Ed Whitacre built Southwestern Bell into telcom behemoth AT&T. He helped close the deal to sell Anheuser-Busch to InBev. Can he also sell a Chevy?

Advertising Age reports that General Motors Corp. Chairman Ed Whitacre plans to make a personal pitch…

John Dansby will become the new plant manager at General Motor Corp.’s Wentzville assembly plant, effective Oct. 1. He is currently manager at GM’s Pontiac (Mich.) assembly plant, which will close in the fourth quarter.

Dansby will replace the current manager…

The top White House official in charge of helping cities recover from auto plant closures will be in the St. Louis region today, and he’s bringing $25 million with him.

At an event in Valley Park later this morning, Ed Montgomery,…

One of the most talked-about questions at the North American International Auto Show has been when U.S. sales – and the auto industry — will rebound or at the very least, stabilize. Several analysts, including Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. sales analyst…

Democratic leaders in Congress postponed a decision on giving loans to automakers until next month and told the car companies to return with a plan outlining how the money would make the industry viable, media outlets reported this afternoon.

House speaker Nancy…