General Motors

Here Are Some More Yahoo CEO Choices: Liddell, Rosenblatt, Desmond

Kara Swisher in News on December 27, 2011 at 4:12 am PT

Let’s throw a few more names on the fire!

GM Signs Google Apps Pact in Initial Step Toward Cloud

Amir Efrati, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 4, 2011 at 2:02 am PT

Google Inc. has signed a deal to provide email and online-collaboration software to more than 100,000 employees at General Motors Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.

Car Makers Hope to Attract Those Who Won’t Ever Buy

Joseph B. White, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 4, 2011 at 4:09 pm PT

Several auto makers, anxious that a growing number of consumers would rather borrow cars than own them, are wading into the nascent car sharing business alongside a flock of start-ups.

Amazon's New Ad-Supported Kindle Will Start Shipping Tomorrow

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 26, 2011 at 3:31 pm PT

Amazon said during its first-quarter conference call today that it will be shipping its new Kindle with Special Offers nearly a week early.

Amazon Drops the Price on Kindle, But Ads or No Ads, Don't Get Your Hopes Up for Free

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 11, 2011 at 6:47 pm PT

Amazon has dropped the price of its latest generation of the Kindle by $25, hoping to attract a larger user base of people who will now be able to afford the e-reader. But will the Kindle ever be free?

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Amazon to Release Ad-Subsidized Kindle for $114

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 11, 2011 at 3:03 pm PT

Amazon is dropping the price of its Kindle e-reader to $114 as it faces increasing competition from Apple, Barnes & Noble and other tablets. The new price point represents a $25 price cut on the Wi-Fi version, but it comes with one major trade-off: ads. The e-reader will be sold by Amazon, Target and Best Buy starting May 3. Ads will appear on the device’s screen saver and show up as a banner on the homepage, but will not appear inside books. Initial advertisers include General Motors, Procter & Gamble and Visa.

Short Supply of Japanese Electronic Parts Hitting Global Car Industry

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 24, 2011 at 11:56 am PT

The problems plaguing the supply of electronics components in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster are reverberating into the automotive industry and causing some production lines to shut down.

GM Demystifies "What Is 230?" Viral Campaign

Marisa Taylor and Andrew LaVallee, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 11, 2009 at 9:55 am PT

General Motors pulled the curtain back on a cryptic marketing campaign, saying Tuesday that its new Chevrolet Volt would get at least 230 miles per gallon when it goes into production next year.

New Threat To The Valley: Toyota Might Close NUMMI

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on July 13, 2009 at 7:44 am PT

The carnage in the auto industry may be about to hit Silicon Valley. Toyota is considering close NUMMI, a Fremont, California vehicle-assembly plant that it has been operating jointly with General Motors.

Sirius Subscribership Injured in Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy Pile-Up

John Paczkowski in News on May 11, 2009 at 9:12 am PT

If you thought the decline in subscribers posted by Sirius XM Radio in its first quarter was ugly, you ain’t seen nothing yet. With the souring economy weighing heavy on the auto industry–a mainstay of Sirius’s business–and partner Chrysler navigating bankruptcy, the struggling company is bracing itself for continued subscriber losses in its second quarter.

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