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OnStar Service to Launch in China in December

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a joint venture between General Motors Company, SAIC Group and Shanghai General Motors (SGM), will activate OnStar services and be fully operational in China in December 2009. The service will be available throughout mainland China and will be first launched in Mandarin Chinese. Shanghai OnStar Telematics Co.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Census, the mainframe computer, legitimizing the person computer, and developing the software that beat the best in the world at chess and then Jeopardy. Joining me to talk about it—and IBM's other pivots, past and future—is a person uniquely qualified to do so. Steven Cherry Jim, IBM wasn't the first to personal computers.

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

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More BigCharts Virtual Stock Exchange FiLife.com WSJ Asia WSJ Europe WSJ Portuguese WSJ Spanish WSJ Chinese SEARCH Welcome, Logout My Account My Online Journal Help Message Center ( new) U.S. NewsVine StumbleUpon Mixx Text Size By SHARON TERLEP General Motors Corp. Home World U.S. is teaming with Segway Inc.,

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GM's New Plan: Fewer Jobs, More Chevy Volt - Environmental Capital - WSJ

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More BigCharts Virtual Stock Exchange FiLife.com WSJ Asia WSJ Europe WSJ Portuguese WSJ Spanish WSJ Chinese SEARCH Welcome, Logout My Account My Journal Help Message Center ( new) U.S. Edition WSJ.com is available in the following editions and languages: U.S. Close Home World U.S. Buzz facebook MySpace LinkedIn Digg del.icio.us

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year.

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The Magnet That Made the Modern World

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It’s one of the great stories of corporate intrigue: General Motors in the US and Sumitomo in Japan independently conceived the technology, and then worked in secret, racing to commercialize the technology, and without even being aware of the other’s efforts. Did you talk to each other at that conference? in November, 1983.