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| shareholder | country | % | source |
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year | business source |
| 2009 | General Motors is under bankruptcy protection since June 1st, 2009 | |
| 2007 | General Motors is the second largest carmaker in the world, with 8,9 millions cars made in 2007. | Les Echos |
| 2004 | General Motors sells 27,5% of the cars purchased in the United-States. | Le Monde |
| 2004 | General Motors sells 14,2% of the cars bought in Turkey. | Le Monde |
| 2004 | General Motors sells 14,5% of the cars bought in the world | AGEFI |
| 2004 | General Motors sells 10,5% of the cars purchased in China. | Le Monde |
| 2004 | The world's largest automaker. Manufactured 8.98 million cars in 2004. | Bloomberg |
| 2004 | General Motors sells 17,2% of the cars purchased in Australia. | Le Monde |
| 2003 | General Motors sells 9,5% of the cars bought in Portugal. | Autoactu.com |
| 2003 | General Motors sells 5,6% of the new cars bought in France | Les Echos |
| 1990 | General Motors sells 35,5% of the cars bought in the United-States. | Les Echos |
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| country | address & contact : production type incentive source |
 Barbados | General Motors Finance (Barbados) Ltd : |
| Barbados | Hughes Electronics Foreign Sales Corporation : |
 Brazil | Gravatai : Celta subcompact AP |
 China | Shenyang : Production, 150 000 cars/year Les Echos |
| China | Shanghai : Production, Centre de recherche sur les carburants alternatifs Les Echos |
| China | SAIC-GM-Wuling Automotive Co. Ltd (34%) : minivans Les Echos |
| China | : pick-up Les Echos |
| China | Shanghai General Motors Co. Ltd., Jinqiao EPZ : Les Echos |
 India | Gujarat : Production, Les Echos |
| India | Etat du Maharashtra : Production, 100 000 Chevrolet Spark / year Les Echos |
| India | Bangalore : R&D Les Echos |
 Mexico | 4th plant in Mexico, San Luis Potosi : AFP |
| Mexico | Maquiladora : Human Right Watch |
| Mexico | COAHUILA SALTILLO CARRET SALTILLO PIEDRAS NEGRAS & 6253000 : Sistema de Informacion de la Industria Maquiladora |
| Mexico | GUANAJUATO SILAO CARRET. CUOTA SILAO-GUANAJUATO & 6253000 : Sistema de Informacion de la Industria Maquiladora |
| Mexico | MEXICO TOLUCA INDUSTRIA AUTOMOTRIZ & 72 792020 : Sistema de Informacion de la Industria Maquiladora |
 Philippines | General Motors Automobiles Philippines, Inc : |
 Poland | Europark free zone, Gliwice : Opel Agila Les Echos |
 Russia | S Petersburg : Production, Chevrolet capacité 50000 Captiva/an Kommersant |
| Russia | Togliatti (JV Lada) : 35000 Lada Niva/an Les Echos |
 Singapore | General Motors Asia Pacific (Pte) Ltd : |
 Switzerland | General Motors Acceptance Corporation Suisse S.A : |
 Thailand | : Production, diesel-engine factory Bloomberg |
| Thailand | Rayong : Zafira minivan, 40000/year, 90% for export AP |
 Tunisia | : US Government Country Business Profile |
 Turkey | : US Government Country Business Profile |
 Uruguay | General Motors Uruguay, S.A : |
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| year name | photo position; compensation source |
| 1998Smith, John FJr |  Chief Executive Officer; salary: 7,34 million US$; Forbes |
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| year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
| 2010 | -2600 | Closure/Bankruptcy: General Motors closes its Opel plant in Anvers.: Belgium | Les Echos |
| 2009 | -2300 | Internal restructuring: Toyota closes its Nummi factory (New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.) of Fremont in California, opened in 1984 with General Motors.: United States of America | Les Echos |
| 2009 | -21000 | Internal restructuring: General Motors closes 11 factories and stops 3 others in the United States.: United States of America | Les Echos |
| 2009 | | Closure/Bankruptcy: General Motors closes 2400 automobile dealers in the United States. In this country, an auto dealer has on average 50 jobs.: United States of America | Les Echos |
| 2009 | -6800 | Internal restructuring: To avoid bankruptcy, GM envisages new reorganizations, the closing of 42% of its automobile concessions in the United States and the drop of the Pontiac brand.: United States of America | Les Echos |
| 2009 | -500 | Internal restructuring: Opel cuts 500 jobs in its factory of Gliwice, because of the passage to the system of work from three to two stations.: Poland | AFP |
| 2009 | -10000 | Internal restructuring: General Motors cuts 10% of its " white collar" workforce, reduces by 3 to 7% the wages of its American employees and by 10% that of its leaders.: | Les Echos |
| 2008 | -21000 | Closure/Bankruptcy: General Motors closes its factories of Moraine in Ohio, Janesville in Wisconsin, Oshawa in Canada and Toluca in Mexico before 2010.: | Les Echos |
| 2008 | -1000 | Internal restructuring: GM will eliminate the second shift at its Moraine plant. GM produces there the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy, Envoy Denali sport utility vehicles and the Saab 9-7X.: United States of America | Business Journal |
| 2008 | -1400 | Closure/Bankruptcy: General Motors decides to close its transmission factory in Windsor by mid-2010.: Canada | AFP |
| 2008 | -3550 | Internal restructuring: In the face of continued declines in sales of full-size pickups and sport-utility vehicles, General Motors eliminates shifts at Janesville, Wis., and three other plants. About 750 workers at Janesville will be placed on indefinite layoff July 14, 2008. The plants in Pontiac and Flint, Mich., will lose one shift July 14, and in Oshawa, Ontario, the second shift will end Sept. 8, 2008. The moves will cut production of pickups by about 88,000 and SUVs by 50,000, GM said.: United States of America | Chicago Tribune |
| 2007 | -1400 | Internal restructuring: GM cuts 1400 jobs in its Anvers Opel factory.: Belgium | AFP |
| 2006 | -900 | Internal restructuring: General Motors cuts a third of the payroll of its Ellesmere Port plant.: United Kingdom | |
| 2005 | -5000 | Closure/Bankruptcy: Entre 2006 et 2008, GM fermera 5 usines cinq usines d'assemblage deux sites de pressage de carosseries, deux sites d'assemblage de transmissions et plusieurs sites de fabrication de pièces détachées. GM réduira sa production de voitures de 30% par rapport à 2002: United States of America | AFP |
| 2005 | -25000 | Internal restructuring: | Le Figaro |
| 2005 | -1400 | Internal restructuring: Baisse de la production de son site d'Adelaïde. L'usine fabrique le modèle Commodore, dont les ventes ont baissé de 6% sur l'exercice achevé en juillet, alors que les ventes de GM en Australie ont augmenté de manière générale de 1,8%.: Australia | AFP |
| 2005 | 324000 -25000 | Internal restructuring: GM will cut at least 25,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs by the end of 2008 and close additional assembly and parts plants to reduce costs. Fixed costs such as factories and labor amounted to 39 percent of revenue in the first quarter, the figure should be about 25 percent for GM to be competitive, the CEO said. GM has trimmed 80,000 employees, including 39,000 in North America, since Wagoner became chief executive in June 2000.: | Bloomberg |
| 2005 | | Relocation: | Les Echos |
| 2005 | -10000 | Internal restructuring: Les mesures de restructuration, liées aux résultats révisés à la baisse, pourraient concerner jusqu'à 28% des effectifs dans certains services administratifs en Amérique du Nord: | Le Bulletin des agriculteurs |
| 2004 | -6300 | Closure/Bankruptcy: SwedenLes Echos | |
| 2003 | -500 | | Detroit Free Press |
| 2000 | -30000 | Internal restructuring: | Bloomberg |
| 2000 | -240 | | Canadian Labour Congress |
| 1990 | -1700 | | Canadian Labour Congress |
| 1989 | -800 | | Canadian Labour Congress |
| 1989 | -400 | | Canadian Labour Congress |
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| year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
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| year | country : consequences source |
| 2004 | United States of America : General Motors vehicles emitted 99 million metric tons or 31 percent of the total greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the United States in 2004. | Reuters |
| 2004 | United States of America : Plainte contre l'Etat de Californie pour faire abroger la loi sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre | San Francisco Chronicle |
| 2004 | United States of America : Pays $92,349 and start a number of environmental projects to resolve air pollution violations at its Saginaw Metal Castings, pays $113,000 on two environmental projects to reduce mercury pollution and detect mercury releases. | AP |
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| year | country : consequences source |
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| year | financial misdemeanor | sales | income | | buyback | source |
| 2008 |
| | -30,9 | | | billion US$ | Les Echos |
| 2007 |
| 181 | -38,7 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2006 |
| 207,35 | -1,98 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2006 |
GMAC subsidiary has to restate financial results for the first three quarters of 2004 and 2005. |
| | | | | | Reuters |
| 2006 |
GM expects to restate earnings for 2000 through 2004 because of accounting errors. |
| | | | | | Bloomberg |
| 2005 |
| 192,6 | -10,57 | | | billion US$ | Capital |
| 2005 |
GM said Nov. 9 that 2001 profit was overstated by $300 million to $400 million. The company previously reported 2001 net income of $601 million. |
| | | | | | Bloomberg |
| 2005 |
The SEC is investigating General Motors accounting. GM may have hidden debt or inflated income. G.M. said the subpoenas involved not only its accounting for retirement benefits and some transactions with Delphi but also its handling of the recovery of recall costs from suppliers. |
| | | | | | New York Times |
| 2005 |
SEC enquête sur des irrégularités comptables présumées de l'équipementier Delphi, son sous-traitant. Deux dirigeants de Delphi, dont le PDG Alan Dawes, ont déjà été contraints à la démission. L'affaire porte sur deux transactions, datant de 2000 et 2001, entre Delphi et General Motors. Sur les comptes du constructeur, les sommes auraient également été mal reportées. |
| | | | | | Detroit Free Press |
| 2004 |
| 193 | 2,8 | | | billion US$ | AGEFI |
| 2002 |
| 186,76 | 1,74 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2001 |
| 177,26 | 0,6 | | | billion US$ | |
| 2000 |
| 184,63 | 4,45 | | | billion US$ | |
| 1998 |
| 161,31 | 2,96 | | | billion US$ | |
| 1998 |
| | | | 4 | billion US$ | New York Times |
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| year | financial misdemeanor | sales | income | assets | buyback | source |
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| year | purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source |
| 2001 | Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government  translate | USCIB |
| 2000 | Investment protection and market access (to Mexico and Canada through NAFTA), to Latin America (through FTAA). : Business Roundtable : : US government, senate, congress translate | Center for Responsive Politics |
| 2000 | Prevent binding regulation, co- or self-regulation instead. : American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee : : European Commission translate | Corporate Europe Observatory |
| 2000 | Prevent binding environmental regulations (environmental protection through economic growth, self-regulation and free trade) : WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) : : United Nations translate | Corporate Europe Observatory |
| 1999 | Protection of Intellectual Property -TRIPS Agreement : Intellectual Property Committee : : WTO translate | Corporate Europe Observatory |
| 1999 | Market access and investment protection (through WTO, GATS), avoid social and environmental rules : ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) : : WTO, GATS translate | Corporate Europe Observatory |
| 1998 | Prevent the kyoto agreement on the redution of greenhouse gases emissions : Global Climate Coalition : : US government, senate, congress translate | Interpress Service |
| 1998 | Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 339 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate | Center for Responsive Politics |
| 1997 | Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 9300 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate | Center for Responsive Politics |
| 1997 | Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 599 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate | Center for Responsive Politics |
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| year | purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source |
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| year | donator | country | amount | source |
| 2004 | Etat | Canada | 149 million Eu€ | Autoactu.com |
| 1997 | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 470 million US$ | Reuters |
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| year | donator | country | amount | source |
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| year | dubious practice : image source |
| 2006 | Disinformation: General Motors broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel WWTV-9, without disclosure.: | PR Watch |
| 2006 | Disinformation: General Motors broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel KSLA-12, without disclosure.: | PR Watch |
| 2006 | Disinformation: Cadillac broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel KOKH-25, without disclosure.: | PR Watch |
| 2004 | Disinformation: PR campaign with Interpublic PR: ad budget: 2800 million US$; public relations: I | Les Echos |
| 2002 | Disinformation: PR campaign with Strat@comm: public relations: S | PR Watch |
| 2002 | Arguable partnership: Nature Conservancy: value: Nature protection; | Washington Post |
| 2002 | slogan: Opel. Des idées fraîches pour de meilleures voitures.; | |
| 2002 | slogan: Idee brillanti, auto migliori.; | |
| 2001 | ad budget: 3028 million US$; | Advertising Age |
| 2000 | ad budget: 3791 million US$; | Advertising Age |
| 1999 | slogan: L'appel du volant; | |
| 1999 | slogan: Th electric car is here.; | |
| 1998 | ad budget: 3193 million US$; | Advertising Age |
| 1998 | slogan: L'art du mouvement.; | |
| 1998 | value: Evasion; slogan: Opel Frontera, un nouveau penchant pour l'aventure.; | |
| 1997 | ad budget: 3178 million US$; | Advertising Age |
| 1996 | ad budget: 3147 million US$; | Advertising Age |
| 1996 | slogan: Opel Corsa, no contest.; | |
| 1994 | Disinformation: PR campaign with Interpublic PR: public relations: I | |
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