About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: General Motors, Motion Picture Patents Company, Converse, Short Brothers, H. A. Moyer, The Hoover Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Briggs & Stratton, CIT Group, Hacker-Craft, Filene's Basement, Olivetti, The Scott Motorcycle Company, Fisher Body, Holler House, 101 Ranch Oil Company, Mills & Boon, Yale University Press, Harley Ellis Devereaux, Williams Companies, Kreuger & Toll, Lee Cooper, Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Amador Central Railroad, Red Food, Great Eastern Life, Monark, Baillie Gifford, Martinsyde, Prophete, Cartercar, Brother Industries, Galliford Try, Vonnegut Hardware Company, Ferrara Pan Candy Company, Indumil, Western States Envelope & Label, Wilkins lumber, George H. Doran Company, Sodra Cell Folla, Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Stenkjaer og Namsos Automobilselskap, Bi-Autogo, Speed Queen, Tandy & Foster, Pero Vegetable Company, Bush Brothers and Company, Sidgwick & Jackson, Rowohlt Verlag, Krasdale Foods, International Automobile League, Societe Astra, Brough Motorcycles, Palestine Land Development Company, Merz Pharma, Bainbridge Northeastern Railway. Excerpt: General Motors Company (commonly known as General Motors or GM) (NYSE: GM, TSX: GMM.U), is an American automaker based in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest multinational automaker. The old General Motors Corporation was founded in 1908 and was reestablished as of July 10, 2009. With its global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 209,000 people in every major region of the world and does business in some 157 countries. General Motors produces cars and trucks in 31 countries, and sells and services these vehicles through the following divisions/brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Opel, Vauxhall, and Holden, as well as two joint ventures in China. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security and information service..
