Some lucky survivors of the first edition, which was a contemporary of the GM EV-1, somehow managed to escape the crusher and are still on the road with Ed Begley Jr.

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An EU ruling says foods labelled non-GM can contain up to 1% of GM ingredients.

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Today there are almost 700, 000 GM retirees and just 70, 000 active workers, a 10-1 ratio.

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In a good year these high-profit models can add 1.5 million vehicles to GM's sales count.

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Any shot at a pullback withered by the open though, as narrow pre-market losses reversed to a 1.5% gain for GM in the first five minutes of trading.

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Since last September OnStar has been offering GM owners a monthly e-mail message summarizing the health of their vehicles based on 1, 600 diagnostic checks done remotely.

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