Breaking News
Business
Private Saturn Ceremony: General Motors Chairman Roger B.
July 30, 1990
Autos
Car, Truck Sales Down: Sales of U.S. built cars fell 6.0% in late July.
Aug. 4, 1989
The United Auto Workers union is expected to place job security at the top of the agenda this week as it determines what demands to put to the Big Three auto makers contract talks set to begin this summer.
May 21, 1990
In preparation for its initial foray into the American automobile market, Hyundai Motor Corp., Korea’s largest car maker, plans to hire at least 200 people to staff its U.S. corporate headquarters in Garden Grove.
Feb. 28, 1985
Sales of domestically built cars and trucks rose 7.8% in early March, allaying analysts’ fears that a drop-off in sales at the end of February signaled renewed weakness.
March 16, 1993
Auto makers sold a surprising 2.8% more cars and trucks in the United States last month, largely by enticing customers with big cash rebates, according to figures released Friday.
March 2, 1996
Superior Industries, a Van Nuys-based maker of wheel rims for cars, says its plans to open a factory in Arkansas were prompted by increased demand and the company’s desire to be closer to its auto-maker customers.
March 25, 1986
General Motors Corp. on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings that were better than Wall Street expected, but its stock got caught in the gyrations of the stock market nonetheless.
July 17, 1996
Here are financial details of General Motors’ winning bid for Hughes Aircraft: GM will pay $2.7 billion in cash and about $2.5 billion in a new issue of stock, to be called class H.
June 6, 1985
General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement Sunday on a new three-year labor contract that offers higher wages, richer pensions and fully paid health care benefits.
Oct. 25, 1993