Big Three Automakers

Ford Gets In The Grill Of GM Over Facebook Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 05.16.2012

Facebook's got a friend in Ford. After General Motors announced it was killing its Facebook advertising just days before Facebook's IPO, Ford sent ...

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Automaker Nets Big Profit

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

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* Fiat earnings aided by strong Chrysler performance * Chrysler maintains 2012 guidance of $1.5 bln profit * To begin sa...

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CEO's Strangely Altruistic Move

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2012

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DETROIT, March 7 (Reuters) - Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive of Chrysler Group LLC, declined a salary and bonus for 2011 when the smallest U....

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Ford Focus Has Highest February Sales In Over A Decade

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. says its U.S. sales rose 14 percent in February thanks to big demand for its Focus compact car. Focus sales more than ...

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Bailed Out Automaker Turns Record Profit

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.17.2012

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DETROIT — Just two years after it was rescued and reconstituted through bankruptcy and a government bailout, General Motors Co. cruised through ...

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Looking To Reinvent Lincoln

HuffingtonPost.com | David Kiley | Posted 12.16.2011

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DETROIT -- The creative management of Ford's Lincoln brand is moving out of the Motor City to the Big Apple. The company announced Friday a new creati...

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Someone's Finding A Use For This

AP | By JEFF KAROUB | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Video, US Auto Industry, Auto Factories, Big Three Automakers, Factories, Auto Plants, Manufacturing, Detroit Real Estate, General Motors Factories, US Auto Factories, Detroit News

DETROIT -- About half of all U.S. automotive plants that have closed since 1979 are being reused, and much of that activity has come during the recent...

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Mitt Romney Insists He 'Was Frankly Right' On Auto Bailout Stance

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has made a very simple argument about his controversial stance regarding the auto bailouts of 2008 and 2009: He was right al...

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Michigan's Economic Recovery Second Fastest In The Nation

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.02.2012

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Long the symbol of America's deindustrialization, Michigan may be on the comeback trail. The state is recovering at the second fastest pace in the...

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Chrysler Posts Best Result In Four Years

Posted 01.01.2012

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Chrysler Group LLC posted a 27 percent gain in October U.S. sales -- its best result in four years -- as major automakers reported results pointin...

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Moody's Upgrades Ford, GM

AP | By DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 12.28.2011

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DETROIT -- Moody's Investors Service raised the corporate debt ratings for General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. on Thursday, citing new labor agreeme...

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UAW: Ford, Union Reach Tentative Contract

Posted 12.04.2011

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers union have reached tentative agreement on a new four-year labor contract, the union ...

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Report: America's Richest Union Living Beyond Its Means

Posted 11.22.2011

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Bob King, the president of the United Auto Workers, has a problem: the labor union that credits itself with creating the Ameri...

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Let's Make A Deal: UAW Nears Vote On GM Contract

Posted 11.20.2011

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About 48,500 General Motors Co workers at U.S. factories will begin considering the details of a proposed four-year contract on Tuesday that repre...

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Tesla Stock Soars After It's Called 'America's Fourth Automaker'

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.31.2011

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UPDATE: Tesla stocks closed at $27.75 on Thursday, a 2.7 % decrease from a daytime high of $28.51, but up 17 percent from Wednesday. Ford, General...

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Strong December Auto Sales Boost Hopes For 2011

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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For automakers, December delivered 2010's strongest monthly sales totals, invigorating industry hopes for a more prosperous year to come. Auto sales...

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GM a Winner, But Dangers Still Lurk

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

While today is surely a time to celebrate GM, it's also critical to take a quick look at the 11 ways GM could find itself in the same bankruptcy boat which nearly destroyed forever the American auto business as we'd known it for 100 years.

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GMC's 2011 Heavy Duty 2500 Pickup Has More Swagger than before

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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This GMC 2500 Sierra stands up to the toughest truck-centric scrutiny -- that of those who actually use their truck as a tool along with their belts, compressors, ice chests... and race cars.

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'Cracking the Code' to Keeping Manufacturing Jobs in America

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 05.25.2011

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While we won't be able to keep all labor-intensive manufacturing jobs in America, we're now seeing the first real evidence of what it takes for advanced manufacturing to stay and grow in America.

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Obama To Visit Big Three Auto Plants In Michigan, Illinois Next Week

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit U.S. auto plants in Michigan and Illinois next week to highlight his administration's decision to...

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Chrysler ADDS Jobs In Detroit

AP | MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — Chrysler Group LLC gave a big boost to the battered Michigan economy Friday when it announced plans to add about 1,100 workers to help...

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Detroit Auto Show's Best Cars

Posted 05.25.2011

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Automakers converged on Detroit this week for the annual North American International Auto Show, where they introduced their latest models and conce...

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Green News Report - June 25, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Darryl Hannah arrested (no, not for public intoxication); Floor fight pending over climate change; Big Three automakers ignored their own consumer research ... The Supreme Court kills a lake.

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After GM and Chrysler Bankruptcies -- What Now?

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Autos, Chevy Volt, Bankruptcy, Big Three Automakers, Green Jobs, General Motors, Chrysler, Evolving Energy Tech, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Detroit Three, Detroit, Gm, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Michigan, Home News

Despite the news about GM filing for bankruptcy, my state should not be the object of pity. We will not be victims: We intend to lead the country in a move from 20th century rust to 21st century green.

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Can We Make "Buying American" Cool Again?

Charles J. Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Bailout, Obama Auto Industry, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, General Motors, Rush Limbaugh, Cars, Barack Obama, Business News

We need to acknowledge our share of the responsibility for having "abandoned Detroit." We need to understand that any effort to rebuild the American auto industry requires each of us to start buying American again.

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