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GM board postpones annual shareholders meeting

Jul. 16, 2009
General Motors Co. says it has postponed its annual shareholders' meeting indefinitely. Company spokesman Tom Wilkinson says the old GM's board delayed the meeting without setting a new date. It had been scheduled for Aug. 4 in Detroit. The new GM emerged...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch