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Hiring By The Auto Industry Might Drive U.S. Recovery: Survey

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Kpmg, Consumer Confidence, Japan Earthquake, Unemployment Rate, U.S. Debt Crisis, M&A, Jobs, U.S. Recession, Economic Recovery, Chysler, General Motors Co, Good News, Auto Industry, Business News

(Clare Baldwin) - The auto industry could lead an economic recovery in the United States, according to a recent survey by audit, tax and advisory ...

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The Military Industrial Complex: Truck You, Detroit, or Tanks for Nuttin' Update

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mraps, Contractors, Afghanistan, Detroit Three, Gm, Obama, Chysler, Ford, Oshkosh-Truck-Corp, Marines, Military, Army, Iraqs, Detroit, Navistar, Ieds, General Petraeus, Dod, Detroit Bailout, Atvs, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

Our military procurement system is a mess. Our automobile industry is a mess. We might have helped both if we had gotten them to agree to build the next generation of military vehicles together.

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Nationalizing Chrysler

Larry Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Politics, Big Three Automakers, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Unemployment, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News
Larry Abrams

The "creative destruction" argument conveniently forgets that it wasn't the "free market" that created the American Way of life, but a working class that was paid well enough to consume.

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Unions Aren't To Blame For Automakers' Woes

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automotive Industry, Air America Radio, Mike Papantonio, Union, Recession, Detriot, Uaw, Organized Labor, Bailout, Ring of Fire, Union Busting, Economy, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Walmart Unions, Economic Policy Institute, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Richard Shelby, The Big 3, Epi, Big Three Automakers, Jim Demint, Detroit Three, Ford, Afl-Cio, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Chysler, Auto Industry, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Mike Papantonio

If the centralized, organized mouthpiece for labor is destroyed, then so is the only advocacy vehicle available to the nonunion worker.

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Save the Jeep; Save the Nation

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citigroup, Washington Mutual, Gm, Economy, United Auto Workers, Sen. Harry Reed, Ford, Mitt Romney, Fannie Mae, Credit Default Swaps, Congress, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Big Three, Aig, Chrysler, Freddie Mac, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, New York Museum of Modern Art, Jeep, Uaw, World War II, Capitol, Senate Majority Leader, Willys-Overland, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Chysler, Auto Industry, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Congress cannot let the Jeep die in bankruptcy. Congress must not fail the U.S. auto industry. Doing so would be abandoning the core of the American economy -- manufacturing.

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Is the GOP Risking the Economy to Win the PR War Against Unions?

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Republican Senators, Gop, Employee Free Choice Act, Corker, Auto Industry Bailout, Uaw, Mitch Albom, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Labor Unions, Cars, Unemployment, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Unions, Auto Industry, Detroit, Politics News
Art Levine

With three million jobs at stake, potentially costing taxpayers $150 billion, unions remain the primary targets of the GOP blame game for the troubled auto industry and the failed bailout deal.

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The Auto Bailout and Post-Partisanship?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republican Administration, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, Government Bailout, United Auto Workers, Economy, Ford, Congress, Obama, Bush, Chrysler, Mark Zandi, General Motors, Ron Gettelfinger, Bob Corker, Auto Industry Bailout, Auto Industry, Senate, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Gm, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Chysler, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

This is a mess. Everybody in the auto industry is staring into the abyss - the automakers, the unions, the suppliers, the dealers - not to mention the government and the taxpayers.

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General Motor's VP Bob Lutz's Green Pose

James Hoggan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Sustainability, Bob Lutz, Bob Lutz Is Full of Shit, General Motors, Climate Change, Global Warming, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Auto Industry Bailout Vote, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Oregon, Green News
James Hoggan

I think the U.S. legislators contemplating this auto industry bailout package should demand Bob Lutz's resignation before dribbling a single dollar into GM's leaky pockets.

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Automotive Chiefs Announce Further Restructuring, Closing Ohio

Aemilia Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cars, Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Unemployment, Economy, Satire, Ohio, Detroit, Auto Industry, Comedy, Manufacturing Jobs, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Bailout, Detroit Automakers, Economic Humor, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, The Big 3, Business News
Aemilia Scott

Over the last few years, sustaining Ohio has become less profitable for automakers. When the state began to run at a loss, the Big Three began selling off pieces to Germany and Japan.

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Bailout? Detroit on His Mind

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Big Three Automakers, Rick Wagon, Alan Mulally, Richard Wagoner, Federal Reserve, Congress, Ford Motor Co, Chrysler, General Motors, Bailout, Robert Nardelli, Big Auto Makers, Car Makers, Financial Crisis, Tarp, Detroit, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Business News
Rick Horowitz

On their last visit, the auto execs asked Congress for $25 billion in bailout loans. A nice round number. So nice and round that it sounded like it had been plucked from thin air.

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What Would Moses Do?

Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automotive Industry, Business, Economy, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Auto Industry, Detroit, Politics News
Francine Hardaway

We should be selling cars like clothes: big family? You need a big car. Small family? You don't get to drive a Hummer for one person.

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Out of Line: Auto Makers

Mort Gerberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Big 3 Bailout, Humor, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, The Big 3, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Politics, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Political Cartoon, Gm, Political Humor, Chysler, Auto Industry, Political Cartoons, Detroit, Politics News
Mort Gerberg

Should the Government Bail Out the Big Three U.S. Automakers? HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In...

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Dec. 1, 2008 News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Cabinet, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, George W. Bush, Automakers, Obama Administration, Bailout, Paul Brown Obama, Michelle Bachmann, Aig, Gm, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit, Bill Clinton, Big Three Automakers, Obama Inauguration, Detroit Three, Ford, Susan Rice US Ambassador to the Un, Chris Matthews, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Political Humor, Obama First 100 Days, Chysler, Hillary Clinton, Auto Industry Bailout, Presidential Thanksgiving Pardon, News Humor, Auto Industry, 100 Days, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

This was the first Thanksgiving ever where the turkey pardoned the President.

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What Detroit Needs

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chrysler, Gm, Auto, Ford, Recession, Big 3, Congress, Bailout, Auto Industry, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Unemployment, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Business News
Aram Khayatpour

We all make jokes about how lazy and lobby-driven Congress is, and as sad as the truths behind those jokes are, when times are good, we can afford to have government operate like that.

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

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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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Changing the Whole Auto Industry, Seriously?

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Shai Agassi, Project Better Place, Electric Cars, Big Three Automakers, Etroit, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Green News
Craig Newmark

Entrenched power and mindset within Detroit leadership make it really tough for the auto industry, as a whole, to innovate.

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Hypocrisy and Arrogance-A Lesson From the Car Industry on Why Health Care Reform Must Not Fail

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cars, Barack Obama, Health, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Detroit Automakers, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Auto Industry, Detroit, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

The American auto CEOs came hat-in-hand to Washington, DC last week, to bail out their companies, and yet they came without a plan. Instead, they wanted $25 billion.

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Bailout GM, But Here's What to Demand

David Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, US Financial Crisis, Obama, Alcohol Fuel, GM Bailout, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News
David Blume

When Sweden mandated that most fuel stations carry alcohol at the pump, GM's Saab division quickly engineered the model 9-5 to be an advanced flexible-fuel vehicle.

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Smart Ways to a Bailout -- Step 1: Stop Demonizing the UAW

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Cars, Uaw, Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Bailout, United Auto Workers, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Labor Unions, Detroit Automakers, Unemployment, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto, Unions, Detroit, Politics News
Art Levine

You've probably heard claims about those inefficient UAW members supposedly making $70 an hour, including benefits, making unions the prime culprit in the failures of the Big 3 automakers. But it's all a big lie.

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American Cars

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Max and the Marginalized, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Music, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Chysler, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

We wanted to make a song describing the inseparability of our inflated notion of American glory associated with our automotive industry in the very style of the 70's power-pop songs that helped create the notion itself.

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How to Create a Successful Auto Manufacturer Bailout Plan

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Industry, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Chysler, The Big 3, Detroit, Business News
Grant Cardone

I was recently asked to participate on a forum with the LA Business Journal whereby six CEO's weigh in with their opinions of the Government Bail Out of the Automotive Companies.

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Do It For Me, Matchbox Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

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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A Kid from Car Country

James Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Unemployment, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Chysler, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News
James Moore

Once this grim place was the most alluring in America. The engine of the world was built here in Michigan. And it is hard to believe we are simply going to let it run out of gas.

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The Hits Just Keep Coming

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Congress, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, 2008 Election, Cars, Detroit Automakers, 2000 Election, Detroit Bailout Reaction, George W. Bush, Gm, Automaker Bailout, Chysler, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Detroit, Politics News
Lance Simmens

We have been rudderless for some time, and it shows. The call to public service is now more urgent than at any time in our nation's history.

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Will We Let Detroit Go and the Recession Deepen Out of Disgust Over Financial Bailout?

David Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automakers, U.S. Economy, Creative Destruction, Wall Street Bailout, Joseph Schumpeter, Bailout, Detroit Three, Banks, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Big Three Automakers, Etroit, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Business News
David Paul

We have watched one bailout unfold, and we have not been impressed. We heeded the Wise Men, and now we feel violated. But how do we now hold failing auto companies to a higher standard?

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