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Why GM opts Tengzhong as Hummer buyer

Jul 01,2009

Shanghai, July 1 (Gasgoo.com) General Motors is eager to sell off its Hummer brand to a private Chinese company -- Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Why has GM chosen Tengzhong as its ...

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  Competitive advantage at no extra cost   [Jun 29, 2009]

  Let’s face it: All of your competitors claim they can deliver a good product at a good price. You need to set yourself apart from your competition. What gives you the edge? Having a good ...
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  Financial health of Chinese suppliers…is a concern   [Jun 25, 2009]

  Don’t let what has happened in the stock markets (locally as well as globally) these past few months give you a false impression that normalcy might be returning to China ...
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  Will Volvo add luster to Chinese carmaker?   [Jun 24, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 24 (Gasgoo.com) Many Chinese automakers, including Geely Auto, have expressed an interest in buying the Swedish brand Volvo from Ford Motor. As we know, Chinese carmakers are eager to ...
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  A secret sentence that doubles the value of your product   [Jun 22, 2009]

  You are working very hard to increase the value of your product, while keeping its price competitive. Did you know that you can multiply the value of your product with one simple sheet of paper? ...
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  GM bankruptcy, lessons to China carmakers   [Jun 17, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 17 (Gasgoo.com) Many reasons are behind the free fall of General Motors Corp. (GM), which had put it on a slippery slope from being the world's top automaker for 77 straight years to ...
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  When product liability works to your advantage   [Jun 15, 2009]

  “Know your customer” is the mantra of marketing. You can only be successful if you know what your customer wants and how to give it to him. For instance, you will have a big advantage ...
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  The New GM –"Creative destruction" or rather more of the same?   [Jun 12, 2009]

  The unthinkable has happened and the once biggest company in the world has gone bankrupt. GM’s insolvency has sent seismic waves through the entire industry, and indeed, these days it is ...
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  Chinese gov't may Okay Hummer purchase   [Jun 10, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 10 (Gasgoo.com) China's private company Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd. has already signed a memo of understanding with General Motors to buy the U.S automaker's ...
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  Foreign brands? Buy now!   [Jun 08, 2009]

  There has been a lot of discussion on Gasgoo whether it makes sense for a Chinese manufacturer to acquire a foreign brand. Most commentators were against it. Let me throw in a contrarian view: ...
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  Hummer has a dark-horse buyer from China   [Jun 03, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 3 (Gasgoo.com) General Motors' Hummer ("Bold Horse" in Chinese) is a brand of an unusual breed, and a dark-horse Chinese buyer of this American maker of gas-guzzling, military-style ...
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  Fighting the dragons of bankruptcy   [Jun 01, 2009]

  While China celebrated the dragon boat festival, the world’s parts makers fought their own dragons. “Harmony” definitely was not the central theme. There was a lot of disaster. And ...
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  International acquisitions are not necessarily to the benefit of Chinese car makers   [May 31, 2009]

  The landscape of the global automotive industry is undergoing a dramatic change. While the rise of the Chinese auto market has made a structural market adjustment inevitable in the long term, the ...