Tom Krisher

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  Automakers about to go on hiring spree

  By Tom Krisher  |  June 10, 2013

  The auto industry is about to go on a hiring spree as car makers and parts suppliers race to find engineers, technicians and factory workers to build the next generation of vehicles.

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  Treasury to unload GM stock

  By Tom Krisher  |  June 5, 2013

  The U.S. government plans to sell another 30 million shares of General Motors stock in a public offering on Thursday as it speeds up efforts to divest itself from a stake in the auto giant that it got in a bailout four years ago.

• GM posts $898 million fourth-quarter profit

  By Tom Krisher  |  February 14, 2013

  General Motors made money in North America and Asia and lost a bundle in Europe as it nearly doubled last year's fourth-quarter profit.

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  GM hiring 1,500 for Detroit computer center

  By Tom Krisher  |  October 8, 2012

  General Motors will hire as many as 1,500 workers to staff a new computer technology center in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Mich.

• GM profit falls 41 percent, despite pension shifts

  By Tom Krisher  |  August 2, 2012

  The automaker's net income from April through June fell 41 percent, even as the company shifted its pension plan to an insurance company annuity.

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  GM CEO blames Europe, economy for low stock price

  By Tom Krisher  |  June 12, 2012

  Stocks are down because of the company's losses in Europe, its huge pension liability and overall uncertainty about the economy.

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  GM to shift white-collar pensions to annuity

  By Tom Krisher  |  June 1, 2012

  Following in the footsteps of rival Ford, General Motors will offer lump-sum buyouts to 42,000 retirees and shift its retirement holdings to a group annuity.

• Detroit automakers race to keep up with sales

  By Tom Krisher  |  February 27, 2012

  Three years after the U.S. auto industry nearly collapsed, sales of cars and trucks are surging. Sales could exceed 14 million this year, above last year's 12.8 million.

• Ford to pay workers $6,000 bonus in new contract

  By Dee-Ann Durbin, Tom Krisher  |  October 4, 2011

  Ford Motor Co. will pay its U.S. factory workers a $6,000 signing bonus and add thousands of U.S. factory jobs as part of a four-year contract deal reached Tuesday with the United Auto Workers union.

• Ford to add 5,750 US jobs as part of new contract

  By Dee-Ann Durbin, Tom Krisher  |  October 4, 2011

  Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will add 5,750 jobs and invest $4.8 billion in its U.S. factories as part of a new contract deal with the United Auto Workers union.