After the breakdown

摘要

GM's decision to abandon talks with Euro-Asian partners Renault and Nissan was anything but unexpected, with senior managers doing little to disguise their distaste for the partnership proposed by GM's largest shareholder, the maverick Las Vegas billionaire Kirk Kerkorian. In the wake of the breakdown in negotiations, the hand-picked representative of Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp, Jerry York, abandoned his seat on the GM board, possibly signalling a new battle with the ailing automaker's top managers.