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June 22, 2007

Done Deal - General Motors Corp.’s acquisition of Daewoo Motor Company Ltd - Brief Article

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The state, which said it would acquire all land as part of an incentive package, planned to go to the Mississippi Supreme Court using the argument of eminent domain to round out the 1,400-acre parcel.

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HENDERSON: The Matiz is a great value in many other markets, but I’m not sure about the U.S. It may be a little small for the U.S.

HENDERSON: I believe we’ll achieve them first and then let you know what they were and how we did it. Daewoo has had a lot of trouble and we need to get back our footing as soon as possible, but we’ll work on both.

General Motors - Panorama - Brief Article

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“We know some are in a very critical state and obviously all of them have some stretched liquidity issues,” he says.

“They will get a cash injection pretty soon,” Reilly says. “That will put some liquidity back into the system.”

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Scuttlebutt - General Motors Corp. pollution agreement in Michigan; Nissan Motor Company Ltd. land acquisition in Mississippi - Brief Article

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SEOUL - Two years ago, General Motors Corp. offered an initial bid of nearly $5 billion to acquire Daewoo Motor Co. Ltd. in a global auction process. In Late April GM reached final agreement with Daewoo on selected assets of the insolvent Korean auto maker for a mere $251 million.

The state, which said it would acquire all land as part of an incentive package, planned to go to the Mississippi Supreme Court using the argument of eminent domain to round out the 1,400-acre parcel.

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HENDERSON: The Matiz is a great value in many other markets, but I’m not sure about the U.S. It may be a little small for the U.S.

HENDERSON: I believe we’ll achieve them first and then let you know what they were and how we did it. Daewoo has had a lot of trouble and we need to get back our footing as soon as possible, but we’ll work on both.

WAW: What are your market-share targets for Korea?

GM rescues Daewoo suppliers: Daewoo will retain its sourcing strategy—for now - Product - General Motors Corp

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They are even more critical when that automaker is trying to rebuild from years of turmoil.

“We know some are in a very critical state and obviously all of them have some stretched liquidity issues,” he says.

“They will get a cash injection pretty soon,” Reilly says. “That will put some liquidity back into the system.”

But Reilly says they will have to do some work on constant quality improvements since Daewoo Motor did not stress that.

Daewoo concentrates on Korea, Europe

“There’s been a $100 million worth of business placed with the Korean network already,” Reilly says, “and that’s totally on top of anything we are doing at GM Daewoo.”

“That would make us just uncompetitive if we were trying to pay back some of the losses of the past,” he says.

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