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This image provided by General Motors shows the GM Logo. General Motors’ first-quarter net income surged to $2.98 billion, reported Wednesday, May 6, 2021, as strong U.S. consumer demand and higher prices overcame production cuts brought on by the global shortage of computer chips. The big profit increase was 12 times larger than the same period last year, when the start of the coronavirus pandemic forced automakers to shutter factories, limiting GM’s net income to $247 million. (General Motors via AP)
GM expects big 2021 profit, says it's managing chip shortage

By Tom Krisher May. 05, 2021 07:56 AM EDT

Funeral workers remove empty coffins that held remains that were later cremated at La Recoleta cemetery in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
The Latest: Hawaii eases virus rules for inter-island travel

By The Associated Press Apr. 20, 2021 06:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2012, file photo, Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a Marriott hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sorenson, who grew the company into the world’s largest hotel chain and later steered it through the coronavirus pandemic, has died, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Sorenson was the third CEO in Marriott’s 93-year history, and the first without the Marriott surname. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)
Marriott CEO Sorenson, 62, dies of pancreatic cancer

By Dee-Ann Durbin Feb. 16, 2021 11:46 AM EST

The exterior of the General Motors Toledo Transmission Operations facility is shown in Toledo, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. When General Motors boldly announced its goal last month to make only battery-powered vehicles by 2035, it didn’t just mark a break with more than a century of making internal combustion engines. It also clouded the future for 50,000 GM workers whose skills — and jobs — could become obsolete far sooner than they knew. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Autoworkers face uncertain future in an era of electric cars

By Tom Krisher And John Seewer Feb. 11, 2021 10:55 AM EST

This image provided by General Motors shows the new company logo. General Motors is changing its corporate logo and starting an electric vehicle marketing campaign as it tries to refurbish its image from a maker of gas-powered pickups and SUVs to a clean vehicle company. The 112-year-old Detroit automaker says, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, the campaign will show GM’s progressive company vision as it promises to roll out 30 new battery-powered vehicles globally by the end of 2025. (General Motors via AP)
GM 2020 profit drops, but it makes $6.43B despite pandemic

By Tom Krisher Feb. 10, 2021 07:44 AM EST

FILE - People look at a 145 inch Ultra Large UHD display in the LG booth at the CES tech show, on Jan. 8, 2020, in Las Vegas. CES, the annual gadget show that showcases the buzziest and brightest tech, looks different this year — less Vegas glitz, more internet efficiency. With no physical conference in Las Vegas due to the pandemic, 1,800 companies are instead taking to streaming video to show off new products and technology to 150,000 CES attendees across the globe. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
5 CES Trends to Watch

By Mae Anderson Jan. 12, 2021 05:17 PM EST

This photo provided by General Motors shows EV600 van. General Motors is forming a new business unit to tap the market for delivery vehicles and equipment powered by electricity. The new venture is called BrightDrop, and its first product will be a battery-powered wheeled pallet that will take goods from the warehouse to trucks and from trucks to destinations. (General Motors via AP)
GM charges up new unit to sell electric delivery vans, gear

By Tom Krisher Jan. 12, 2021 09:33 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, speaks about economic recovery at The Queen theater, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
'More people may die': Biden urges Trump to aid transition

By Steve Peoples And Alexandra Jaffe Nov. 17, 2020 12:17 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, speaks about economic recovery at The Queen theater, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
'More people may die': Biden urges Trump to aid transition

By Steve Peoples And Alexandra Jaffe Nov. 16, 2020 12:37 PM EST

This undated photo provided by CVS Health Corporation shows the company's incoming President and CEO Karen Lynch. The company said Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, that the veteran insurance executive will replace Larry Merlo, who plans to retire Feb. 1. (CVS Health Corporation via AP)
CVS Health picks Lynch to lead as CEO starting in February

By Tom Murphy Nov. 06, 2020 12:01 PM EST

FILE- In this April 23, 2018, file photo, the logo for General Motors appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Even though General Motors was able to reopen its U.S. factories for the last half of the second quarter, the company still lost $806 million from April 2020 through June. The Detroit automaker had to close its plants from March 18 to May 18 due to the coronavirus, but production didn’t resume fast enough to hold off a net loss. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Plant closings send GM to 2Q loss, but signs of improvement

By Tom Krisher Jul. 29, 2020 07:56 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra speaks during the opening of their contract talks with the United Auto Workers in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
GM CEO expects virus to ebb, economic recovery by early 2021

By Tom Krisher Jul. 19, 2020 10:00 AM EDT

FILE- In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 file photo, workers complete an electric car ID.3 body at the assembly line during a press tour at the plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen AG (VW) in Zwickau, Germany. The coronavirus has cancelled business plans all over the world but Europe's push into electric cars isn't one of them. Sales of battery-powered and hybrid cars have held up despite a deeply painful recession, mainly thanks to the action of governments. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
Europe's shift to electric cars picks up despite recession

By David Mchugh Jul. 15, 2020 06:47 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra speaks during the opening of GM's contract talks with the United Auto Workers in Detroit. A federal judge took a remarkable step Tuesday, June 23, 2020, by ordering the CEOs of General Motors and Fiat Chrysler to meet and settle a lawsuit over whether one company got a competitive edge over the other when union leaders were showered with cash and other perks. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Judge orders GM, Fiat Chrysler CEOs to meet, settle lawsuit

By Ed White Jun. 23, 2020 05:45 PM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 29, 2010, file photo shows the company logo and view of Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. Netflix's normally lighthearted Twitter account took on a more somber tone on Saturday, May 30, 2020: "To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter. We have a platform, and we have a duty to our Black members, employees, creators and talent to speak up." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Brands weigh in on national protests over police brutality

By Lindsey Bahr And Anne D'innocenzio Jun. 02, 2020 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2020, file photo Vice President Mike Pence tours the General Motors/Ventec ventilator production facility with GM CEO and Chairman Mary Barra in Kokomo, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Becoming 'King of Ventilators' may result in unexpected glut

By Michael Biesecker And Tom Krisher May. 10, 2020 08:38 AM EDT

FILE - This Oct. 16, 2019, file photo shows a sign at a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa. U.S. auto safety investigators have found no apparent defect with the passenger air bag seat sensors in thousands of older General Motors sedans. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration denied a 2013 petition filed by a private crash investigator seeking a formal investigation of full-size cars including the Chevrolet Impala from the 2004 to 2010 model years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
With factories dark, GM profit slumps 88%; 2Q likely worse

By Tom Krisher May. 06, 2020 08:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2019 file photo, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence board a military cargo jet at Al Asad Air Base, to travel to Erbil, Iraq. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
This time, Pence wears mask as he tours Indiana plant

By Jill Colvin Apr. 30, 2020 11:39 AM EDT