General Motors Co. Chief Executive Mary Barra was hoping this year would mark an inflection point for the U.S.’s largest auto maker after a tumultuous 2019, when she took heat from lawmakers over plant closures and a 40-day U.S. factory strike wiped out the company’s fourth-quarter profit. But less than a month into 2020, the 58-year-old electrical engineer found herself in scramble mode again. As the pandemic spread globally, GM began idling factories, first in China and eventually in North America, where it closed all its...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 04, 2020 15:05 UTC