GM Board Decides to Retain Opel



New GM supports restructuring of OpelGM restructuring plan involves lower investment compared to investor proposalsDiscussions with stakeholders on restructuring to begin in earnest

Given an improving business environment for GM over the past few months, and the importance of Opel/Vauxhall to GM's global strategy, the GM Board of Directors has decided to retain Opel and will initiate a restructuring of its European operations in earnest.

"GM will soon present its restructuring plan to Germany and other governments and hopes for its favorable consideration," said Fritz Henderson, president and CEO. "We understand the complexity and length of this issue has been dr ...

A Majority of Greater Washington, DC Adults Say They Will Not Get H1N1 Vaccine

Fifty-five percent of the adult population in the Greater Washington, DC region say they will not get the H1N1 flu vaccine, according to a new poll commissioned by the Greater Washington Board of Trade.

The poll, conducted by Washington, DC-based Clarus Research Group and sponsored by Tatum LLC, found that more than one-third of parents with children living at home do not plan on getting the H1N1 flu vaccine this year.

"The Greater Washington business community has a long way to go to be better prepared for a swine flu outbreak," said Jim Dinegar, president and CEO of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. "This poll shows that the workforce is at a higher risk of being ...

Home Service to Offer Water Service Line Protection Plan to Select Homeowners

Home Service, a leading provider of home emergency repair programs with hundreds of thousands of policies in place, is doing their share to keep homeowners protected. Previously reaching customers through partner utility companies, Home Service today announced that they will be offering their protection program directly to select area homeowners.

The water service line is the pipe that brings freshwater into a home and is the homeowner's responsibility to maintain it. On most properties, this line starts from the curb or well casing of the property and goes all the way into the home connecting to the water heater, sinks, showers and more. Temperature changes, shifting soil or the ...

Writing Your Home Business Plan

You have been meditative about starting your own home formed commercial operation as good as we have been not alone. There have been tens of thousands of people all over the universe which begin their own commercial operation each year. Out of these people, there is the tiny organisation which is really successful, as good as afterwards the vast organisation which never lives up to the intensity which they expected. There have been many things which set these dual groups apart.

One of the many critical things which all of the successful companies have is the good created commercial operation plan. If we do not have the commercial operation devise to beam we from the start ...