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Medicare: Is America the Next GM?

A. Haag Sherman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Auto Industry, General Motors, Barack Obama, Bailout, Car Industry, American Economy, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gm, Medicare, Health Care, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics News
A. Haag Sherman

By re-sizing our Medicare system to one we can afford, America can avoid the fate of GM and maintain its competitive position for decades to come.

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"Cash for Clunkers" Is Really Economics for Dummies

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Auto Bailout, Car Industry, Economic Crisis, Auto Industry, American Automobile Industry, Business News
Sheldon Filger

Using borrowed money to subsidize the purchase of foreign made automobiles does not make economic sense. "Cash for Clunkers" is a showroom lemon masquerading as brilliant economic policy.

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Auto Supplier Aid Request Rejected By Obama Administration

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Obama Auto Supplier Aid, Auto Supplier Aid Rejected, Car Industry, Auto Supplier Bailout Rejected, Auto Supplier Bailout, Obama Administration, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has turned down a request by auto suppliers for up to $10 billion in additional federal aid to help the pa...

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Supreme Court Asked To Block Chrysler Sale To Fiat

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 07.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Chrysler Fiat Merger, Chrysler Fiat Sale, Auto Bailouts, Chrysler, Fiat, Car Industry, Supreme Court Chrysler Fiat, Auto Industry, Auburn Hills-Michigan, Business News

WASHINGTON — Three Indiana state pension and construction funds want the Supreme Court to block Chrysler's sale to Fiat so they can pursue an ap...

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White House: Don't Expect Auto Bailout By Monday

AP | Posted 01.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Car Industry Bailout, Auto Bailout, Auto Industry Bailout, White House, Car Industry, Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON — The White House tossed out no lifeline for the teetering auto industry Sunday, although President George W. Bush reiterated that he...

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Pressure Builds For GM To Oust CEO As Part Of Auto Bailout

The Hill | Silla Brush | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chris Dodd Video, Auto Bailout, Video, Car Industry, Auto Industry Crisis, Chris Dodd on Gm Management, Detroit, Chris Dodd on Auto Bailout, Chriss Dodd, Politics News

UPDATE 12/07 at 9:00PM EST: In addition to Dodd's statements this morning, there is growing outside pressure for GM CEO Rick Wagoner to step down. T...

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Desperate: Chrysler Executive Warns Auto Industry Collapse Could Spark Depression

AP | TOM KRISHER and KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Financial Crisis, Auto Industry Bailout, Car Industry, Carmakers, Gm, Ford, Chrysler, Business News

DETROIT — Worried about their jobs and warned that the cost of failure could be a depression, hundreds of leaders of the United Auto Workers vot...

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You and Your Car: You Better Love the One You're With.

Trevor Traina | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: New Cars, Car Care, Car Repair, Congressional Bailout, Hybrid Cars, Buying a Car, Financial Crisis, Cars, Car Industry, Saving Money, Recession, Car Maintenance, Green News
Trevor Traina

The reality has set in that whatever is in your garage now will likely be there next year too.

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NY Times Says: "Keep Your SUV"

New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas, Suv Prices, Suvs, Green, Green News, Cars, Ford Suvs, Car Industry, Ford Motor Co, SUV Sales, Ford, Green News

Your neighbors may turn up their noses, but keeping your gas-guzzling sport utility vehicle, or buying one coming off a lease, may be a smart move. T...

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Dark Year Ahead For Detroit's Automakers

New York Times | NICK BUNKLEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automaker, Car Sales, Toyota, Automotive Industry, Car Industry, Honda, Business News

The way that auto executives here have been talking, 2008 will be a bad year to sell cars and trucks in the United States. Every time one company pred...

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Toyota Aims To Sell 9.85M Vehicles, Be No. 1 Automaker

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Katsuaki Watanabe, Gm, General Motors, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota, Car Industry, General Motors Corp, Auto Industry, Business News

Toyota plans to sell 9.85 million vehicles worldwide in 2008, the company said Tuesday, setting an ambitious target despite worries about a slowing U....

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