GM chief engineer says European business too intertwined to sever from global operations
GM chief engineer relieved Opel staying with GM Car plant in Tunica may be topic for rumored special session of Mississippi LegislatureJACKSON, Miss. — Several Mississippi lawmakers say they’ve heard a special session is possible in the next couple of weeks, with speculation that it would involve incentives for a proposed auto plant in Tunica County, but Gov. Haley Barbour has not made an announcement. Aided by retraining programs, auto engineers and designers look outside industry for new workDETROIT — After Jerry Tester lost his job as a contract engineer at General Motors, it soon became clear that the struggling auto industry wouldn’t be the place where he would work again. Honk if you see a smiley face: Cars trying to put best face forward in down marketNEW YORK — Even with all the bad news that has pounded the auto industry, carmakers are trying to put on happy faces. Literally: They are incorporating smiles and other cheerful characteristics into their designs. 20 blind people are able to test drive dune buggy designed by Va. Tech studentsCOLLEGE PARK, Md. — Several blind people were able to get behind the wheel of a new high-tech vehicle designed by Virginia Tech engineering students. The keys to General Motors’ success: What the automaker must do after emerging from Chapter 11DETROIT — Even after emerging from bankruptcy protection, the new General Motors still faces some of the same troubles that haunted the old one, which piled up more than $80 billion in losses during the past four years and still needs government aid to survive. Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes crashes car into San Diego store, injuring customerSAN DIEGO — A celebrity fashion designer has crashed her car through the front window of a hardware store in San Diego, injuring a customer inside. |
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