New Sheriff in Town (GM Gets a New CEO)

General Motors wasted no time in naming a new chief executive officer (CEO) after its’ current Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson announced his own imminent retirement. Just one day after the U.S. Treasury Department sold off the last of its stake in General Motors, Akerson’s departure was quickly followed by the news that Mary Barra will take over the vacant slot, a position that makes her the first woman CEO of a major automaker and one of the few women…