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This was the point at which it became clear that Obama wanted the government to control what happened at GM until it either recovered or was forced into what most were already seeing as an inevitable bankruptcy filing. In a CNN interview the day the...
German Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg gives a TV interview in front of the Capitol in Washington on March 17, 2009. Guttenberg flew to the US on March 15 for talks with officials over saving Opel, the crisis-hit subsidiary of General Motors... View Photo »
His first show started with a whimper
Most recently, that happened when General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner received intense criticism for taking a company plane to Washington, D.C. , to asking for government assistance during the the steep recession. A few weeks later, Wagoner was fired...
The reason no FM stations are listed above is that FM broadcasting did not begin until quite a few years later. Some of the early FM stations include KRTH (also known as KHJ-FM and K45LA), which launched in August 1941; KLOS (aka KECA), December 1947;...
Board of Trustees Chair Richard Wagoner said Semans was a wonderful friend to all facets of the Duke community, particularly in her work with Duke Medicine, the city of Durham and the arts. Wagoner, the former CEO of General Motors Corp. and Trinity...
Well before it filed for bankruptcy, it was clear that it needed to file for bankruptcy. But Rick Wagoner, the then-CEO, refused to file, and stigma was one of the big arguments that he made.
With the precedent set, an “unlimited political line of credit,” and a desire to “fix” things, President Obama introduced “car czar” Steve Rattner to GM: Rattner fired GM’s hapless CEO Rick Wagoner, something he had no right to do (even if it was a...
Two months later, the new president, Barack Obama, took another $7.5 billion out of TARP funds to bail out GM and Chrysler's financial arms. Obama's "car czar," Steven Rattner, an investment banker, rejected GM's reorganization plan and ousted its CEO,...
George Richard "Rick" Wagoner, Jr. (b. February 9, 1953, Wilmington, Delaware) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors. Full Article
His first show started with a whimper
Well before it filed for bankruptcy, it was clear that it needed to file for bankruptcy. But Rick Wagoner, the then-CEO, refused to file, and stigma was one of the big arguments that he made.
