GENERAL MOTORS

March sales of cars in Europe fell more than 10 percent with most major automakers seeing double-digit declines.

The growing middle class in northern and southern Africa is trading up from motorbikes and jalopies to brand-new vehicles.

Pyongyang's most recent warning to foreigners in South Korea comes a day before a previous 5-day warning expires.

Americans shrugged off the Washington political circus and continued to boost auto sales to levels unseen since before the last recession.

The Detroit giant sold 245,950 vehicles last month. Cadillac sales surged nearly 50 percent. All brands registered sales gains.

Allegedly our economy is getting better. Or at least that is what Vice President Joe Biden asserted in late 2011.

General Motors is recalling about 33,700 model-year 2013 Buick LaCrosse sedans and Cadillac SRX crossover vehicles.

General Motors has reportedly decided to change who is handling its Chevy ads, one of advertising's biggest accounts.

Three years after it nearly sold its ailing German auto company, GM says it's committed to turning it around.

General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) posts 7 percent rise in total sales in February, to 224,314 units.

Spreadtrum Communications, Dow Chemical, Fresenius Medical Care AG, General Motors, Credit Suisse Group, United Therapeutics, McDonald's Corp and Titan International Inc, are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Tuesday.

AT&T said it will rollout 4G LTE services on most vehicles from General Motors starting in 2014.

Analysts had forecast GM's 2012 profit to be $5.6 billion, or $3.26 per share. Instead it was $4.9 billion, or $2.92 per share.

G.M. 4Q results likely benefited from stronger demand, cost cuts, more-enticing cars, and a focus on successful brands.

Peugeot SA is writing down billions of euros because of its heavy exposure to the flailing European car market.

The Detroit Three and Japanese rivals began the year in the fast lane as seasonally adjusted annual sales in January topped 15 million.

The widely followed blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average finished above 14,000 for only the sixth time in its history.

A strong 2013 start is expected when automakers release January sales figures Friday after the best December since the 2008-09 recession.

Japan's No. 1 carmaker, Toyota Motor Corporation (TYO:7283), became the world's biggest carmaker in 2012 by selling more vehicles than General Motors Company (NYSE:GM).

With their increasing popularity, it was no surprise that pickup trucks were among the biggest draws at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show.

Chevrolet presented its newly redesigned Corvette Sunday night on the eve of the 2013 North American International Auto Show.