Pontiac Goes Bankrupt Summary of: Pontiac goes out of business after 84 years Source: http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2010/11/pontiac-goes-out-of-business-after-84-years This article discusses a little of the history of GM and why it failed. Pontiac started in the Michigan city of Pontiac in the 1920s. It almost died three decades later but was revived by GM when the company linked the car to drag racing and it gained the muscle image. The ready to race GTO‚ with a powerful V8 engine‚ helped
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slightest doubt that these two boys were dead those who supported the Yorkists always had a chance of rallying around someone to challenge Henry VII. The first of these people was Lambert Simnel. LAmbert Simnel pretended to be the Earl of Warwick‚ The Rebellion At the battle of Stoke‚ Lincoln’s army stood at 8‚000 while Henry could call on 12‚000 men. The battle lasted for three hours. In the initial stages Lincoln’s force held the upper hand as the German soldiers who were with Schwarz proved effective
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mounted amongst settlers‚ natives‚ and slaves. Bacon’s Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony‚ led by Nathaniel Bacon. The Pueblo Revolt was an uprising of the Pueblo Indians against Spanish settlers in 1680 in New Mexico. The Stono Rebellion was a slave uprising in 1739 in the colony of South Carolina‚ and was the largest slave uprising prior to the American Revolution. - Bacon’s Rebellion‚ the Pueblo Revolt‚ and the Stono Rebellion reflected socio-economic tensions‚ relations with
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Lessons from Saturn’s Fall Question #1 The organizational structure at General Motors (GM)‚ with its emphasis on separate Oldsmobile‚ Pontiac‚ Chevrolet‚ and Cadillac products‚ affected Saturn’s business negatively‚ which ultimately lead to its demise. Saturn Corporation‚ a subsidiary of General Motors‚ had the intentions of creating a new brand of cars which they hoped would catch the ascendant Japanese. GM wanted to incorporate the best practices of the automobile industry to become competitive
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Assess the causes of the Indian Rebellion in 1857 Society in India was heavily contrived by the British (i.e. the East India Trade Company) and through the rebellion; society became socially‚ politically and economically impoverished. Although there are many leading causes In the May of 1857‚ the sepoys of the East India Trade Company’s army began a mutiny against the East Indian Trade Company. Initially starting of as a small revolt in the small northwest town of Meerut‚ the mutiny eventually
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The history of Rebellion of 1857 is much debated and volumes of writings are written on this particular issue. There are different interpretations in which this iconic event has been portrayed in historiographies of modern India‚ and to the debates that have come to surround its nature and nomenclature. This interpretive spectrum encompasses colonial interpretation‚ feudal interpretation‚ subaltern interpretation and the nationalist interpretation. Among all such interpretations‚ it is nationalist
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Shays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. Although farmers took up arms in states from New Hampshire to South Carolina‚ the rebellion was most serious in Massachusetts‚ where bad harvests‚ economic depression‚ and high taxes threatened farmers with the loss of their farms. The rebellion took its name from its symbolic leader‚ Daniel Shays of Massachusetts‚ a former
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leadership of William Durant‚ September 16th 1908 marked the birth of the General Motors Company‚ initially incorporating the Buick Motor Company. GM then purchased Olds Motor Works in November 1908‚ a 50% stake in the Oakland Motor Car Co (later Pontiac Motors) in January 1909‚ and Cadillac in July 1909. During its first few years of operation‚ GM also acquired a number of parts and accessories manufacturers‚ such as Champion Ignition Company (predecessor of AC Spark Plug) and Fisher Body Company
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’...where we do well know that all our causes will be impartially heard and equally justice administered to all men‚’ as stated by‚ Nathaniel Bacon. 1 In 1676 an uprising known as Bacon’s Rebellion occurred in Virginia. The immediate cause of this revolt was the dissension between the planters and the Indians. Because Sir William Berkeley‚ the Governor of Virginia had willingly denied support to the farmers‚ Bacon assumed leadership of an unauthorized expedition against the Indians. When Bacon learned
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Bibliography: 1. Aptheker‚ Herbert; Nat Turner ’s Slave Rebellion‚ Johnson and Williams Inc.‚ New York‚ New York‚ Copyright 1921 2. Farina‚ Reggie; Nat Turner ’s Rebellion‚ Snyder Publications‚ Chicago Publishing House‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ Copyright 1963 3. Friedman‚ Jesse; Nat Turner: Prophet‚ Visionary‚ Slave Revolt leader‚ Adu publishing inc.‚ New York‚ New York
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