Subway has joined Wrigley, Taco Bell, and General Motors in pulling ads from MTV’s eyebrow raising show, ‘Skins’
TheDC Morning: Gibbs crows about power of big government, gets facts completely wrong - TheDC
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104-year-old GM unit sold to Chinese - WSJ
Saginaw Steering Gear, the largest employer in Saginaw, Mich, will be sold to new owners from China in a $450 million deal
Road test: Automakers battle for top cop car - Jalopnik
Ford’s decision to cease production of the iconic Crown Victoria has inspired Dodge, Ford, and GM to rethink the police cruiser
10 companies that prefer to remember the good ole days - US News & World Report
Success, as these once-dominant companies prove, can be fleeting
GM and Chrysler bleed jobs while Obama claims victory
The truth about job creation in the auto industry points to a far different narrative than the one Obama demagogues
G.M. pushes for U.S. to sell entire stake at I.P.O. - NYT
“We don’t want to be known as Government Motors”
Gibbs takes swipe at Rush Limbaugh - WSJ
White House goes after the conservative radio talk show host over criticism over ‘government takeovers’ of companies
Obama's Mich. trip highlights misguided 'green' battery push - TheDC
The White House is ignoring the economic realities of producing and using large lithium-ion batteries to power cars
Profiting from non-profits - The Economist
Charities are often told they should learn from business. The reverse is also true
GM's move away from 'government motors'
To be sure, there is an argument to be made for conservatives to actually root for GM continued failure. Presumably, this would lessen the odds that the government would attempt such a heavy-handed maneuver in the future
Dems' campaign spending bill under fire in Senate - TheDC
A Democratic push to limit campaign spending in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision is under siege in the Senate
Vote looms on DISCLOSE Act - TheDC
Dems are defending the campaign finance bill from criticism that it includes loopholes for special interests
Geithner says bailout money is being repaid - AP
Treasury secretary tells watchdog panel that taxpayers are recovering their investment from the financial bailouts; acknowledges there will probably be loss from rescue of insurer, American International Group
Podesta brother lobbies for cap-and-trade proponent BP - THE DAILY CALLER
W.H. transition chief John Podesta’s brother Tony makes millions ‘monitoring’ legislation for BP, GM and other large corporations making news
DISCLOSE Act shields unions, left-leaning groups - THE DAILY CALLER
Dems assuaged labor’s early opposition to campaign spending bill by carving out space for unions
Volkswagen plans its U.S. attack - Forbes
It’s been decades since Germany’s VW was a major player in the U.S. market. But the company is about to make its move
To the Tea Partiers: End imperialism, take the money back
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The GM/TARP shell game
People have been suspicious of government since governments began. But the interesting and unique aspect to this equation is the medium in which the government is promoting its agenda, namely, hiding behind a “private” company using traditional advertising
Ally (GMAC) Bank’s bailout deceptions
So why the lack of outrage and attention to GMAC? Perhaps because the firm cleverly but deceptively changed its name for a large part of its operations. Much of GMAC is now Ally Bank