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GM Declares Dividend on Series B Preferred Stock

The convertible preferred stock was offered at $50 per share when GM emerged from bankruptcy. The shares automatically convert to a variable amount of GM common stock on 1 December 2013. If GM common is trading at $33 for a period preceding that, preferred shareholders will at least break even on the $50 per share price paid. The leverage works both ways on the conversion price, though. Continue reading

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Treasury Selling More GM Common Stock

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that it would sell another 30 million shares of General Motors Company common stock in a public offering in conjunction with GM’s return to the S&P 500 index. Continue reading

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Toyota Motor Posts $9.7 Billion Profit for Year

This was the largest annual return in five years for the world’s largest automaker, and a clear indication that the recalls of ten million vehicles during 2009-2010 and the product shortages from natural disasters in 2011 are now behind it. Continue reading

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Treasury to Sell 242 Million Shares of General Motors Common

To recover the full loan Treasury would have to sell the remaining GM shares at more than $77. GM is currently trading at ~$32 per share. This means that taxpayers will take a loss on the bailout of GM. Continue reading

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GM Q1 Earnings Drop 14% to $0.9 Billion. North America Weak. Europe Weaker. Cash Flow -$1.3 Billion

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) today announced first quarter net income of $0.9 billion, or $0.58 per fully diluted GM share, down from $1 billion in the prior year quarter. The results include a net loss from special items that reduced net income by $0.2 billion, or $0.09 per fully diluted share. Continue reading

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