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General Motors Company appointed Gerald Johnson as North America Manufacturing Vice President effective July 1. He will lead a team of more than 74,000 employees who work in 56 facilities including assembly, stamping, powertrain and component operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Johnsons most recent role was executive director of Global Program Quality and Launch, where he led several key quality initiatives to improve global product launches.

US court has dismissed $3 billion (£1.93 billion) lawsuit brought by the previous owner of Saab, Spyker, alleging General Motors Company (GM) was responsible for the Swedish carmaker's bankruptcy. The Dutch sports car maker filed suit against GM in August 2012, claiming it interfered in a transaction that would have allowed Saab stay afloat.

General Motors Company announced that Diana Tremblay is named Global Business Services vice president and will report to Dan Ammann, GM senior vice president and chief financial officer. Tremblay's appointment is effective July 1, and her team, comprised initially of certain groups of employees from Finance, Human Resources, Facilities, Real Estate and Indirect Purchasing, will begin implementation immediately. Tremblay most recently was North America Manufacturing vice president.