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    Ahead of IPO, GM Posts Largest Quarterly Profit in 11 Years

    After bankruptcy and a federal bailout, General Motors has made its largest quarterly profit in 11 years.  What's good for General Motors may be good politically for Barack Obama. David Welch writes for Bloomberg BusinessWeek .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    After bankruptcy and a federal bailout, General Motors has made its largest quarterly profit in 11 years. What's good for General Motors may be good politically for Barack Obama. David Welch writes for Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Judicial Independence, Elections and Provocative Rulings
    1. 0:00Ahead of IPO, GM Posts Largest Quarterly Profit in 11 YearsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:50Should Judges Be Elected?
    3. 44:52US High School Math Students Score 31st Out of 56 Countries
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