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Steve Rattner: Why I Fired GM's CEO
Steve Rattner: Why I Fired GM's CEO
Car czar Rattner says he was 'stunned by the incompetence of GM's management' and that financial controls within the automaker were the worst he's ever seen.  We have a revealing article penned by Rattner himself including a short video plus more cartoons .   On Management ...
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