Seth Wenig / AP
Traders gather near the post where General Motors Co. stock trades at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The WSJ.com reports from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange:
The crowd thinned by 10 a.m., but there was still a sizable cluster of brokers standing by the GM post half an hour after the session had opened, which traders said is something they hadn't seen in a long time.
Read our report on the General Motors IPO, or watch CNBC's round table on the IPO.
Today was a good day for GM. The company announced the stock price for its initial public offering. It’s the biggest U.S. IPO in history. The shares could raise almost $23 billion for the company.
And in more interesting news, today GM unveiled its 2011 convertible Camaro at the LA Auto show. Click here to see a slideshow from the auto show.
Reed Saxon / AP
The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro convertible, due in dealer showrooms in February, debuts at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov. 17, 2010.
Msnbc.com story: It's official: GM sets stock price for massive IPO
Taking a huge step on the road to recovery, the new General Motors is poised to become a publicly traded company. CNBC's Phil Lebeau reports.
Jeffrey Sauger / General Motor H / EPA
The assembly line at the General Motors Lansing Grand River plant where GM announced a $190 million investment in the plant to produce an all-new Cadillac small luxury car in Lansing, Mich., Oct. 28, 2010. The investment will create 600 jobs and result in the addition of a second shift. The announcement brings the total of new U.S. investment to over $3.1 billion and more than 7,900 jobs that GM has created or retained in 21 U.S. plants since emerging from bankruptcy in July 2009.
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