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===2010 Public Offering===

===2010 Public Offering===

On November 17, 2010, GM sold itself to the public through an initial public offering of its stock.<ref>Dunstan Prial. [http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/11/16/stakes-high-gm-shares-public/ Stakes Are High as GM Shares Get Set for Debut], FOXBusiness (FoxBusiness.com), November 17, 2010.</ref> The deal came 16 months after GM emerged from [[bankruptcy]], the fourth-largest Chapter 11 filing in [[U.S.|United States]] history. Since then, the [[U.S. government]] has been the largest stakeholder; [[Labor Unions]], Asian and Middle Eastern sovereign funds and other Foreign Governments also hold significant shares.<ref>Edward Helmore. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/17/general-motors-return-us-stockmarket-bailout-china General Motors increases IPO as demand surges from Asia], [[The Guardian|guardian.co.uk]], November 17, 2010.</ref>  The [[United Auto Workers]] obtained a generous share of GM stock in the company's 2009 bankruptcy settlement, when the [[Obama administration]] pushed GM into bankruptcy and steered it through the courts in a way that consistently put the interests of the [[UAW|union]] ahead of many suppliers, dealers and investors.<ref>Taxpayers and investors not as fortunate as UAW. [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/25/gms-union-on-road-to-recovery-after-stock-sale/ GM's union recovering after stock sale], By Patrice Hill, ''The Washington Times'', November 25, 2010.</ref> "Priority one was serving the interests of the UAW," when the [[White House|White House's]] auto task force engineered the bankruptcy.

On November 17, 2010, GM sold itself to the public through an initial public offering of its stock.<ref>Dunstan Prial. [https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/11/16/stakes-high-gm-shares-public/ Stakes Are High as GM Shares Get Set for Debut], FOXBusiness (FoxBusiness.com), November 17, 2010.</ref> The deal came 16 months after GM emerged from [[bankruptcy]], the fourth-largest Chapter 11 filing in [[U.S.|United States]] history. Since then, the [[U.S. government]] has been the largest stakeholder; [[Labor Unions]], Asian and Middle Eastern sovereign funds and other Foreign Governments also hold significant shares.<ref>Edward Helmore. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/17/general-motors-return-us-stockmarket-bailout-china General Motors increases IPO as demand surges from Asia], [[The Guardian|guardian.co.uk]], November 17, 2010.</ref>  The [[United Auto Workers]] obtained a generous share of GM stock in the company's 2009 bankruptcy settlement, when the [[Obama administration]] pushed GM into bankruptcy and steered it through the courts in a way that consistently put the interests of the [[UAW|union]] ahead of many suppliers, dealers and investors.<ref>Taxpayers and investors not as fortunate as UAW. [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/25/gms-union-on-road-to-recovery-after-stock-sale/ GM's union recovering after stock sale], By Patrice Hill, ''The Washington Times'', November 25, 2010.</ref> "Priority one was serving the interests of the UAW," when the [[White House|White House's]] auto task force engineered the bankruptcy.

==2014 Recalls==

==2014 Recalls==

==Europe==

==Europe==

In February 2017 it was announced that GM's European brands, Vauxhall and Opel, could be sold to the French company [[PSA Group]].<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/02/14/general-motors-talks-sell-vauxhall-opel-marques-peugeot/</ref>

In February 2017 it was announced that GM's European brands, Vauxhall and Opel, could be sold to the French company [[PSA Group]].<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/02/14/general-motors-talks-sell-vauxhall-opel-marques-peugeot/</ref>

==See also==

==See also==