June 3rd, 2009 by DaveAdmin
Judge Arthur Gonzalez has delayed a hearing on Chrysler’s request to terminate 789 of its dealers until Thursday, to give dealers more preparation time; the Senate Commerce Committee is questioning Jim Press and Fritz Henderson about Chrysler and GM’s dealer-dropping plans today. While Chrysler plans to terminate 789 dealers’ franchise agreements, GM is planning to drop [...]
March 30th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
The departure of Rick Wagoner is not the only big change coming to General Motors.
Wagoner’s jobs as CEO and chairman of the board will be split. Fritz Henderson, who has been GM’s president and chief operating officer (COO), will replace Wagoner as chief executive officer (CEO). Kent Kresa, former chairman of Northrop Grumman, will take [...]
March 30th, 2009 by Bill Cawthon
On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I “step aside” as CEO of GM, and so I have.
Fritz Henderson is an excellent choice to be the next CEO of GM. Having worked closely with Fritz for many years, I [...]