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GM Finally Goes Green

treehugger.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


That's right, forget all about that smoggy past--the new, green GM is here to stay. It looks like the auto giant is about to undergo some serious rebr...

Detroit: Obama Gets it Right

Philip G. Baker | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business


Philip G. Baker

Customers want to have a relationship with a company they can take pride in. Are you proud of companies that fight mileage standards and who opposed every safety innovation since seatbelts?

Obama On Automakers: `They're Not There Yet'

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The White House forced the resignation of General Motors' top executive Sunday, on the eve of announcing new aid and a 60-day deadl...

Obama Admin Expected To Give More Aid To Automakers

AP | TOM KRISHER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business


DETROIT — The Obama administration is likely to demand deeper concessions from Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. in exchange for additional ...

$5 Billion More In Aid For Auto Industry

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department will pump up to $5 billion in financing into troubled auto parts suppliers to prevent an auto industry coll...

Unions Aren't To Blame For Automakers' Woes

Mike Papantonio | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business


Mike Papantonio

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

Buffett: Automakers Need Bailout Or Bankruptcy

AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business


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