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BMW of North America has moved two top executives into new positions in a shift that leaves the automaker searching for a marketing chief. Jack Pitney, 47, becomes vice president for BMW’s eastern region, its largest sales zone.

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The Automotive News guide to top executives in the North American automotive industry. This is a PDF document download.

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Asbury Automotive Group Inc. posted a 35 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, days after the company said it would restore top executives’ pay to pre-cutback levels. The dealership group’s net income rose to $7.4 million, from $5.

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Johnson Controls Inc. has the money to invest in acquisitions when some rivals find themselves in distress, but the car interiors company will not act as a consolidator of failing U.S. auto suppliers, its two top executives said on Tuesday.

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A bankruptcy judge has denied Visteon Corp.’s request to give bonuses to 12 top executives, while approving continuation of part of the employee incentive program the supplier had in place before it went bankrupt.

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Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. will use the Prius name on more hybrid models in its U.S. lineup, the automakers’ top executives told dealers.

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General Motors will cut its senior executive pension plans by up to two-thirds as part of its bankruptcy restructuring, CEO Fritz Henderson told a U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Friday.

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Auto-parts supplier Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. is dismissing about 600 salaried employees while overhauling its global structure and reassigning top executives.

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Auto-parts supplier Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. is dismissing about 600 salaried employees while overhauling its global structure and reassigning top executives.

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The nation’s largest auto dealership group this week awarded substantial stock options to its five top executives. The options allow the executives of AutoNation Inc.

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Welcome to the first Detroit auto show in the bailout era. Automakers will roll out new cars, and top executives will take questions from the press and#x2014; as they do every year at the North American International Auto Show.

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