Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer Detroit, Michigan (AHN)—General Motors Corp. and auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. announced deals with the United Auto Workers that would help the struggling companies cut labor costs by offering early-retirement buyouts to 113,000 U.S. hourly workers. The...

General Motors is offering hourly workers as much as $140,000 each to leave the company as the troubled automaker extends its push to cut labor costs and put an end to billions of dollars in losses. The company also announced an agreement with bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi and the UAW that is seen as a key to avoiding a crippling strike at the parts supplier.

AP - Auto supplier Delphi Corp. said Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers to buy out thousands of hourly workers.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers on Sunday were nearing agreement on terms of a deal that would offer buyouts to thousands of factory workers at GM and its bankrupt former subsidiary Delphi Corp. , a person familiar with the negotiations said.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. disclosure of accounting errors and an additional $2 billion loss for 2005 on Friday deepened Wall Street doubts about the company's management and renewed questions about the automaker's long-term survival.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. has increased the amount of its estimated exposure to former parts unit Delphi Corp. , suggesting progress in talks with unions and Delphi, analysts said on Friday.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. on Thursday revised its loss for 2005 to $10.6 billion, $2 billion more than initially reported, due to charges associated with its restructuring, the bankruptcy of its former subsidiary Delphi Corp. and its finance arm GMAC.

Reuters - One of the largest shareholders in auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. on Thursday said the company had overstated its liabilities when seeking bankruptcy protection and demanded that it convene its annual meeting for 2005 as soon as possible.

Reuters - There are signs of progress in the three-way talks between bankrupt auto parts supplier Delphi Corp., General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union, but no deal is yet in sight, union officials said on Wednesday after a closely watched meeting.

Reuters - The United Auto Workers union on Thursday said it was not close to a cost-cutting agreement with bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi Corp. and automaker General Motors Corp.

InfoWorld - Deciding to concentrate on ALM (application lifecycle management), Borland Software last month announced plans to sell off its faltering JBuilder Java IDE business, as well as its Windows tools platform, including Delphi.

InfoWorld - Deciding to concentrate on ALM (application lifecycle management), Borland Software last month announced plans to sell off its faltering JBuilder Java IDE business, as well as its Windows tools platform, including Delphi.

USATODAY.com - General Motors, Delphi, Vanguard and A.G. Edwards are among the first major employers this year to begin rolling out Roth 401(k) plans, which let workers withdraw money tax-free in retirement.

Reuters - GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on Friday that a negotiated settlement of bankrupt Delphi Corp. and its union over the auto supplier's restructuring was "not guaranteed."

Reuters - Bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi Corp. on Friday said it would delay to the end of March filing court papers to void its labor contracts and cut retiree benefits, citing progress in talks with its unions and former parent General Motors Corp.

InfoWorld - Real Software announced that all Borland Delphi users can receive a free license for RealBasic 2006 for Windows Standard Edition through Feb. 28.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union are working on an early-retirement program that would allow bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi Corp. to shift workers back to the automaker, the Detroit Free Press said on Saturday.