RENEE MONTAGNE, host: In business news, GM executives won't be rewarded for making things better.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Sales at General Motors were up last year, but that increase was not enough to earn cash bonuses for GM's top managers. That's because the company still came up $2 billion short of making a profit. Last year, GM's top executives took pay cuts, and this is the second year in a row they won't be getting bonuses.
Sales at General Motors were up last year, but according to The New York Times, the increase was not enough to earn bonuses for GM's top managers, because the company still came up $2 billion short of making a profit. It's the second consecutive year that GM executives won't be getting cash bonuses or stock options.