Second shift ends; final date for GM Moraine in air

Some of the 400-500 workers at the Moraine plant came to reality that Friday 26th, was their last day. The rest of the workers has until the end of the month to know their final date. The plant has been scheduled to go down in December, when in June it said the date of the plant to close was in 2010. Is it happening sooner? What does that mean for the workers and how are they handling the news?

Here is what 2 second shift workers had to say:

1. Matt Grice: "Maybe this is a blessing in disguise."
2. Brenda Collins: "I really believe that there will definitely be life after GM." She plans to return to college to pursue a business degree.

So I believe that it all doesn't end here, and it's good to hear some positive thinking.

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Apple's 1984: The Introduction of the Macintosh

In the third quarter of the 1984 Super Bowl, a strange and disorienting advertisement appeared on the TV screens of the millions of viewers tuned in to the yearly ritual. The ad opens on a gray network of futuristic tubes connecting blank, ominous buildings. Inside the tubes, we see cowed subjects marching towards a cavernous auditorium, where they bow before a Big Brother figure pontificating from a giant TV screen. But one lone woman remains unbroken. Chased by storm troopers, she runs up to the screen, hurls a hammer with a heroic grunt, and shatters the TV image. As the screen explodes, bathing the stunned audience in the light of freedom, a voice-over announces, "On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce the Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like "1984."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HemH8XlzCrk

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GM to double production of fuel-efficient engines

The $25 Billion dollars that will be given to automakers will help fund some very good plans that GM has to embark on. It will help GM in the production of more fuel-efficient engines, which will be possible with their new plant which will be in Flint, Michigan. Production will begin in the new plant in 2011. Also GM will employ about 300 workers, which is really good since some workers lot their jobs because of GM's troubles.

Strategic plan of GM:

To accelerate the $15 billion cost-cutting and fund-raising plan announced in July, General Motors Corp. intends to distribute marketing materials to potential buyers of its Hummer brand and a French manufacturing plant in October.

Update: GM to sell Truck business to Isuzu

Because of the difficulty to meet their full-year net profit target, amongst other reasons, Isuzu is saying no to a deal with GM to buy mid-size truck operations.
"It will be difficult to achieve the net profit target but we will do everything possible to achieve it," Hosoi said in an interview on Wednesday at the IAA truck fair in Germany. He cited an expected downturn in all major truck markets.