<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Retired From G.M. at 54. Pensionless at 74? : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Retired From G.M. at 54. Pensionless at 74? : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-12-01T01:46:35+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Retired From G.M. at 54. Pensionless at 74?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126331/1/" /><id>126331</id><summary><![CDATA[Retired From G.M. at 54. Pensionless at 74?]]></summary><issued>2009-07-01T13:01:00+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-01T13:01:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[General Motors is laying off workers, but giving them retirement benefits instead of severence pay. This could lead to all kinds of problems down the line, as GM is not obligated to contribute to its retirement fund until 2013.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</script></div><entry><title><![CDATA[A brief look at the life and death of General Motors]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/119195/1/" /><id>119195</id><summary><![CDATA[A brief look at the life and death of General Motors]]></summary><issued>2009-06-01T18:39:47+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-01T18:39:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Some key events in the history of General Motors Corp.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[GM Facing More Strikes From UAW]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59285/1/" /><id>59285</id><summary><![CDATA[GM Facing More Strikes From UAW]]></summary><issued>2008-04-22T13:05:36+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-22T13:05:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Workers at a General Motors Corp. factory in Parma, Ohio, have rejected a tentative contract reached earlier this month under the threat of a strike by the United Auto Workers.<br/><br/>The Parma factory had been the only one that had threatened a strike to reach a deal with the company. Now, that plant is back in play as GM faces a barrage of threats of and actual strikes.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[300 combined years at GM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/82729/1/" /><id>82729</id><summary><![CDATA[300 combined years at GM]]></summary><issued>2008-11-24T16:41:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-24T16:41:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Family has worked a combined 300 years at General Motors.  Their livelihood is now at stake.<br/><br/>Way to generate the emotional response to bail GM out.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[230 Miles Per Gallon!!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/130454/1/" /><id>130454</id><summary><![CDATA[230 Miles Per Gallon!!]]></summary><issued>2009-08-11T11:25:22+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-11T11:25:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[General Motors Corp. said its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius.<br/>Edit: Check out the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://gm-volt.com/2009/08/11/chevy-volt-gets-230-mpg-city-epa-rating/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">charger</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[G.M. To Offer Money-Back-Guarantee]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/132886/1/" /><id>132886</id><summary><![CDATA[G.M. To Offer Money-Back-Guarantee]]></summary><issued>2009-09-12T17:15:10+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-12T17:15:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Buy a car from General Motors and if you aren't happy in 60 days you will receive a full refund. Aren't the American taxpayers a generous group of people?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[GM CEO resigns at Obama's request]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/103007/1/" /><id>103007</id><summary><![CDATA[GM CEO resigns at Obama's request]]></summary><issued>2009-03-29T18:26:32+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-29T18:26:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner has not been very successful lately. GM's market share has dropped severely. As part of Obama's restructuring plan, Obama asked him to resign. He agreed to do so.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[No benefits for laid-off workers]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/115706/1/" /><id>115706</id><summary><![CDATA[No benefits for laid-off workers]]></summary><issued>2009-05-20T11:37:43+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-20T11:37:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[You've been laid off, but you figure unemployment will get you through the time you need to find a job. That is true unless you work for a company that claims &quot;religion&quot; status. They don't have to pay the taxes everyone else does - including unemployment taxes which means you're out on the street.]]></content></entry></feed>