Forcing a French Connection for GM – The Wall Street Journal.


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Forcing a French Connection for GM

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203833004577251593997518140.html

With General Motors GM +5.62%limited in what it can do about its woeful European operations, taking a stake in France’s No. 2 car maker might not be such a bad idea.

Word that GM is considering buying into an alliance with PSA Peugeot Citroën UG.FR +2.11%has drawn a collective yawn from investors. The deal seems unlikely to address the overcapacity problems dogging GM’s money-losing European business, Opel-Vauxhall.

About Ben Gomes-Casseres
Author or REMIX STRATEGY. Professor at Brandeis University. Researcher, speaker, consultant on strategy of business combinations.

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