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Perspective

Apr. 2, 2014

General Motors' day of reckoning

This week, General Motors CEO Mary Barra will appear before an angry panel of examiners in the House and the Senate. By Jonathan Michaels


By Jonathan Michaels


This week, General Motors CEO Mary Barra will appear before an angry panel of examiners in the House and the Senate, where she has been summoned to testify about how and why the Detroit automaker concealed known safety defects in more than 1 million vehicles for over a decade.


The hearings signify a remarkable change of events in the leader's short tenure. Just two months ago, Barra was christened as the first female to ever ass...

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