- Detroit Breakdown -
[Posted on November 20, 2009 at 1:35 PM]
Deutsche Bank's Eydenberg says more private equity firms mayseek public market exits for portfolio companies in 2010 .
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[Posted on November 18, 2009 at 3:35 PM]
Ron Bloom, the head of the White House automotive task force, reiterated the government's desire to reduce its majority stake in General Motors Co., telling Reuters the automaker could launch
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[Posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:13 PM]
Opel workers want GM to give them more power by changing the European automaker's incorporation status from 'GmbH' to 'AG.' But GM is not likely to comply.
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[Posted on November 10, 2009 at 11:37 AM]
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Thanks to Volkswagen's merger with Porsche, the combined company has finally sped past Toyota to become the world's largest automaker.
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[Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM]
General Motors Co. CEO Fritz Henderson kicked off a sales challenge worthy of the slickest used car dealer on Monday, traveling to Germany to meet with leaders of the company's
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[Posted on November 6, 2009 at 4:00 PM]
General Motors Co. appears set to bring in a new team to lead the overhaul of its German Adam Opel GmbH unit.The Detroit-based automaker, which earlier this week called off
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[Posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:59 PM]
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GM's decision to renege on its plan to sell its Opel unit is a strong statement from the board that it is it, not the U.S. Government, who is running
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[Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:22 PM]
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Obama administration pay czar Kenneth Feinberg's pay cuts may not be 'vindictive,' but his rationale may be dangerous.
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[Posted on October 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM]
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As expected, venture funded Fisker Automotive announced the purchase of a production facility in Wilmington, Del., from the old General Motors.
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[Posted on October 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM]
Much has been made of the assertiveness shown by the board of General Motors Co. in critiquing the automaker's post-bankruptcy revitalization plan. In a Wall Street Journal piece Friday, the
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[Posted on October 14, 2009 at 2:11 PM]
With the sale by General Motors Co. of a majority stake in Adam Opel GmbH now looking like it will finally close, the Financial Times on Wednesday published a big
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[Posted on October 9, 2009 at 5:00 PM]
Ford Motor Co. is reportedly nearing a deal with the United Auto Workers on labor-contract revisions aimed at bringing Ford's costs in line with those of crosstown rivals General Motors
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Complete Detroit Breakdown Archives
- Chrysler shakes up brands, management ranks
- Wheego's McQuary on the future of cars
- GM, dealers, take to the Web -- with mixed results
- Rep. Hoyer plays politics with GM, Chrysler
- GM Saturn sale near close; Opel not so much
- Leftover Chrysler assets still a burden
- Ford plays catch-up in China
- Dealmaker trades in DB7 for Corolla?
- Magna drives into Russian feud
- E-car startup Fisker gets $528M in gov't loans
- Fiat targets luxury for Chrysler brand
- Penske bets legacy, but not business, on Saturn
- GM pulls American Axle back from brink
- Fiat hits Chrysler speedbump
- GM's Opel headache not cured yet
- GM board will seek new CFO as Young exits
- IP questions surface in GM Hummer auction as well
- Opel opus from Spiegel lifts curtain on auction
- Opel update: RHJ increases its bid
- GM, Opel and Germany's political calendar
- Busted auto deals drive off Cerberus investors
- Talking and talking and talking about Opel
- Toyota officially moves to shutter Nummi
- Chrysler, Nissan end vehicle development JV
- Toyota downsizing, facing market realities
- Costume company jumps into electric car biz
- China's BYD to bring electric cars to U.S. next year
- Rocky Opel auction limits GM's options
- Do politics favor GM keeping Opel?
- Chrysler deputy CEO Jim Press prepares exit
- Who is buying old GM stock?
- Tesla co-founder drops suit
- Transportation Sec: Dealers will get clunker money
- Creditors of old Chrysler sue Daimler
- Report: Toyota to shut Nummi down in 2010
- Leaked GM memo details organizational changes
- GM-eBay: Promise & peril of selling cars on Web
- GM could go public next July, or not
- Dimon learns lesson from Mullaly
- Ford to suppliers: Get healthy now
- E-car grants: What will we get for $2.4B?
- Opel auction plot is thick, and rich in rumours
- Ford on course to break even in 2011
- Teaching Detroit educators a fiscal lesson
- Deal Stocks: GS, CIT, UBS, BAC, BX, PEP, TRMP
- Comment from a coulda-been GM chairman
- Deal Stocks: BAC, C, GOOG, AAPL, BCS, HBC, F
- John Doerr, Jeff Immelt on green tech 'crisis'
- Volvo auction slowdown and RHJ's Barone
- No Opel buyback, GM exec says on blog
- Opel auction gets even more public -- and heated
- Delphi case turns tables on Obama task force
- Porsche's Wiedeking drives off with $71M
- Roll Call: The Auto Edition
- Marchionne on Chrysler integration, profitability
- Publicis' GM exposure is less than anticipated
- South Korea's Ssangyong: Too-small-to-survive?
- Toyota exec: No decision yet on Nummi plant
- No Opel buyback for GM, says econ minister
- House committee digs deeper into auto restructurings
- Chrysler fires back against terminated dealers
- Compromise in auto dealer termination fight?
- Nummi's days numbered?
- Hummer deal review begins in Beijing
- Rattner out as White House car czar
- GM's Lutz tweaks Toyota
- Toyota could shutter Nummi plant
- Opel suitors are speaking up
- McDonald's waits on Ford, Nissan EVs
- Gordian's Kaufman on GM's rebirth
- New tech key for new GM
- Karl Rove: Whitacre an 'astute pick' for GM
- GM speeds out of bankruptcy
- Bidders get their last chance at Delphi
- An appeal of GM's sale is a nonstarter
- Congress v. bankruptcy law in bid to protect dealers
- Kleiner Perkins' Big Three of electric cars?
- BAIC: Big plans for Opel in China
- Chrysler fills board with dealmakers
- Opel's Chinese suitor
- Judge's decision approving GM restructuring
- Can auto dealers fight back?
- As new GM takes shape, another call for gas tax
- Toyota's Nummi dilemma
- GM speculation about Opel, Toyota continues
- ArvinMeritor unloads light-vehicle business
- India launch for Tata's Jaguar, Land Rover
- Automakers' best years still to come?
- CEO: Hertz 'scrambling' to buy cars
- Chrysler's lesson to GM: Why fight the feds?
- Fiat CEO putting his stamp on Chrysler
- Ford skipped bailout, now gets $5.9B from DoE
- Ad firms waiting for GM's check in the mail
- Nissan's Ghosn 'not worried' about selling e-cars
- Another auto exec calls for gas tax measure
- Detroit quality improving, but Toyota still best
- Foreigners to outbuild Detroit in North America?
- Porsche rejected for $2.4B in car financing
- GM reportedly still talking to other bidders about Opel
- Mom & pop trip up GM restructuring
- Tweet a dealmaker this Friday
- Detroit insider Girsky named to GM board
- GM: Clubbed by reality, says prof
- Doerr, Pickens invest in V-Vehicle
- Koenigsegg latest unknown to buy GM asset
- Doerr lines up another electric car venture
- Qatar's getting a new $3.45B Porsche
- Russia's GAZ puts former GM exec in driver's seat
- Honda open to GM partnership
- Forgotten voices in GM want to be heard
- Cerberus' Nardelli has parting words for Chrysler
- Gentler words get GM's unsecured onboard
- Stays of Chrysler sale went above and beyond
- Marchionne's letter to Chrysler employees
- Pontiac isn't dead yet
- Marchionne on Chrysler-Fiat closing
- The many perils of mixing gov't and business
- Investors want speedy payment on GM swaps
- LG Chem spends $799M on batteries
- Why Ed Whitacre as GM's new chairman?
- Chrysler dealerships close up shop
- Fiat would have been foolish to fuss
- Political blame game in GM restructuring
- Penske's different kind of car company
- GM's rebranding challenge
- Penske's plans for GM's Saturn brand
- China may block Hummer sale, Saturn sold
- Poll: Chrysler conspiracy theories
- Penske reportedly wins Saturn auction
- Sberbank buys Opel stake to sell it
- Romney to save GM?
- GM lays down the law with its dealers
- Magna not bidding on Saturn
- GM Ch. 11: Gordian's Kaufman on govt intervention
- Hummer a rocky deal for Sichuan Tengzhong?
- May auto sales: Steep declines in the rear view mirror?
- GM: What kind of company two years out?
- GM signs MOU for Hummer sale
- GM's Ch. 11: Gordian's Kaufman on the road ahead
- Magna chair's comments fuels Saturn rumors
- GM bankruptcy by the numbers
- Media industry feels pain of GM bankruptcy
- The Deal and GM: You read it first here
- GM finally attracts some high-pots
- PE firms exposed to GM filing
- Auto bankruptcies, politics and dealer closings
- GM in bankruptcy: What to watch
- GM files Ch. 11
- Gordian's Kaufman on a GM bankruptcy
- A GM bankruptcy filing made mundane
- GM's expected Ch. 11 could drive up legal fees
- Nutty 9/11 references help overheat Chrysler debate
- Detroit dissed on bankruptcy filings
- Visteon bankruptcy yet another headache for Ford
- Proskauer's Marwil on a GM bankruptcy
- Saturn bidder assembles team of auto industry vets
- Payday! GM pays 90,000 workers early
- Lehman's case a study for Chrysler
- Chrysler requests funds for electric vehicle R&D
- GM's secured lenders breathe easier
- UAW asks members for big concessions
- Alec Baldwin clarifies his auto industry policies
- Chrysler names Kidder chairman
- Magna to replace Chrysler in Big Three?
- Magna International kicking Saturn's tires?
- Opel and Saturn to stay hitched?
- Daimler's tighter Tesla ties
- Chrysler dealers and Pepsi bottlers
- Saab says three bidders left
- New emission rules both bad and good for Detroit
- Blueprint for compromise in GM/UAW dispute?
- GM China plan exposes conflict with UAW
- Bankruptcy sends Chrysler resale values down
- GM insiders sell shares, outsiders follow
- Cross-border auto bailouts: More arguments ahead?
- Chrysler's holdout hedge funds outed
- GM, Chrysler: Capital vs. labor, yet again
- Buffett warns of Chrysler cramdown ramifications
- Chrysler HQ to become a mall?
- Taxpayers shell out $300K per Chrysler job
- GM could take Delphi along for bailout ride
- Does Chrysler portend tighter capital?
- Auto sales down in April, but Detroit hopeful
- Jones Day's rates in the Chrysler case
- Is bankruptcy Chrysler's best hope?
- Nardelli familiar with hedge fund fire
- Chrysler: The credit market precedent
- Chrysler Ch. 11 filing doesn't rattle markets
- Proskauer's Marwil on Chrysler's, GM's future
- Is Chrysler PE's worst deal ever?
- Chrysler bankruptcy petition document
- Who is to blame if Chrysler files?
- Chrysler commentary: Bankruptcy better anyway
- Midmarket auto suppliers eye aerospace work
- Is bankruptcy Chrysler's best hope?
- Chrysler on brink: Obama vs. 'money people'
- Honda Motor shores up Pioneer, its GPS supplier
- Hurdles remain for Chrysler
- GM, Chrysler venue hunting Ch. 11 filings
- Pontiac demise means uncertainty for GM-Toyota JV
- GM surges on possibility of more government aid
- White House gives GM restructuring plan thumbs up
- GM, Chrysler should file in Detroit
- Debt revamps hindered by credit default swaps
- Chrysler UAW deal puts spotlight on lenders
- Chrysler, Canadian union closing in on a deal
- When Renault bought Samsung
- Chrysler Financial refuses TARP, but reason is unclear
- GM hopes to raise $652M to fund Opel recovery
- AIG, Fannie & Freddie biggest Fortune 500 losers
- Hiring: GMAC scoops up BofA employees
- Last call to see Big Three in NYC
- What fallout from Rattner's involvement in NY inquiry?
- GM's new chairman talks to media, warns of bankruptcy
- GE increases A123Systems stake, adds board member
- Hummer auction goes to the finish line
- Automakers launch supplier aid program
- PUMA will save GM?
- A123Systems positions for electric car battle
- GM's Opel unit may get cash from Abu Dhabi
- Bloomberg aide says NYC could face GM-scenario
- China's (and GM's) electric car ambitions
- Obama stuns G-20 by firing Daimler's Zetsche
- Bankruptcy may be White House's preferred path for GM
- White House auto advisers, like many Americans, prefer imports
- GM's deadline gives Opel (and Merkel) breathing room
- Porsche drives off with $9B
- Fiat and Chrysler: renegotiation under the gun
- Should bank CEOs worry about Wagoner resignation?
- No progress in Chrysler talks with Canadian union
- GM exec's fill up on taxpayer's dime
- GM rally belies rocky road ahead for shareholders
- Tesla, Fisker driving on the wrong road?
- Quadrangle cans fund after personnel loses
- Ford discussing deals for Volvo sale
- Chrysler, union open talks aimed at keeping the automaker in Canada
- Rattner's remarks point away from automaker bankruptcies
- Ford: No issue with supplier payments
- Auto suppliers get a lifeline from Washington
- When Ford almost bought BMW
- Chrysler looking far and wide for assistance
- Liddy: Looking out for us?
- AIG starts layoffs; some flee with cash
- GM's Wagoner optimistic out-of-court restructuring will work
- Oprah for car czar?
- Car czar's bankruptcy talk sounds like an empty threat
- Chrysler says Fiat joint venture worth as much as $10 billion
- Compass Automotive buys Citation, hints at more deals
- American Axle the latest auto supplier fighting for survival
- PSA-Fiat-Chrysler? What does auto task force think?
- GM declines $2B as restructuring gains traction
- GM Europe dealers consider investment in restructured unit
- Ford reaches labor-cost parity with foreign rivals
- Germany's Merkel open to helping Opel, GM
- RV makers hit the road to Ch. 11
- Senators push for GM bankruptcy
- What would a GM bankruptcy look like?
- So how will Rattner and Bloom travel to Detroit?
- Recession: The view from rental car biz
- Fiat leader takes case for Chrysler alliance to Washington
- CDS holders push hard for distressed defaults
- GM's Lutz suggests Volvo-Saab merger
- GM's Opel unit details possible cuts
- Recession's end? Six signs to look for
- GM confirms deal to buy steering unit from Delphi
- GM flexible on Opel, but not on Chrysler
- Opel wants state-owned bank to buy 25% stake
- GM's Opel unit moves closer to bailout
- Vent your recession aggression
- Pardus Capital's adventures in autoparts and airlines
- Report: Ford could shed its Volvo brand by Easter
- Chrysler meets with government task force
- Recycling an old idea: Steve Jobs at GM
- China pushes auto M&A to create 'Big 10'
- GM asks Saturn dealers for more time
- Achtung! Why the feds should watch Germany
- Steven Rattner goes to Washington
- No need to change bankruptcy laws for GM
- Kid Rock brews a deal
- GM restructuring forces Saab bankruptcy
- The Saturn saga and GM's tragic lack of focus
- A tale of two GM units
- How long will GM keep brainwashing Congress?
- Swedes to GM: Why should we have to save Saab?
- GM bailout checklist
- Chrysler bailout checklist
- Chrysler asks for another $2B
- GM considers Chapter 11, Obama picks panel over car czar
- House leaders spell out auto conditions
- Platinum Equity a finalist in GM Hummer auction
- Distressed Investing 2009: Saybrook's Rosenthal on government bailouts
- Nissan taps brakes on Chrysler deal
- Ford sees U.S. auto industry stabilizing
- Renault deepens Nissan ties as Sarkozy calls for in-sourcing
- GM talks deals, senators call for panel instead of car czar
- Chrysler to dealers: Buy more cars
- China's Geely out of Volvo auction
- Chrysler has bidders for Viper unit
- Country singer John Rich has a hit blasting bailouts
- Auto sales fall below morbid expectations
- Organization of Lithium Exporting Countries?
- Fiat's very public due diligence on Chrysler
- Johnson Controls JV wins Ford battery deal
- Will Ford need Fed help? Is Renault back in Volvo talks?
- Distressed Investing 2009: Houlihan Lokey's Niemann on the auto bailout
- Auto suppliers align; others seek federal assistance
- Ford burns billions, won't seek aid barring 'significant event'
- Is Fiat buying a stake in Peugeot?
- Chrysler won't say 'Hasta la vista, baby' to Hollywood
- Another Toyoda takes the wheel at Toyota
- Fiat's reversal of fortune
- Chrysler Financial lands $1.5B in new TARP funds
- Electric car battery makers jostle for position
- Inside The Deal: Winston & Strawn's Jeff Marwil on bankruptcy for GM, Chrysler
- David Stockman and the difficulties of white-collar prosecution
- Is GM going bust, or green? Or maybe both?
- Is GM driving toward bankruptcy?
- GM could have trouble hitting bailout targets
- Will Maxim keep Steve Rattner from becoming car czar?
- As sales slow, automakers look to JVs to round out R&D
- Does GM have no sense of reality?
- GM China JV feels auto slump
- Deal Stocks: Auto investors are given lemons, but make lemonade
- Subaru actually made money in the U.S. last year
- GMAC becomes a bank holding company and gets $6 billion
- From Bankruptcy Bill: General Motors bankruptcy
- Jaguar Land Rover gets cash injection from Tata
- Toyota forecasts first loss since World War II
- Are the short-term loans for automakers a waste?
- President Bush gives $17.4B in TARP to Detroit
- Rumor: Geely Automobile interested in buying Volvo
- Britain may bail out Jaguar, Land Rover
- Chrysler to idle plants for a month
- GM halts construction at plant key to its green future
- Ford execs say things are looking up
- The import of GM's moves in China, Mexico
- Survey: Even in bankruptcy, GM would have buyers
- Report: AM General could buy back Hummer
- U.S., foreign automakers cut production amid slowdown
- M&A Outlook 2009: Irving Place's Howard on government regulation and the auto bailout
- Supersizing a GM bankruptcy
- Winston & Strawn's Jeff Marwil on a GM bankruptcy
- Auto watch: Markets endure fender bender on possible GM bankruptcy
- UAW blames Senate Republicans, urges White House action
- GM's all-star bankruptcy advisers
- White House on auto bailout: 'The federal government may need to step in'
- Auto bailout fails ... credit markets shrug
- Swedish bailout could drive interest in Volvo, Saab auctions
- GOP senators' auto alternative offers distinction without difference
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