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As General Motors continues to repurpose and shape-shift in order to remain competitive, how creative are they really getting? Presumably they’ll still be manufacturing cars, instead of shifting to bikes, trains or some other more sustainable and long-lasting solution. We imagine they’re also sticking to mostly gas-powered vehicles, instead of actually doing something new like [...]

As you’ve likely heard, between enforced mergers, massive layoffs and its interim CEO Frederick A. Henderson saying this morning that bankruptcy was “probable,” General Motors is in some mighty hot water. And though we’re scared by the idea of the city with the highest unemployment rate in the country losing one of its biggest companies, [...]

We’ve been wearing a big smile since yesterday afternoon, when someone tipped us to the news that GM will either look to sell or discontinue their Hummer brand. Funnily enough, when we brainstormed some months ago possible positive outcomes of the New Depression, this was one of the events we predicted: the demise of pointlessly [...]

With the economy depressed and news outlets in a free fall, the anonymous gang behind Twitter account The Media Is Dying stepped up in November of 2008 to supply the internet with updates on the endless corporate layoffs. Like a horrific car wreck, we just can’t look away. Here were the most gruesome layoffs across [...]