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Deal Economy 2010: Eydenberg on PE IPOs

[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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Car czar says GM IPO could happen in 2010

[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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Opel workers not likely to get their 'AG' status

[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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Volkswagen vrooms past Toyota

[Posted on November 10, 2009 at 11:37 AM]

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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GM CEO in Germany to talk about fixing Opel

[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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GM revamps Opel management for restructuring

[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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What statement is GM making?

[Posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:59 PM]

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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Parsing Feinberg's pay rationale

[Posted on October 28, 2009 at 12:22 PM]

Obama administration pay czar Kenneth Feinberg's pay cuts may not be 'vindictive,' but his rationale may be dangerous.
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Fisker buys old GM facility

[Posted on October 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM]

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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Chrysler chairman: No rubber stamp for Marchionne

[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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Opel and Russia's automotive future

[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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Ford-UAW deal close, but will members agree?

[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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