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Tuesday, November 20, 2012  A Japanese company that makes industrial components and parts for automobiles is expanding its plant in Richland County.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  FACT CHECK: Facts take some hits in rough-and-tumble presidential debate

Thursday, February 16, 2012  GM earns highest profit ever in 2011 at $7.6B; union workers to get $7,000 in profit sharing

Wednesday, February 16, 2011  General Motors says it is recalling more than 50,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles worldwide to fix a loose joint that could cause a rear wheel to become unstable, making it hard for drivers to steer.

Friday, December 10, 2010  Latest Treasury figures show income from financial rescue program rising to $35 billion

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  Manufacturing, construction--maybe even jobs--all grow as economy heads for strong finish.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  It was the second straight quarterly profit for the Detroit automaker, which made $865 million in the first quarter, and sets the stage for GM to file paperwork soon to start the public stock sale process.

Monday, May 17, 2010  General Motors Co. rode expense cuts from its bankruptcy and strong sales of redesigned models to its first quarterly net income in nearly three years, drawing the company closer to a stock offering that would repay at least part of its government aid.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010  GM CEO says repayment of loan portion of its government aid packages shows carmaker recovering

Wednesday, February 24, 2010  General Motors has announced that Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co., Ltd. (Tengzhong) was unable to complete the acquisition of HUMMER.  As a result, HUMMER will begin to wind-down operations as GM prepares to close the division.

Monday, January 11, 2010  General Motors Co. may reopen some shuttered factories because it can't produce certain vehicles fast enough, its North American president said Monday.

Friday, December 04, 2009  GM Chairman urges workers to take risks; names new head of N America, makes Lutz his adviser

Monday, November 30, 2009  Mustang puts another horse under the hood and flexes muscles in showdown with Camaro

Monday, November 16, 2009  Chevy has done a great job designing this latest generation of the popular Equinox. With competition from the class-leading Honda CR-V and the popular Toyota RAV-4, and the rough landscape for American automakers, Chevy really needed to hit a home run with the second generation Equinox. After spending a week in the Equinox LT with front wheel drive, I am left thinking that front-to-back, side-to-side, top-to-bottom, the new Equinox is winner.

Monday, November 16, 2009  Henderson: GM to start paying back $6.7 billion worth of government debt by end of 2009