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GM: Strategy OK Despite Low Sales

General Motors Corp. won't budge from its strategy of reducing rebates and other incentives just because it saw a steep sales drop in January, a top executive said Saturday.GM's sales were off 16.6 percent compared with January 2006.

Automakers Face Wide Profitability Gap

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U.S automakers face a widening gap in profitability per vehicle compared to their major Japanese rivals because of missed design opportunities, heavy discounting and high labor costs, a study released on Monday said.
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Aegis wins General Motors account

Aegis Group has won the pan European media buying and planning account for General Motors, the world's second largest spender on advertising behind Procter & Gamble
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Renault, Nissan, GM talks progress

Renault and Nissan are making progress in talks with General Motors Corp about forming a three-way alliance but the outcome is still open, Carlos Ghosn said in a newspaper interview.
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GM Urges Drivers to 'Live Green, Go Yellow'

General Motors is partnering with the state of Florida and Inland food stores to boost the use of the bio-friendly E85 ethanol fuel in a bid to promote awareness for its “Live Green, Go Yellow” campaign.
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U.S. Car Sales Expected to Keep Falling

U.S. auto sales have been slipping as domestic automakers have struggled to boost sales amid high gas prices this year - a trend that will continue into next year, industry executives and analysts said.
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Ford's new CEO gets $18.5 million to take job

Ford Motor Co.'s new chief executive Alan Mulally will receive $18.5 million in one-time compensation to join the troubled automaker, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday.
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For Big 3 sales, July takes back seat

Don't be surprised to see the Big Three automakers lower production forecasts for the rest of the year in light of soaring gasoline prices, slowing economic growth, and the sorry state of affairs in the automobile industry.
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Wagoner: Would remain GM CEO after any tie-up

General Motors Corp Chief Executive Rick Wagoner insisted on Tuesday he planned to keep his job even if the U.S. carmaker strikes a three-way alliance with rivals Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co.
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GM, Nissan CEOs to meet in July: source

General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will meet with Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Renault SA Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn in Detroit in mid-July, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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Renault Board to Discuss GM Tie-up Plan

An audacious plan for a tie-up between General Motors Corp and Renault that would create a $100 billion global auto giant was set to come before the board of the French carmaker late on Monday.
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GM says 35,000 Accept Early Retirement Package

qGeneral Motors Corp. said on Monday that 35,000 workers - or almost a third of its hourly work force - had accepted payouts to retire and leave the company, topping expectations and putting the world's largest automaker two years ahead of schedule on planned job cuts.
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More than 20,000 GM workers accept buyouts

More than 20,000 blue-collar workers at General Motors Corp. have accepted buyout offers, surpassing the automaker's internal target, with a month to go before the deadline, the Detroit News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation.
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GM Sues British Insurer for $1 Bln

Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance is being sued in Britain for about $1 billion by General Motors, the U.S. auto giant, in a long-running dispute about personal injury claims linked to asbestos, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
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GM Cuts Also Include CEO Salary

General Motors Corp.'s chief executive saw his 2005 compensation almost halved from a year earlier, the company disclosed on Friday, on the same day he promised shareholders to turn around GM's North American operations and apologized for accounting errors.

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