainstream.”
On a trip that included a leg in a Blackhawk helicopter, I stepped off a KLM jet at LAX Monday after nearly a day in the air and found that apparently, during a short 9-day absence, my country had gone
In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: China, Venezuela, The Fairness Doctrine, General Motors, President Obama, Minnesota Voters, Climate Change, Al Gore, Bob Woodward, the NBA, and Britney Spears. [youtube qm0nbRrDdS0 no link]
AP: General Motors Corp. took a key step toward its downsizing on Tuesday, striking a tentative deal to sell its Hummer brand, while also revealing that it has potential buyers for its Saturn and Saab brands. GM has a tenatative
Barack Obama yesterday announced that auto giant General Motors has failed to take the restructuring steps necessary to remain viable and solvent. They will enter into chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Don’t we wish we’d seen that coming before we loaned
This week Chrysler will ask a bankruptcy court to approve its sale to Fiat. General Motors has a June 1 deadline to restructure or face bankruptcy.
AP: Toyota Motor, the world’s top automaker, announced Friday a 4.4-billion dollar annual loss, its first ever, and warned it would plunge deeper into the red as car sales collapse during the recession. Toyota lost 765.8 billion yen (7.7 billion
Small GM Bondholders: Deal Will Wipe Us Out Associated Press Apr. 29, 2009. 11:33 PM EST A group of individuals who rely on General Motors bonds to pay their living expenses and other co… More A group of individuals who
WSJ: General Motors Corp. is teaming with Segway Inc., maker of the upright, self-balancing scooters, to build a new type of two-wheeled vehicle designed to move easily through congested urban streets. The machine, which GM says it aims to develop
No matter what I’m doing now or what I do in the future, I’ll probably always be known as the guy who made “Michael Moore Hates America.” I often wonder why I picked a fight with Moore. I mean really,
The Insider: Here is Beyonce performing at General Motors Place in Vancouver last night as she kicked off her I Am †Sasha Fierce concert. It was non-stop crazy! Check out the ‘fierce’ men in yellow shrink wrap.
Washington Post: General Motors chairman and chief executive G. Richard Wagoner is resigning at the request of the White House, clearing the way for the Obama administration to offer the company more federal aid.
AP: Chrysler LLC announced it is closing all its North American manufacturing plants for at least a month as it, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. await word on government action.
Executives from the beleaguered U.S. auto industry are driving into the nation’s capital with their hands out for $34 billion in government aid. General Motors is looking for $18 billion in government loans and credit loans, Ford wants $9 billion,
AP: Early versions of the Chevrolet Volt’s battery packs are generating enough juice to run the rechargeable car that General Motors hopes to start selling in 2010, but dozens of issues remain before the revolutionary vehicle appears in showrooms.
Toyota may have fallen short of General Motors in global vehicle sales last year, but it’s beaten its U.S. rival in another measure—global vehicle production.
General Motors to report -5.6%; Ford Motor -7.8%; and Chrysler -7.9%.