News Topic - General Motors
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Windshield technology for aging drivers
General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it, so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly.
MyDesert.com – Jul 17, 2008 8:51 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: California: Palm Springs
General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it, so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly.
MyDesert.com – Jul 17, 2008 8:51 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: California: Palm Springs
Strike may delay GM plant startup in Tenn.
SPRING HILL, Tenn. - Workers for a company that builds seats and consoles for the new crossover utility vehicle that will be built at General Motors Corp.'s Spring Hill, Tenn., plant have gone on strike.
Lansing State Journal – Jul 17, 2008 8:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Lansing
SPRING HILL, Tenn. - Workers for a company that builds seats and consoles for the new crossover utility vehicle that will be built at General Motors Corp.'s Spring Hill, Tenn., plant have gone on strike.
Lansing State Journal – Jul 17, 2008 8:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Lansing
GM shares surge along with broader market
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Corp. shares jumped more than 13% to $13 on Thursday, hitting their highest point since the beginning of the month as Wall Street continues to digest the automaker's recent cutbacks. Earlier this week, GM announced plans to suspend its dividend, slash white-collar costs and tap capital markets to help improve its liquidity amid the brutal car-selling climate in the U.S. A rally in the broader market helped boost the stock, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, of which GM is a component, surging 160 points. Ford Motor Co. saw its shares move up fractionally to $5.53.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
MarketWatch.com – Jul 17, 2008 7:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Business: Markets
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Corp. shares jumped more than 13% to $13 on Thursday, hitting their highest point since the beginning of the month as Wall Street continues to digest the automaker's recent cutbacks. Earlier this week, GM announced plans to suspend its dividend, slash white-collar costs and tap capital markets to help improve its liquidity amid the brutal car-selling climate in the U.S. A rally in the broader market helped boost the stock, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, of which GM is a component, surging 160 points. Ford Motor Co. saw its shares move up fractionally to $5.53.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
MarketWatch.com – Jul 17, 2008 7:39 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Business: Markets
Summary Box: High-tech windshields aid vision
ILLUMINATING IDEA: General Motors Corp. is developing a high-tech windshield that makes road hazards easier to see. For example, during a foggy drive, it could project a blue line onto...
WOODTV.com – Jul 17, 2008 6:41 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Grand Rapids
ILLUMINATING IDEA: General Motors Corp. is developing a high-tech windshield that makes road hazards easier to see. For example, during a foggy drive, it could project a blue line onto...
WOODTV.com – Jul 17, 2008 6:41 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Grand Rapids
GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision
WARREN, Mich. -- When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick. General Motors Corp.
WOODTV.com – Jul 17, 2008 6:41 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Grand Rapids
WARREN, Mich. -- When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick. General Motors Corp.
WOODTV.com – Jul 17, 2008 6:41 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Grand Rapids
Oven mitts help metro Detroiter on 'Project Runway'
Good news: The guy from metro Detroit survived the first episode of Oops, there go Jerry's bragging rights.With 15 designers left, itThu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:00 EDThttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/307170008/1002/NEWS01Judge blocks questioning of Detroit reportershttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170359/1002/NEWS01DETROIT - A judge has barred lawyers for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his ex-chief of staff from questioning reporters from the Detroit Free Press about sexually explicit text messages.Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:13:00 EDThttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170359/1002/NEWS01Detroit holds Ozone Action Dayhttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/307170007/1002/NEWS01Metro Detroit is holding its second Ozone Action Day of the summer today.The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments said todayThu, 17 Jul 2008 12:06:00 EDThttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/307170007/1002/NEWS01GM plans to sell Chinese-made minivans in Peruhttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170360/1002/NEWS01BEIJING - General Motors Corp. says one of its Chinese joint ventures has begun exporting Chevrolet minivans to Peru, adding to global automakers' small but growing vehicle exports from China.Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170360/1002/NEWS01
Lansing State Journal – Jul 17, 2008 4:56 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Lansing
Good news: The guy from metro Detroit survived the first episode of Oops, there go Jerry's bragging rights.With 15 designers left, itThu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:00 EDThttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/307170008/1002/NEWS01Judge blocks questioning of Detroit reportershttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170359/1002/NEWS01DETROIT - A judge has barred lawyers for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his ex-chief of staff from questioning reporters from the Detroit Free Press about sexually explicit text messages.Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:13:00 EDThttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170359/1002/NEWS01Detroit holds Ozone Action Dayhttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/307170007/1002/NEWS01Metro Detroit is holding its second Ozone Action Day of the summer today.The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments said todayThu, 17 Jul 2008 12:06:00 EDThttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/307170007/1002/NEWS01GM plans to sell Chinese-made minivans in Peruhttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170360/1002/NEWS01BEIJING - General Motors Corp. says one of its Chinese joint ventures has begun exporting Chevrolet minivans to Peru, adding to global automakers' small but growing vehicle exports from China.Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/NEWS01/807170360/1002/NEWS01
Lansing State Journal – Jul 17, 2008 4:56 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Lansing
General Motors Will Replace Retiree Health Benefits For Non-Union Workers With Monthly Pension Supplement
General Motors on Tuesday, as part of a plan to increase its liquidity by $15 billion, announced that it will eliminate health care benefits for non-union retirees older than age 65, the New York Times reports (Vlasic, New York Times, 7/16).
Medical News Today – Jul 17, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Health: Seniors
General Motors on Tuesday, as part of a plan to increase its liquidity by $15 billion, announced that it will eliminate health care benefits for non-union retirees older than age 65, the New York Times reports (Vlasic, New York Times, 7/16).
Medical News Today – Jul 17, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Health: Seniors
Mich Loses Utility Plant to Vermont
You win some, you lose some. Despite word this week that General Motors was planning to cut white collar jobs, and news of 4,800 jobs coming to Michigan, the jobs rollercoaster has dipped down again.
WWJ Newsradio 950 – Jul 17, 2008 3:56 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Detroit
You win some, you lose some. Despite word this week that General Motors was planning to cut white collar jobs, and news of 4,800 jobs coming to Michigan, the jobs rollercoaster has dipped down again.
WWJ Newsradio 950 – Jul 17, 2008 3:56 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Detroit
General Motors cutting back on NASCAR spending
General Motors cutting back on NASCAR spending
WZZM13.com – Jul 17, 2008 2:38 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Grand Rapids
General Motors cutting back on NASCAR spending
WZZM13.com – Jul 17, 2008 2:38 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Grand Rapids
GM Plans To Sell Chinese-Made Minivans In PeruGeneral Motors Corp. said one of its Chinese joint ventures has begun exporting Chevrolet minivans to Peru, adding to global automakers' small but growing vehicle exports from China.
ClickOnDetroit.com – Jul 17, 2008 2:23 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Detroit