abcnews.go.com - 11/21/2008
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General Motors said today that it is putting two of its five corporate jets out of service because the planes are not being used enough. The top three executives at GM, however, will continue to use the private luxurious jets for all of their business and personal travel, despite a flurry of ...
abcnews.go.com - 11/21/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
GM Downsizing Jet Fleet, CEO Still Flies High
Company Reducing Number of Jets, But Top Execs Keep...
Perk By JOSEPH RHEE and MADDY SAUER Nov. 21, 2008 General Motors said today that it is putting two of its five corporate jets out of service because ...
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GM Downsizing Jet Fleet, But CEO Still Flies in High Style
julescrittenden.com - 11/21/2008
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Mexican border-crossing is down 42 percent in the
last two years, from 1.2 million to 800,000. That's...
all Mexicans who left the country, whether legally or otherwise. AP, noting that most are border-hopping illegals headed north,* reports that U.S. ...
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GM CEO To Continue Flying Private, Company Will Downsize Jet Fleet
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From ABC News:
General Motors said today that it is putting two of its five corporate jets out of service because the planes are not being used enough. The top three executives at GM, however, will continue to use the private luxurious jets for all of their business and personal travel, despite a flurry of criticism over the perk following an ABC News report this week.
An ABC News investigation revealed that the top three automakers have together spent several hundred million dollars to buy, maintain, and operate a fleet of top-of-the-line private jets for ...
GM shedding some private jets: report
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... General Motors is getting rid of some of its corporate jets after they became a symbol of the auto industry chief executives' cluelessness and hubris in their effort to get Congress to give their companies a $25 billion bailout, according to ABCNews. ...
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