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...The mental abilities of corvids [the crow family] and parrots are as sophisticated and diverse as those of apes,” says Onur Güntürkün, a neuroscientist specialising in animal cognition at Ruhr-University Bochum...
...Mary Barra, GM’s chief executive, put the company’s gains down to its line up of cars, including Opel’s Insignia....
...General Motors’ chief executive, Mary Barra, vowed on Thursday to regain the “full trust” of its customers and regulators after its botched ignition switch recall slashed first-quarter net income to $100m...
...Watching attentively over his shoulder is Mary Barra, GM’s new chief executive, who like Mr Neumann is a trained electrical engineer....
...Mr Ammann, who was until Tuesday GM’s chief financial officer, took on a new role as the company’s president on Wednesday, as Mary Barra took over as chief executive from Dan Akerson....
...Within GM, fixing Opel is seen as an important management test for both Mr Girsky and Mary Barra, GM’s product development head, who also sits on Opel’s board....
...It said that GM was considering closing its plants in Bochum, Germany and Ellesmere Port, England....
...(Grigolo loves musicals: he has been to Mary Poppins three times during his stay in London.)...
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