Hints and tips:
...VinFast, the newly listed Vietnamese carmaker that was briefly worth more than Volkswagen and General Motors, has lost more than $1.4bn this year, despite increasing shipments of electric vehicles....
...Thanks to the instant pull of the electric motor, it jets from zero to 60mph in three seconds....
...(FT) Chapter eleventh hour Intense, around-the-clock negotiations in the General Motors building saved Eddie Lampert’s plan to buy Sears out of bankruptcy....
...For starters, he cites Democratic colleagues' calls for investigation, as well as bipartisan letters from state attorneys-general....
...“When you talk to people here, a lot were pulled in by the rallying cry of doing a car for the people,” says Jim DeLuca, the veteran General Motors executive Vinfast has recruited as chief executive....
...General and Komeri....
...The EU’s impending General Data Protection Regulation will introduce high fines for such breaches, and the severity of Uber data breaches risks creating bad laws....
...Tracking stocks owe their origins to General Motors’ acquisition of the EDS IT services business from Ross Perot in 1984....
...HNA vies for GE’s container leasing unit HNA Group, the Chinese conglomerate, has emerged as a leading bidder for GE SeaCo, the container leasing business put on the block by General Electric and its joint...
...The fly in the ointment is that the two most logical buyers – Chrysler Corp. and General Motors – are both beholden to the White House, as is competitor Ally....
...If growth in developed countries starts to look like a “U”, in emerging markets it already is a “V”....
...Penske Automotive Group has reached a deal to buy Saturn, the car brand owned by General Motors....
...US buyers of plug-in cars – such as General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt, launching next year – will benefit from a tax break worth $7,500....
...In short, Barclays Capital estimates that if the company was to fail it would be the fourth-largest bankruptcy by assets in US history, in between General Motors and Enron....
...Shares in General Motors fell 47.6 per cent to 75 cents....
...In a V-type recession, the recovery is instant. In a U-type, it comes eventually....
...Toyota, General Motors, Ford Motor and BMW are among the other automakers also testing hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles....
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