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G.M. Executive Quits Over Opel Decision
The New York Times
| DETROIT - The head of European operations for General Motors quit on Friday after the automaker backed out of a deal to sell its Opel brand, a decision that has angered German workers and government officials. | The executive, Carl-Peter Forster, was expected to run Opel after a majority stake was...
Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6's are shown at the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich., Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. GM said it will temporarily close 20 factories across North America cutting 250,000 vehicles from its production schedule for the first quarter of 2009, which includes a cut of 60,000 vehicles announced last week. Normal production would be around 750,000 cars and trucks for the quarter
(photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
GM eyeing bailout funds to shore up Opel plant
NZ Herald
4:00AM Saturday Nov 07, 2009 | DETROIT: General Motors' top executive said yesterday that the carmaker could tap some of its US$50 billion ($69.4 billion) in US government aid to help restructure GM's European Opel unit. | The statement came as thousands of Opel workers walked off the job across Ger...
Turning Happy Hour Into a Global Job Search
The New York Times
| A baseball game was on television, the mechanical bull was waiting to thrash and dozens of women in business suits and heels were partaking liberally of after-work drink specials at Johnny Utah's, a bar in midtown Manhattan. | On another night, Mic...
GM eyeing bailout funds to shore up Opel plant
NZ Herald
4:00AM Saturday Nov 07, 2009 | DETROIT: General Motors' top executive said yesterday that the carmaker could tap some of its US$50 billion ($69.4 billion) in US government aid to help restructure GM's European Opel unit. | The statement came as thous...
France, Poland develop nuclear ties
NZ Herald
4:00AM Saturday Nov 07, 2009 | PARIS: France pledged yesterday to help Poland develop nuclear power plants and deepen co-operation on energy policy, a move which could help Poland lessen its dependence on natural gas from Russia. | Poland will send s...
CBS showcases Russian MMA star in latest bid to capture young male viewers on Saturdays
Star Tribune
| Fedor Emelianenko is ready for his close-up. | The Russian mixed martial artist will no longer be his sport's least-seen superstar after Saturday night, when CBS showcases his Strikeforce debut against Brett Rogers to a national audience. | The scr...
Mitarbeiter der Opel-Werke in Bochum blockieren am Montag, 18. Okt. 2004,
AP / Martin Meissner
GM to axe 10,000 Opel jobs
Al Jazeera
| General Motors, the US carmaker, has said it plans to cut about 10,000 jobs at Opel, its European division, a day after it announced that it had decided to retain control of the ...
Gold bullions and coins are seen on this zoomed photo in the German BW-Bank in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The prize for one ounce (31,1 grams) of gold raised up to more than 1,000 US doll
AP / Thomas Kienzle
India's $6.7bn taste for gold sends price soaring
The Times
| The gold spot price hit a new high of $1,078 an ounce yesterday after India said that it would buy 200 tonnes of the precious metal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | ...
As of 2008, Gara de Nord served about 200 trains, including domestic trains operated by Cile Ferate Romne as well as international trains to Hungary - Budapest, Bulgaria - Sofia, Varna, Republic of Moldova - Chiinu, Ukraine - Kiev, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Serbia - Belgrade, Austria - Vienna,
Creative Commons / Razvanus
Bulgaria warns Russia on oil pipeline ecology
The Guardian
SOFIA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will walk out of a Russian-backed trans-Balkan oil pipeline project if Moscow fails to provide guarantees the link would not damage Black Sea beac...
Magna focusing on core business after Opel saga
The Guardian
* Magna not looking to buy a stake in any other automakers * Q3 profit $0.45/share vs year-ago share loss of $1.93 * Sales down 16 pct to $4.67 billion * Analysts expected loss of $0.19/share, rev of $4.53 bln (Updates throughout, adds CEO comment fr...
Putin slams GM over Opel reversal
The Himalayan
| MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin slammed US auto giant GM on Thursday over its decision to cancel the sale of Opel to a Canadian-Russian consortium, saying Moscow would draw a "lesson" from the move. | "The last-minute withdrawal from ...
IMF reserve proposal may stall in emerging markets
The Guardian
* IMF common reserve proposal may not achieve rebalancing * Emerging markets unlikely to forgo accumulating reserves * Diversification out of U.S. dollars may be the answer By Ana Nicolaci da Costa BRASILIA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - An IMF proposal to build...
Finance
Chevrolet Malibu and Pontiac G6's are shown at the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich., Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. GM said it will temporarily close 20 factories across North America cutting 250,000 vehicles from its production schedule for the first quarter of 2009, which includes a cut of 60,000 vehicles announced last week. Normal production would be around 750,000 cars and trucks for the quarter
(photo: AP / Paul Sancya)
GM eyeing bailout funds to shore up Opel plant
NZ Herald
4:00AM Saturday Nov 07, 2009 | DETROIT: General Motors' top executive said yesterday that the carmaker could tap some of its US$50 billion ($69.4 billion) in US government aid to help restructure GM's European Opel unit. | The statement came as thousands of Opel workers walked off the job across Germany in protest at GM's decision to abandon the un...



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