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Ally Financial Inc. has decided to apply the ‘Ally’ name to most of its consumer and dealer-related auto finance operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Tags: Ally, Ally Financial Inc., Auto Finance, auto finance operations, Canada, Gmac, Gmac Auto, Gmac Finance, Mexico, United States

At least four suitors are in the race for insolvent German supplier Karmann’s roof business, a source close to the situation said, with Canada’s Magna International Inc. leading the pack.

Tags: Canada, German Supplier, Karmann, Leads, Magna International, Magna International Inc, Suitors

A push by U.S. automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles is playing to a strength of Canada’s auto parts makers and positions them to pick up market share as the industry emerges from recession.

Tags: Auto Makers, Auto Parts, Automakers, Canada, Canadian Auto, Fuel Efficient Vehicles, Market Share, More Fuel Efficient Vehicles, Recession, United States

General Motors Co. CEO Ed Whitacre said GM has paid $1 billion to the U.S. Treasury and $192 million to the governments of Canada and the province of Ontario.

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General Motors Co. CEO Ed Whitacre said GM has paid $1 billion to the U.S. Treasury and $192 million to the governments of Canada and the province of Ontario.

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Magna International Inc. and the government of Canada said today they have partnered to build a research center aimed at developing plastic parts for next-generation environmentally friendly vehicles.

Tags: Canada, Government Canada, Government Of Canada, Magna, Magna Canada, Magna International, Magna International Inc, Next Generation, Plastics, Plastics Research

General Motors Co. still plans to repay roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada by the end of June, said Ed Whitacre, chairman and interim CEO.

Tags: Canada, Ed Whitacre, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Interim Ceo, United States, USD

Both Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. surged past General Motors Co. in Canadian new-vehicle sales in November. But GM held on to the top-selling position among automakers in Canada for the year to date.

Tags: Automakers, Both Ford Motor Co., Canada, Canada Sales, Ford, Ford Canada, Ford Motor, Ford Motor Co., Ford Toyota, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Gm Canada, Toyota, Toyota Canada, Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota Sales

Chrysler Group has tapped Meredith Integrated Marketing to manage all its customer relationship management initiatives in both the U.S. and Canada.

Tags: Canada, Chrysler, Chrysler Group, CRM, Customer Management, Customer Relationship Management, Management Initiatives, Meredith, Meredith Integrated Marketing, Taps, United States

Chrysler Group has tapped Meredith Integrated Marketing to manage all its customer relationship management initiatives in both the U.S. and Canada.

Tags: Canada, Chrysler, Chrysler Group, CRM, Customer Relationship Management, Management Initiatives, Meredith, Meredith Integrated Marketing, Taps, United States

General Motors Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp. are ending their CAMI joint assembly operation in Canada, with Suzuki selling its 50 percent stake to GM in a move that severs another tie between the partners.

Tags: Assembly Operation, Assembly Plant, Cami, Canada, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Joint Venture, Percent Stake, Suzuki, Suzuki 50, Suzuki Motor, Suzuki Motor Corp

General Motors Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp. are ending their CAMI joint assembly operation in Canada, with Suzuki selling its 50 percent stake to GM in a move that severs another tie between the partners.

Tags: Assembly Operation, Cami, Canada, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Joint Venture, Percent Stake, Suzuki, Suzuki 50, Suzuki Motor, Suzuki Motor Corp

Workers at a Johnson Controls Inc. parts plant in Canada ratified a new three-year labor deal that averted a production threat to Chrysler Group minivans, the Canadian Press reported.

Tags: Canada, Chrysler, Chrysler Group, Johnson Controls, Johnson Controls Inc, Minivans, the Canadian Press

Workers at a Johnson Controls Inc. factory in Canada that makes components for Chrysler minivans voted overwhelming in favor of a new contract over the weekend, averting a strike that could have shut down the automaker’s Windsor, Ont., minivan plant.

Tags: Automaker, Canada, Chrysler, Chrysler Minivans, Johnson Controls, Johnson Controls Inc, Minivan, New Contract, Windsor, Windsor Ont

Workers at a Johnson Controls Inc. parts plant in Canada ratified a new three-year labor deal that averted a production threat to Chrysler Group minivans, the Canadian Press reported.

Tags: Canada, Chrysler, Chrysler Group, Chrysler Minivan, Chrysler Parts, Johnson Controls, Johnson Controls Inc, Minivans, Parts Canada, the Canadian Press

Workers at a Johnson Controls Inc. plant in Canada that makes parts for Chrysler minivans are unlikely to go on strike this weekend, even if labor negotiations go past a Friday midnight deadline, the Canadian Auto Workers said.

Tags: Canada, Canadian Auto Workers, Chrysler, Chrysler Canada, Chrysler Minivans, Chrysler Parts, Johnson Controls, Johnson Controls Inc, Labor Negotiations, Midnight Deadline

Workers and management at a Johnson Controls Inc. plant in Canada that makes parts for Chrysler minivans agreed on a new three-year labor deal, CBC News reported today.

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Workers and management at a Johnson Controls Inc. plant in Canada that makes parts for Chrysler minivans agreed on a new three-year labor deal, CBC News reported today.

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Workers and management at a Johnson Controls Inc. parts plant in Canada agreed on a new three-year labor deal, averting a production threat to Chrysler Group minivans, press reports said.

Tags: Canada, Chrysler, Chrysler Group, Johnson Controls, Johnson Controls Inc, Minivans

Workers at a Johnson Controls Inc. plant in Canada that makes parts for Chrysler minivans are poised to go on strike at the end of Friday if contract negotiations fail, but the union said it was hopeful a deal with the company would be reached.

Tags: Canada, Chrysler, Chrysler Canada, Chrysler Minivans, Contract Negotiations, Faces, Johnson Controls, Johnson Controls Inc, Strike Deadline

A just-announced plan for General Motors Co. to repay roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada would be re-evaluated in June, the Obama administration’s top automotive official said.

Tags: Canada, Debt Payment, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Obama, Obama administration, United States, USD

General Motors Co. has decided to keep Opel, undoing months of painstaking negotiations to sell the European unit to a Russian-backed group led by Canada’s Magna International Inc.

Tags: Canada, Financial Health, General Motors, Gm, Magna International, Magna International Inc, Negotiations, Opel, Undoing

Here are some analysts’ reactions to General Motors Co.’s decision to keep Opel, undoing months of negotiations to sell the European unit to a Russian-backed group led by Canada’s Magna International.

Tags: Canada, General Motors, Gm, Led, Magna International, Negotiations, Opel, Undoing

Opel workers have agreed to contribute 265 million euros ($390 million) in annual savings if General Motors Co. finally sells a majority stake in its European arm to a group led by Canada’s Magna International Inc.

Tags: Canada, EUR, General Motors, General Motors Co., Led, Magna, Magna International, Magna International Inc, Majority Stake, Ok Plan, Opel, USD

U.S. factory workers at Ford Motor Co. overwhelmingly rejected proposed concessions it has said it needs to stay competitive, while union workers in Canada on Sunday accepted cuts aimed at retaining jobs.

Tags: Canada, Concessions, Ford, Ford Motor, Ford Motor Co., Jobs, Setback, UAW, United States