General Motors Job Cuts

The poor performance of General Motors' Chinese joint ventures is forcing the company to write down assets and take a restructuring charge totalling more than USD 5 billion in the fourth quarter of this year. The Detroit automaker said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it will cut the value of its equity stake in the ventures by USD 2.6 billion to USD 2.9 billion when it reports its results early next year. In addition, GM will take USD 2.7 billion worth of restructuring charges, most of it during the fourth quarter. The noncash charges will reduce the company's net income, but they will not affect adjusted pretax earnings, GM said in the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. GM for years has owned 50 per cent of its joint venture with SAIC General Motors Corp. and has other joint ventures, including a finance arm. The ventures used to be a reliable source of equity income for the company, but have swung to losses in the past year. The ventures lost USD 347 ..

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