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DETROIT – Every year, tens of millions of viewers in the United States watch The Oscars. For the next five years, Chevrolet will advertise its award-winning vehicles as part of this night of stars. View the full article

DETROIT – Chevrolet, the “Official Vehicle of Major League Baseball†since 2005, is now swinging for the fences as title sponsor of the 2013 Chevrolet Home Run Derby. Major League Baseball Properties and Chevrolet announced the sponsorship on Monday. View the full article

DETROIT – The 2014 Buick LaCrosse luxury sedan goes on sale later this year with a suggested retail price of $34,060, including a $925 destination charge. Standard equipment includes next-generation IntelliLink connectivity, an eight-inch reconfigurable color cluster display, eight air bags and an eAssist powertrain that offers an EPA-estimated 36 highway mpg. View the full article

BOSTON – General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson addressed the Boston CEO Club on Thursday, discussing the potential for greater in-car connectedness. His prepared remarks follow. As always, the speaker’s words are definitive. View the full article

DETROIT – When the all-new 2014 Cadillac CTS sedan arrives in dealerships this fall, it will offer more interior space, power and technology with more than 20 new standard features compared with the current model. View the full article

DETROIT – Imagine quick off-the-line acceleration reminiscent of a classic muscle car combined with the efficiency of a fuel-sipping compact sedan. Dream on? Believe it. View the full article

DETROIT – Cadillac selected a new agency called Rogue as its creative agency of record, following a review process. Cadillac expects this move to further enable its growth. View the full article

WARREN, Mich. – Following several days of joint testing, General Motors and BMW AG engineers are confident that DC “Combo†Fast Charge stations from several suppliers will consistently allow an electric vehicle to take on an 80 percent charge in about 20 minutes. View the full article

SEATTLE – Chevrolet and the United States Soccer Federation announced a three-year sponsorship deal today that makes Chevrolet the Official Partner of U.S. Soccer and helps the brand leverage the sport’s surging popularity in the U.S., where a soccer player lives in 30 percent of households. View the full article

DETROIT – General Motors today announced an all-new Global Business Services group that will streamline back-office processes to improve service quality, reduce complexity and achieve cost efficiencies. Diana Tremblay is named Global Business Services vice president and will report to Dan Ammann, GM senior vice president and chief financial officer. View the full article

DETROIT – General Motors (NYSE: GM) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.59375 per share on its Series B mandatory convertible junior preferred stock. The dividend is payable Sept. 3, 2013 to Series B holders of record as of Aug. 15, 2013. The dividend is cumulative. The total amount of the dividend is approximately $59.4 million. View the full article

DETROIT – Every 2014 Buick model – Verano, Regal, LaCrosse, Encore and Enclave – will be offered with a suite of available active safety systems that watch the front, side and rear of the vehicle to help prevent crashes. View the full article

DETROIT – When Chevrolet set out to refresh the Malibu’s interior and exterior for 2014, designers used one of the most cost-effective and time-saving methods in its high-tech tool box: rapid prototyping, also known as 3-D printing. View the full article

DETROIT – General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) today announced at its annual meeting of stockholders the preliminary voting results representing 87.4 percent of eligible votes. View the full article

DETROIT – Customers who purchase or lease an eligible new 2014 Chevrolet, Buick or GMC car, truck or crossover in the U.S. will be covered by a new maintenance program that includes certain scheduled services for two years or 24,000 miles, whichever occurs first. View the full article

DETROIT – Here are General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson’s prepared remarks to the annual meeting of stockholders on Thursday, June 6. As always, the speaker’s words are definitive. View the full article

ROSARIO, Argentina – General Motors’ Rosario Automotive Complex is the first GM plant in the Americas to obtain 50001 certification from the International Organization for Standardization. View the full article

DETROIT – Remotely unlocking doors, activating horn and lights and remote start for factory-equipped vehicles are among services General Motors will make standard via smartphone for five years through the OnStar RemoteLink Mobile App. View the full article

SHANGHAI – General Motors and its joint ventures sold a May record 252,942 vehicles in China. Sales increased 9.4 percent from the same month last year. Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling as well as all of their brands also had all-time sales highs for the month. View the full article

FLINT, Mich. – General Motors Co. employees around the country have so far raised approximately $28,500 to help people in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma. View the full article

DETROIT – The suggested retail price for the 2014 Chevrolet SS sports sedan is $44,470, including a $995 destination charge, Chevrolet announced today. Title and license fees are extra. The SS goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2013. View the full article

DETROIT – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) sold 252,894 vehicles in the United States in May, up 3 percent compared with a year ago. Retail sales increased 9 percent, fleet sales were down 10 percent and the fleet mix was 26 percent of total sales. View the full article

DETROIT – The 2013 Encore luxury small crossover brings a smaller footprint and high efficiency to the Buick showroom, but the brand’s newest model maintains the commitment to safety, joining all other current Buicks as an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 2013 Top Safety Pick. View the full article

DETROIT – Cadillac’s year-to-date sales increase of 38 percent will be the brand’s largest since 1976, making the 110-year old brand the fastest growing major automotive brand in the U.S. View the full article

LANSING, Mich. – The former Oldsmobile headquarters, known as Building 70, received a dramatic facelift recently. It is now wrapped with a banner of the Cadillac ATS – 2013 North America Car of the Year – built at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant located on the site. View the full article