Reuters - General Motors Corp. on Monday named a new advertising agency to market Cadillac, the first such shake-up for the luxury brand in over 70 years by the No. 1 automaker as it looks to reverse a costly loss in market share.

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A United Auto Workers official stated on Friday that about 40,000 hourly workers have accepted buyout offers and early retirement packages from General Motors Corp. and Delphi Corp. According to an AP report, about 30,000 GM employees had accepted the offers while another 10,000 Delphi employees...

The United Auto Workers union says about 37,000 hourly workers have accepted buyout offers by General Motors Corp. and Delphi Corp., the auto parts maker operating in bankruptcy, a newspaper reported Friday.

Reuters - About 37,000 hourly workers have accepted buyout offers by General Motors Corp. and Delphi Corp. , potentially giving the automaker greater cuts than expected, a newspaper said on Friday.

Reuters - General Motors had a good second quarter, its head of purchasing said on Thursday, adding that the carmaker's procurement bill should fall this year even though it expects raw material prices to stay high.

Reuters - General Motors expects to beat its vehicle sales growth forecast for China this year thanks to the strong market, Kevin Wale, president and managing director of GM China Group, told reporters on Wednesday.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. on Tuesday had its debt rating slashed deeper into junk territory by two major rating agencies after the automaker said it was offering banks collateral to renew a credit facility.

AP - Delphi Corp. has reached an agreement with its second-largest union and General Motors Corp. to offer buyouts to hourly workers that is similar to an earlier deal with the United Auto Workers union.

Reuters - A General Motors assembly plant in Portugal teetered on the brink of closure on Wednesday as the U.S. carmaker held 11th-hour rescue talks that labor leaders have dismissed as mere lip service.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. will make 25,000 cars a year from 2008 at a new factory it will build in St Petersburg as it targets Russia's booming car market, a senior executive said on Tuesday.

Reuters - General Motors staff in Europe will go on strike in a Portuguese assembly plant on Tuesday and stage protests elsewhere after talks to save the Azambuja factory failed, the carmaker's European works council said on Monday.

AP - U.S. stock market futures tilted upward Monday to start a busy week of interest-rate speculation, with General Motors seen advancing after auto parts supplier Delphi reached a deal with its union and GM over a buyout program.

AP - Suzuki Motor Corp. will dissolve its sales tie-up in Japan with General Motors Corp. and end its joint development operations in the country with the American auto maker, a news report said Sunday.

Reuters - General Motors Corp will formally launch work next week on its first fully-owned car plant in the fast-growing Russian market.

AFP - The chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Corp., Rick Wagoner, accused the Japanese government of artificially weakening its currency to blunt competition from US auto-makers.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. faces a tough market, and rising commodity costs will make it "very difficult" for the world's largest car maker to meet a $1 billion cost savings target this year, GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on Tuesday.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. on Monday said it will invest $48 million in a foundry in Bedford, Indiana, to build transmission cases and converter housings for its fuel-saving six-speed transmissions.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. on Thursday said U.S. sales fell 16 percent in May, driven by a big slump in car sales.

The two most efficient auto assembly plants in North America are a Ford plant in Atlanta and a General Motors plant in Ontario - and both of them are going to close.