Author: Automotive News Breaking News Feed
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REACTION: Teddy Roosevelt, engineering rises again and ‘girl power’ — what people are saying about GM moves
A roundup of what analysts, journalists and others are saying about the appointment of Mary Barra as CEO of General Motors and the other top management moves made by the company on Tuesday:
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GM names Barra as CEO, succeeding Akerson
General Motors named global product development chief Mary Barra, 51, to succeed Dan Akerson, making her the first female CEO of a global automaker. Akerson, 65, said he sped up his retirement schedule because of his wife’s cancer.