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EcoMotors International has received $23.5 million from Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and investor Vinod Khosla for engineering and testing of its trademarked Opoc engine technology.

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General Motors Co. appointed Chris Liddell, Microsoft Corp.’s finance chief, as vice chairman and CFO, replacing Ray Young. Liddell, 51, has served as Microsoft’s CFO since May 2005.

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Here are profiles of seven of the 25 finalists in the 2009 Automotive News PACE Awards. The companies: Robert Bosch LLC, PPG Industries Inc., Dassault Systemes Delmia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Visteon Corp.

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Microsoft Corp. is taking its software deeper into the automobile, the company said today.

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Simon Sproule, corporate vice president of global communications at Nissan Motor Co., will be leaving the carmaker to head public relations at Microsoft Corp.

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Simon Sproule, corporate vice president of global communications at Nissan Motor Co., will be leaving the carmaker to head public relations at Microsoft Corp.

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Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates has raised his passive stake in AutoNation Inc., the largest U.S. auto dealership group, to 10 percent. Gates, who previously reported a 5.

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