【本期话题】Crisis and Rebirth

危机与重生
 

America's biggest carmaker, General Motors(通用汽车), declared(宣布) itself bankrupt today and filing for bankruptcy protection(破产保护) at a federal courthouse in downtown Manhattan, kicking off the biggest industrial insolvency in US history.
GM will continue to manufacture(大规模生产) and sell cars under bankruptcy and the US government is hoping for a swift, "surgical"(外科手术，此处特指对公司制度的重整) process under which the company will emerge in smaller, reform(革新重组) within 60 to 90 days.【更多故事尽在TalkOnline】
 

"提出破产申请并不代表通用的终结,而是一次公司内部重整革新的好机会"
 

General Motors will complete its transformation(转型) from being the world's largest car maker carmaker to the largest industrial bankruptcy in American history. Foreign filing for(提出申请【常用于正式,法律文件】) bankruptcy will not mean the end of GM, but it will result in the a leaner relaunch(精简重整,relaunch再启动) company within 90 days. GM is expected to announce the closure of more than a dozen of factories and the loss of 20,000 jobs in the US alone. It’s It's getting rid of(除去,摆脱) brands(厂牌,品牌) just punt at accestion hmor such as Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Saab*.
*：土星(Saturn)庞蒂亚克(Pontiac)萨博(Saab)
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