The European Commission will not allow assistance from European governments to be explicitly linked to jobs in their home countries, but there is little doubt that governments are reluctant to hand over taxpayers' money without getting anything in return - especially to help bolster a GM majority-owned by US taxpayers.

BBC: What next for GM in Europe?

She dismissed concerns from outside the US that genetically-modified (GM) foods could harm human health as "unsubstantiated", and addressed drug trafficking and the employment of former nuclear weapons scientists.

BBC: Albright marries science and diplomacy

That soya is imported - much of it from the US - and so it will be GM.

BBC: GM food: Monster or saviour?

For Don Johnson, GM's vice-president for US sales, these vehicles offer the perfect solution.

BBC: US drivers revive gas guzzler love affair

US-based corporations who compete globally have a real (GM healthcare type of problem) No new jobs getting created here!

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Ford, GM and Chrysler were caught flat-footed when US consumers began switching en masse to smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles.

BBC: Fresh troubles for US car giants

Analyst John Del Vecchio shared with us a couple of his short ideas: General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ) and Ethan Allen Interiors (nyse: ETH - news - people ).

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The news comes days after US agri-chemical company Monsanto said that it would not try to market a strain of GM wheat because of consumer resistance.

BBC: Tins of Bt-11 sweet corn will be labelled as GM products

Last week, the US department of agriculture released the most comprehensive analysis of data on GM crops in the US. As expected, these show a dramatic uptake among farmers - a six-fold increase to 50 million acres in just two years.

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