| General Motors Corporation (GM) is a multinational corporation founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. As of January 1, 2008, GM is one of the world's largest automakers as measured by global industry sales[7] and has been the sales leader for the last 77 calendar years. As of 2008, General Motors employs about 284,000 people around the world. It manufactures its cars and trucks in 35 different countries and sells them under the brands of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall, and Wuling.[8] As of 2008, General Motors is the ninth largest publicly traded company in the world (ranked by revenue on the Fortune Global 500 list.)[9] In recent years the company has endured significant financial turmoil, including a 38 billion dollar loss in 2007. |
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