General Motors reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat analyst expectations, but saw its operating profit slip. WSJ’s Lee Hawkins outlines three challenges facing the auto maker in the year ahead. Photo: AP PhotoIn the current period of modest but steady global growth, financial distress has tended to concentrate in two sectors: retail and energy. Now, investors and analysts are growing more concerned that the global auto industry could join that group. Retail and energy were the only...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 05, 2019 12:56 UTC