GM to hire up to 500 for Texas computer center

Detroit • General Motors, which is shifting computer technology functions into the company from outside firms, plans to open four new information technology centers in the U.S., each staffed by at least 500 people. The first of the centers, in Austin, Texas, is already open with a handful of people, and hiring will ramp up gradually as GM finds the right workers to fill the jobs, the company said Friday. It’s all part of a move to bring 90 percent of GM’s information technology from outside comp...