DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. CEO Fritz Henderson says the new GM will be far faster and more responsive to customers than the old one.\\r\\rHenderson announced on Friday that the company had emerged from bankruptcy protection far faster than anyone thought it could.
Seeking to avoid the public furor that erupted last spring, the American International Group has been quietly seeking approval from the new federal compensation czar to pay a total of $2.4 million dollars in bonuses to dozens of its senior executives.
America\'s cities have experienced a rapid decline in employment in the past year with the collapse of the finance, real estate and automotive industries. To put each metropolitan area\'s situation in perspective, we have put together a map showing the comparative rates of unemployment along with the year over year change from May \'08 to \'09.