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                         GM Names Its First Female CEO

   The woman both Forbes and Fortune magazines named as the most powerful
   in business, Mary Barra, will become the first female Chief Executive
   Officer of U.S. automaker General Motors.
   Barra was elected by the company board to succeed Dan Akerson, who will
   step down January 15.
   In her current position as Executive Vice President of Global product
   development, she developed a reputation of a hard driving leader who
   made the company achieve higher standards of quality, following the
   drop in consumer confidence that led to the U.S. automotive industry
   crisis in 2008.
   Bara, who holds a degree in engineering, comes from a family long
   connected with auto industry, as her father worked for General Motors
   for almost 40 years.
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