GM taps Microsoft CFO to run finances

General Motors Co. has hired the chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp. to take over the troubled automaker’s books, tapping a cost-cutter who is now widely seen as a potential candidate to be GM’s next CEO.

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. has hired the chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp. to take over the troubled automaker’s books, tapping a cost-cutter who is now widely seen as a potential candidate to be GM’s next CEO.

Chris Liddell will become GM’s finance chief starting next year and report directly to interim CEO Ed Whitacre Jr., who also is a newcomer to the automaker.

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