General Motors employee Annette Carlysle works on the assembly line at Flint, Michigan Engine Operations, May 13, 2011 where GM announced it will invest $109 million at the Flint, Michigan facility, and at its Bay City, Michigan plant, to support engine production for current and future fuel-efficient small cars produced for the U.S. market. The investment will protect or add 96 jobs at the two sites. REUTERS/Steve Fecht/General Motors/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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General Motors auto assembly workers work on partially finished Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks at the Flint Assembly in Flint, Michigan.
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General Motors Co. vice chairman Bob Lutz
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General Motors’ 2010 models include a muscle car (the Camaro), a hybrid pickup, several crossover vehicles and the battery-powered Volt
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General Motors workers prepare the new Chevrolet Camaro for delivery at the Oshawa Ontario facility on April 8, 2009
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General Motors, Global Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan
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General Motors auto workers load the new Chevrolet Camaro for delivery
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General Motors Corp. Chief Operating Officer Fritz Henderson
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General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner
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General Motors will not have enough staff to design, market and build cars in a recovery.
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General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger, Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee about a proposed $34 billion federal bailout for the U.S. auto industry on Dec. 4
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The General Motors headquarters building in Detroit
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Former General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson
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A General Motors flag flies next to the Opel logo at the German carmaker's plant in Bochum, Germany
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General Motors' headquarters in Detroit
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General Motors' budget cuts are expected to reduce the company's salary costs by 20%
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Inside General Motors' Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan
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General Motors shows off the 2009 Saturn Vue Green Line 2 Mode Hybrid during the North American International Auto show in Detroit
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A General Motors employee works the assembly line at the GM assembly plant in Arlington, Texas
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Inside the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan.
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Inside the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan.
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Inside the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Lansing, Mich.
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A General Motors employee inspects a SUV on the assembly line at the GM assembly plant in Arlington, Texas.
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The headquarters of General Motors Corp. in Detroit
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Chevy Volt electric vehicles come off the assembly line at the General Motors Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant.
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Workers at a General Motors Assembly plant make final adjustments to SUVs coming down the assembly line.
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Flags fly outside the General Motors world headquarters building in Detroit
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Auto executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner, Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli, Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mullay and UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.
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Ford Motor (left) and General Motors have discussed a possible merger or alliance in the last few weeks.
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The Chevrolet Volt, a General Motors concept car that premiered in January 2007
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Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors.
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Sale signs lie on vehicles at a General Motors Chevrolet dealership
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LG Chem CEO Peter Kim shakes hands with General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner at at the North American International Auto Show Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in Detroit.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tours a General Motors plant in Janesville, Wisconsin on February 13, 2008
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GM Crossover SUV vehicles roll off the assembly line at the General Motors Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan.
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Senator John McCain speaks at a town-hall meeting with General Motors employees at the GM Design Center in Warren, Mich., in July
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United Auto Workers (UAW) union members retired from General Motors attend a retirees monthly meeting at UAW Local 160
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From left, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger, General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner Jr., Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli and Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally wait to testify in November 2008
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From left are: Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors, President of the United Auto Workers International Union Ron Gettelfinger, Alan Mulally, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, and Robert Nardelli, Chairman and CEO of Chyrsler LLC.
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President Barack Obama sits behind the wheel of a new Chevy Volt while touring the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich. July 30, 2010.
