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The Gray Lady Bitchslaps Auto Workers

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Automakers, Big Three, Uaw, Bailout, Chrysler, Gm, Economy, Ron Gettelfinger, Ford, New York Times, Cars, Poor, Union, Business News
Allison Kilkenny

The Big Three claim their industry is tanking not because of their refusal to change their gas-guzzling car designs, but because evil workers are demanding their contractually promised benefits.

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Big Three Automaker Bailout: Hearing, Statements, Video

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Automaker CEOs, Automaker Bailout, Alan Mulally, Richard Wagoner, Chrysler Bailout, Ford Bailout, GM Bailout, Auto Bailout, Robert Nardelli, Big Three Bailout, Car Industry Bailout, Big Three, Bailouts, Video, Chyrsler Congressional Testimony, Ford Congressional Testimony, GM Congressional Testimony, Big 3 Automaker Bailout, Automaker Hearing, Watch Excerpts of the Senate Hearings on Automotive Bailout, Automakers Bailout Hearing Live Coverage, Big Three Automakers Bailout, Business News

Updated 10am EST Friday, December 5: The Big Three are back on Capitol Hill today. This time their talking to Congress about getting a multi-billion...

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Big Three CEOs Drive Hybrids To Washington (VIDEO)

CNBC | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Big Three, Automaker Bailout, Video, Robert Nardelli, Alan Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Economy, Cars, Financial Crisis, Big Three CEOs, Business News

CNBC's "Power Lunch" created a funny animation of the Big Three CEOs -- Alan Mulally of Ford, Rick Wagoner of GM and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler -- dr...

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The Automobile Bailout Solution: Unique and Simple

John R. Price | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Congress, Automaker Bailout, Big 3, Big Three Automakers, Big 3 Bailout, Chrysler, Big Three, Gm, The Big 3, Auto Industry Bailout, Ford, Auto Industry, Business News
John R. Price

It makes more sense for Congress to tell ExxonMobil, ARCO, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and their fellow travelers that they should lend the automobile industry $25 billion

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Opportunities in the Big Three Bailout

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Three, Bailout, Health Care, Auto Industry, U.S. Attorney, Business News
Terry Curtis Fox

The CEOs need to be replaced by ambitious executives with a commitment to public service. There's an excellent model for recruiting such professionals. It's called the U.S. Attorney's Office.

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Big Three Come Back To Congress With Different Agendas

New York Times | BILL VLASIC | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Big Three, Auto Bailout, Big Three Bailout, Ford Chrysler GM, Detroit Automakers Agenda, Restructuring, Nardelli, Wagoner, Mulally, Business News

DETROIT - The Detroit automakers have been lumped together for decades as the Big Three, and for good reason; their goals have usually been aligned. ...

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Was Marx Right? The Bailout and the Auto Industry

Howard Schweber | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Marx, Auto Industry, Gm, Bailout, Economy, Big Three, Globalization, Financial Crisis, Labor Market, Unions, Politics News
Howard Schweber

We need a bailout of the auto industry to give the new contracts and the new automotive products a chance. And then we need to address the larger question about the auto industry, and about American industry in general.

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Get Your Head Out of Your Detroit

Joel Shukovsky | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, General Motors, Automaker Bailout, Chrysler, Detroit, Big Three, Gm, Ford, Auto Industry, Business News
Joel Shukovsky

President-elect Obama risks making the first big mistake of his administration if he condones a $25 billion bailout with these corporate yahoos still at the wheel.

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Too Much Green in Being Green

Brian Ross | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Chrysler, Gm, General Motors, Ford, Cars, Green Living, Hybrid Cars, Big-Three, Big Three Bailout, Toyota Hybrids, Foriegn Cars, Prius, Hybrid Suv Prices, Autos, High Gas Prices, Toyota Prius, Hybrid SUVs, High Price Oil, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Green News
Brian Ross

I would love to drive a Mini, or a Prius or a Smart Car, but I have a big family. Unless Ringling Bros. teaches me how to pile them all in and out of a four passenger car, it is not an option.

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Debunking The $70-An-Hour Auto Worker Gossip

Media Matters | Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Big Three, Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Cars, Auto Workers, Uaw, Auto Industry, Business News

Appearing on NPR last week, Times senior business correspondent Micheline Maynard told listeners that the "hourly wage" of Detroit's union autoworkers...

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Congress Bails out Those Who Shower Before Work, but not Those who Shower After Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Congress, Phil Gramm, Hank Paulson, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Senate Banking Committee, Economy, Honda, U.S. Treasury, Cars, Mercedes-Benz, Federal Reserve, $700 Billion Bailout, Vikram S. Pandit, Ford, Charles O. Prince III, Automakers, Nissan, Unemployment, Bailout, Default, George Will, Hyundai, Sen. Jon Kyl, Detroit, Big Three, Financial Crisis, Washington Post, President Bush, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Toyota, Sen. Richard Shelby, Detroit Three, Gm, The Big 3, Chysler, Detroit Automakers, Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Martin Feldstein, Ben Bernanke, Wachovia, Auto Industry, Bankrupt, Citigroup, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Detroit is a place where workers are unionized; Wall Street is not. And right-wing Republicans and conservative pundits have made it clear they want the union workers to suffer.

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Buffett: Automakers Need Bailout Or Bankruptcy

AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Warren Buffett, Automakers, Detriot, Big Three, Gm, Ford, Business News

OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says U.S. automakers need a new business model to better compete, whether it takes bankruptcy ...

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Senator Durbin Rips Big Three Automakers

AP | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago

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Sen. Dick Durbin is ripping into auto industry leaders, calling them out of touch with ordinary people. But he indicated there's still a chance for th...

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Do It For Me, Matchbox Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Gm, Alan Mulally, Rep Emanuel Cleaver, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, Ford, Aston Martin AMV10, Ducati Motorbike, Sen. Bob Corker, Chrysler, Robert Nardelli, Michigan, Lamborghini, Ron Gettelfinger, Ford Mustang, Mini, Financial Crisis, Porche 911, Sen. Chris Dodd, Uaw, Detroit, Indiana, Big Three, Jet, Ceos, Fighter Jet, Nascar, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Chysler, Auto Industry, Business News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

From the fireworks in DC this week, you might think the auto crisis is out of your hands, but we're all complicit: government, CEOs, autoworkers, the public.

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The Neo-Cons Are Not Gone, Nor Forgotten

Brian Ross | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Russia, White House, Big Three Automakers, Economy, Executive Order, General Wesley Clark, Ford, Executive Orders, Congress, Scorch and Burn, Dick Cheney, Big Three, Scorched Earth, Chrysler, Bush Administration, Bush White House, General Motors, Neocons, Neo Con, Bush Legacy, Special Interests, Government Regulation, Politics News
Brian Ross

Much of the economic crisis is also being engineered by our sweet neo-cons to create an untenable situation for the Dems coming into power.

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Automaker Bankruptcy Could Be "Prepackaged" By Obama Administration

Bloomberg | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bankruptcy, Automakers, Chrysler, Automaker Bailout, Obama Big Three, Gm, Ford, Obama Automaker Bailout, Big Three, Cars, Barack Obama, Business News

President-Elect Barack Obama`s transition team is exploring a swift, prepackaged bankruptcy for automakers as a possible solution to the industry's fi...

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Automakers Get Deadline To Make Their Case

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chrysler, Automaker Bailout, Gm, Robert Nardelli, Rick Wagoner, Ford, Big Three, Congress, Alan Mullaly, Business News

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders ordered Detroit's Big Three automakers Friday to submit what amounts to a detailed loan application to Congress ...

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Automaker Bailout -- Heads They Win, Tails We Lose

Pam Atherton | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Big Three, Richard Wagoner, Automaker Bailout, Bailout, Economy, Foreign Automakers, Bancruptcy, Hudson Institute, Mitt Romney, Dr. Herb London, American Automakers, Chrysler, Automakers Bailout, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Gm, Ford, Detroit Automakers, Detroit, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Home News
Pam Atherton

Frankly, I'm tired of all these big businesses putting their hands out and trying to scare us into giving them money by threatening us with an economic disaster.

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Big Three CEOs And Their Private Jets (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Private Jets, Chrysler, Slideshow, Corporate Jets, Gm, Alan Mulally, Robert Nardelli, Automobile Industry, Rick Wagoner, Ford, Big Three, Cars, Big Three Automakers, Automobile Industry Bailout, Business News

The CEOs of the nation's biggest three automakers flew to Washington DC yesterday to make their case before congress that the auto industry is despera...

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6 Myths About GM, Ford, and Chrysler

US News and World Report | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chrysler, Automaker Bailout, Gm, Ford, Big Three, Cars, Business News

As the automakers careen toward bankruptcy, here are some of the myths complicating the debate over the future of the Detroit Three: They don't bui...

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Romney's Idiotic Plan for Detroit

Toby Barlow | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Bailout, Economy, Mitt Romney, Big Three, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Toby Barlow

Let's not be coy about the real agenda here. Republicans like Mitt Romney see this as an opportunity to wage war against the UAW.

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What to do with Detroit?

Dave Winer | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Bankruptcy, Chrysler, Economy, Gm, Ford, Frontline, Automakers, Bailout, Detroit, Big Three, Financial Crisis, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Corporate Jets, Business News
Dave Winer

We're giving Detroit money we don't have to feed and house their employees and bail out their suppliers. We're doing it to save our country, not to save the auto industry as it's currently configured.

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Obama's One-Time Opportunity: to Restructure the American Economy

Paul Wagler | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession, Obama, Gm, Depression, Economy, Big Three, Automaker Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Business News
Paul Wagler

Restoring economic growth alone will not restore our fortunes. In fact, too rapid growth -- in house construction, in stock prices and in energy consumption -- has caused the present problem.

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Congress Scraps a Good Car with Bad Steering

Dan Treul | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Auto Bailout, Congress, Uaw, Chrysler, Bailout, Economic Crisis, Economy, American Auto Industry, Big Three, Bachus, Gm, Auto Industry Bailout, Ford, American Automakers, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit, Business News
Dan Treul

No one - this Michigan resident included - is out to defend recent management of Ford, GM and Chrysler as "efficient." It doesn't take an industry analyst to determine the status quo broken.

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Obama Team Primed for a "Green Stimulus" to the Economy

Nathan Gardels | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Obama Energy Policy, Big Three Automakers, Obama Green, Obama Energy Plan, Big Three, The Big 3, Green Stimulus, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Nathan Gardels

I spoke with Laura D'Andrea Tyson, a top economic adviser on Obama's transition team who headed Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, about the need for a "green stimulus."

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