From GM's Bankruptcy Filing: $82.2 billion in assets and $172 billion in liabilities!

[BlooInBloo]

Wow. That's some fucked up management.

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/06/gm-news.html

"From the WSJ: Filings Reveal Depth of Problems

General Motors Corp.'s $82.2 billion in assets and $172 billion in liabilities spell out the extent of its problems and sheer breadth of the 101-year-old giant's bankruptcy.

In a torrent of filings at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, GM's mind-numbing scale is evident: It has 463 subsidiaries and has built 450 million cars and trucks over the years. It employs 235,000 people worldwide. This includes 91,000 in the United States, which it pays $476 million each month, and 493,000 retirees with various benefits. It spends $50 billion a year buying parts and services from 11,500 vendors in North America.

More details from Bloomberg: GM Files Bankruptcy to Spin Off More Competitive Firm

From the WSJ: GM to Announce Tentative Hummer Sale

General Motors Corp., fresh off filing for bankruptcy protection Monday, will start its second day of court proceedings by announcing the tentative sale of the Hummer brand ..."

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1. But the executives were paid?

[Aqaba]

2. There was a good segment on NPR this afternoon...

...interviewing a 41 year retiree of a GM plant in Delaware.