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Thursday, April 04, 2013  It's a sunny outlook for three General Motors plants in mid-Michigan as the company announces a $300-million investment.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  It could be a sign of an economic turnaround. U.S. auto sales posted the best figures in years last month.  Automakers recorded nearly 1.5 million new trucks and cars sold in March. Analysts say that's due in some part to low interest rates and because people are buying out of necessity.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  104 GM workers are being laid off from a Flint-based plant.

Monday, February 11, 2013  Singing, “The union makes us strong," hundreds of local United Auto Workers members donned white shirts to remember the Flint Sit-Down strike that ended on Feb. 11, 1937, when some 700 General Motors employees fought for better working conditions.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Rick York is happily retired, having left General Motors after 34 years in 2006.  He is one of 42,000 white-collar GM retirees offered a lump-sum pension buyout from the company. A decision, he says, he'd rather not make on his own.

Friday, June 01, 2012  Sources have confirmed that General Motors will announce later today about a lump-sum payout offer to its white-collar retirees.

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

Monday, October 24, 2011  The plan would give substantial tax credits to U.S. companies that embrace biomanufacturing.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011  GM officials say they are producing an electric version of the Chevy Spark minicar

Friday, September 16, 2011  Despite contract negotiations officially ending at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, General Motors and Chrysler are still reaching for a deal.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011  General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler labor contracts are set to expire at 11:59 p.m.

Friday, September 02, 2011  The Detroit-based automaker barely drove past Toyota’s auto sales by just over 600 vehicles.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  President Obama gets off-topic during Holland, Michigan visit, and starts discussing problems with American politics.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Your GM vehicle could help you track where your teenager goes.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Tuesday, Chrysler repayed $7.6 billion of the bailout loans.