John Vidal: In a village in India’s poorest state, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with no GM or herbicide. Is this a solution to world food shortages? Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Golden rice, a new strain that boosts vitamin A levels and reduces blindness in developing countries, is about to be sown in the Philippines – and is the new battleground crop Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The EU’s food safety agency challenged its doubters on Monday, making available all the scientific information used to clear a genetically modified corn which a French researcher had linked to cancer. Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Union workers at Detroit’s two largest auto makers are on track for big profit-sharing payouts for this year. Original post on wsj.com Comments on reddit.com
Plans call for the U.S. to sell its remaining 500 million shares back to General Motors for $5.5 billion. Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: (Reuters) – General Motors Co on Friday dismissed claims made in a $3 billion lawsuit filed by Saab’s parent that the U.S. automaker deliberately bankrupted the Swedish company by blocking a deal with a Chinese investor. GM, in a response filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, said the automaker had the legal right to approve Saab’s transaction with China’s Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
France will ask for a Europe-wide ban on a genetically modified maize developed by US agribusiness Monsanto if the findings of tests made public Wednesday prove to be true. The study found that rats fed on the corn for two years developed tumours the size of ping-pong balls, liver damage and digestive problems. Original post on rfi.fr Comments on reddit.com
The world’s best-selling weedkiller, and a genetically modified maize resistant to it, can cause tumours, multiple organ damage and lead to premature death, new research published today reveals. Original post on thegrocer.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
LONDON (Reuters) – In a study that prompted sharp criticism from other experts, French scientists said on Wednesday that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically modified corn or exposed to its top-selling weedkiller Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
GM losing as much as $49,000 per Volt sold* Cheap leases likely only exacerbate the losses* GM still years away from break even on the car* New plug-in competitors soon from Ford, HondaBy Bernie Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
The media — and the voters — shouldn’t give him a pass. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Once upon a time, corporations seemed pretty adept at keeping their political activities quiet. But as reps from Lowe’s, Kraft, and Chick-fil-A will quickly tell you, that ain’t the case no more: thanks to the internet and today’s 24-hour news cycle, corporate lobbying maneuvers are increasingly… Original post on thecarconnection.com Comments on digg.com
Tests indicate genetically-modified form of grass used by cattle ranchers began producing cyanide gas Original post on cbsnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Farmers notch up another victory in legal fight. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
A Chinese-Japanese investment group agreed to buy Saab Automobile and convert the bankrupt Swedish manufacturer into a maker of electric cars. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co will cut nearly a quarter of its U.S. pension obligation by transferring the management of its pension plans for 118,000 white-collar retirees to a third Original post on chicagotribune.com Comments on reddit.com
General Motors’ Oshawa Car Assembly plant is one of the largest automotive manufacturing facilities in the world, covering some 10-million square feet of factory floor space and employing some 4,000 full-time workers. GM presently builds a variety of products in Oshawa, including the… Original post on thecarconnection.com Comments on digg.com
More discouraging client anecdotes on the eve of Facebook’s monster IPO. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Just days before Facebook’s historic stock offering, General Motors said it plans to stop advertising on the social media site, concluding that its paid ads don’t have a big impact on consumers. GM spends about $40 million a year on Facebook marketing, according to the Wall [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
If we don’t speak out, we’re part of the problem – Progressive blogging for the middle class, not corporate welfare. Original post on freakoutnation.com Comments on digg.com
While a majority of the American corporations that received Original post on consumerist.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News Canada: Poland will impose a complete ban on growing the MON810 genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto on its territory, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said Wednesday. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
General Motors announced Friday it will temporarily shut down production of the Chevy Volt, its break-out electric car. GM will also temporarily lay off 1,300 employees who work on the Volt’s production line between March 19 and April 23, Detroit Free Press reported. Original post on venturebeat.com Comments on digg.com
GM to suspend production of Chevrolet Volt Original post on fuelfix.com Comments on reddit.com
As the November election approaches, Republicans are beating the sound of a familiar drum from 2008 on President Obama– that he is a radical, bent on destroying the Catholic Church and Second Amendment, out to fundamentally transform America. On tonight’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart took a look at how well the predictions from 2008 have fared, and how absurd some of today’s predictions are in that context. Original post on mediaite.com Comments on digg.com
General Motors Co. earned $9.19 billion last year, the largest annual profit in its 103-year- history, while saying it may take months to craft a plan to stop European losses. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on digg.com
GM’s stock price has sunk by a third since its IPO. Why is corporate turnaround so difficult and rare? The answer is often culture—the hardest thing of all to change. Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
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