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Soon after General Motors execs Ed Whitacre and Mark Reuss met with National Automobile Dealers Association officials to blame NADA for legislation that mandated arbitration for rejected GM dealers, GM drastically slashed its plans for next month’s…

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Ed Whitacre, General Motors Co.’s chairman and interim CEO, expects at least 100 GM dealerships will be restored in the arbitration process mandated by a new federal law.

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General Motors Co. today named two former ATandT executives to head its government relations activities. John Montford will be a senior adviser to GM Chairman Ed Whitacre Jr., who formerly headed ATandT.

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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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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. 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.

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General Motors Co. is negotiating the sale of Saab with just one remaining bidder, Dutch sports car maker Spyker Cars NV, GM Chairman Ed Whitacre said.

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General Motors Co.’s board is looking inside and outside the automaker for and#8220;a motivating, inspirational leaderand#8221; to be its next chief executive, said Ed Whitacre, chairman and interim CEO.

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General Motors Co. should attract a new CEO who has and#8220;a desire to lead a big company,and#8221; said Chairman Ed Whitacre, who is filling in as GM’s chief executive until the company can hire someone for the long term.

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General Motors Co. should attract a new CEO who has and#8220;a desire to lead a big company,and#8221; said Chairman Ed Whitacre, who is filling in as GM’s chief executive until the company can hire someone for the long term.

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Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally said Thursday he had talked this week with General Motors Co. Chairman and interim CEO Ed Whitacre. Mulally, who Ford hired away from Boeing Co.

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Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally said today he had talked this week with General Motors Co. Chairman and interim CEO Ed Whitacre. Mulally, who Ford hired away from Boeing Co. three years ago, did not discuss details of his conversation with Whitacre.

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General Motors Co. has and#8220;a real good candidateand#8221; for a new CFO and could have news about the appointment in two or three weeks, Chairman and interim CEO Ed Whitacre said today.

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General Motors Co. has and#8220;a real good candidateand#8221; for a new CFO and could have news about the appointment in two or three weeks, Chairman and interim CEO Ed Whitacre said today.

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After replacing Fritz Henderson as General Motors’ CEO last week, Ed Whitacre seemed to know just where to turn first. Within three days he put the vitally important North American operations in the hands of a new top lieutenant, Mark Reuss.

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To improve accountability and responsibility for market performance in North America and around the world, several key leadership changes were announced today by GM Chairman and CEO, Ed Whitacre.

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General Motors Co. will give a new role to Vice Chairman Bob Lutz as Chairman Ed Whitacre overhauls the company’s management following the ouster of CEO Fritz Henderson, news reports said.

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Three months ago, General Motors Co.’s chairman, Ed Whitacre, reportedly issued a warning to senior executives: Improve market share, sales and profits within 12 weeks — or heads will roll. Yesterday, CEO Fritz Henderson’s head did roll.

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General Motors Co. CEO Fritz Henderson has stepped down at the request of GM’s board of directors, and Chairman Ed Whitacre will replace him on an interim basis while GM searches for a new leader.

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In two years, Ed Whitacre has gone from running the largest U.S. telecommunications company to the largest U.S. automaker. And the new interim CEO of General Motors Co. has used his reputation as a bulldog and deal maker to do the job.

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In two years, Ed Whitacre has gone from running the largest U.S. telecommunications company to the largest U.S. automaker. And the new interim CEO of General Motors Co. has used his reputation as a bulldog and deal maker to do the job.

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In two years, Ed Whitacre has gone from running the largest U.S. telecommunications company to the largest U.S. automaker. And the new interim CEO of General Motors Co. has used his reputation as a bulldog and deal maker to do the job.

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General Motors Co. CEO Fritz Henderson has stepped down at the request of GM’s board of directors, and Chairman Ed Whitacre will replace him on an interim basis while GM searches for a new leader.

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At its monthly meeting in Detroit today, the General Motors Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Fritz Henderson as Director, President and CEO of the company.

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Two days after GM Chairman Ed Whitacre said the government should loosen its restrictions on executive pay for bailed-out companies, the White House pay czar signaled his willingness to raise salary caps for new hires.

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