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BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 David Welch	GM Pushes Hard with OnStar General Motors will soon sell its OnStar system through retailers. Marketing it to rival automakers will be a big challenge.
CIO April 1, 2003 Meridith Levinson	IT Watching Over You GM Canada CIO Joyce Sumara used OnStar to locate help after a recent car accident.
Fast Company April 2004 Alison Overholt	Smart Strategies: Putting Ideas To Work "There have been several great eras in strategy," says one consultant. "This is not one of them." Still, there are signs of a renewed appetite for new thoughts. To get a sense of the enduring power of a big idea, we look at five companies that are putting smart strategies into action.
CIO November 15, 2005 C.G. Lynch	Virtual Mechanic A new service from General Motors' OnStar subsidiary that performs remote diagnostics on vehicles and sends the owners reports once a month could eventually make it easier for car companies to use this data to prevent manufacturing defects.
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PC Magazine March 31, 2004 Bill Howard	Staying Connected on the Road The growing telematics industry will keep you safe and informed when you're driving.
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BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Welch et al.	Why GM's Plan Won't Work If General Motors Corp. were any other company, its problems would have sorted themselves out a long time ago. But GM, of course, is no ordinary company.
InternetNews May 27, 2004 Erin Joyce	Not Your Father's Networked Car GM's technology honcho offers up some examples of why IT does matter in the world of autos.
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Fast Company April 2010 Paul Hochman	How Ford's Sync Technology Will Turn It Into America's Most Surprising Consumer Electronics Company The next generation of Ford's Sync technology will turn its cars into rolling, talking, socially networked, cloud-connected supermachines. Introducing America's most surprising consumer-electronics company.
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The Motley Fool July 1, 2010 John Rosevear	Should You Believe in General Motors? Do new managers and new products really add up to a New GM?
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The Motley Fool April 18, 2005 Rich Smith	Can GM Change Its Story? One automotive journalist sees method in GM's madness. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool July 20, 2005 David Meier	Crucial Cylinder Not Firing at GM GM North America needs to extract some "best practices" from its sister business units that are making money. Unfortunately, that's not likely to happen for a long time, and to make matters worse, the GMAC premium is going away. It doesn't look good.
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