Gm To Cut 1,600 U.s. Salaried Positions This Week

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Mon, 04/20/2009 - 6:58am

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp is cutting about 1,600 salaried jobs in the United States this week as it rushes to meet a June 1 deadline to restructure under U.S. government oversight, the automaker said on Monday.

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