Archive: october 13, 2008
NYT at it again: GM originally talked with Ford about merger
Filed under: Chrysler, LLC., Ford, GM, Rumormill
Bill Vlasic, the man who was kind enough to drop the GM/Chrysler pseudo-bombshell on us late Friday night, posted a follow-up to his remarkably unremarkable story claiming that General Motors originally had talks with Ford about a possible merger before approaching the Pentastar people.Again, the New York Times' scribe cites two unnamed sources about the merger discussions, reporting that GM approached Ford with the proposal, only to have FoMoCo execs shoot down the idea after several meetings. The talks included GM CEO Rick Wagoner, president Frederick...
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Filed under: Government/Legal, GM, Earnings/Financials
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Filed under: Celebrities
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Filed under: Toyota
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