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Five Scariest Detroit Auto Show Moments -- 2009

Steve Parker | Posted 02.15.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

America is the world's biggest automotive market, yet offers very little in the way of independent analysis and car, truck or motorcycle testing.

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It's All Business at Depressed Auto Show

Daniel Hernandez | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Jim Press, Chrysler, Gm, Naias, Detroit Three, Detroit Auto Show, Detroit Automakers, Automaker Bridge Loan, Richard Wagoner, General Motors, Detroit Three Loans, Detroit, Michigan, Chevy Volt, Green Cars, Cadillac Converj, Auto Bailout, Business News
Daniel Hernandez

It was a different kind of auto show this year in Detroit. Gone were the celebrity presenters, the pyrotechnics, the herd of cattle escorting new pickups to the media pool. Those days are over.

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Procrastination Doesn't Fix It

Joan Blades | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Uaw, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Labor Unions, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Unemployment, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Unions, Detroit, Business News
Joan Blades

Why not convert one third of the automakers' industrial capacity to building state-of-the-art wind generation? We need to be strategic in solving our economic and energy woes.

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Bailout or Not, Nothing Will Be the Same for Drivers or Detroit

Trevor Traina | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit, Auto Bailout, Consumers, Driving, Automaker Bailout, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Vehicle Ownership, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Labor Unions, Unemployment, Detroit Bailout Reaction, The Big 3, Uaw, Unions, Business News
Trevor Traina

Vehicle manufacturers must re-engage their owners and offer them innovative services. What if GM included ads in exchange for lower pricing? What if they developed an in-dash system with Google or Apple?

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White House Still "Gathering Information" While Detroit Suppliers go Bankrupt

Steve Parker | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.

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

Art Levine | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

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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Senate to Middle Class: Drop Dead

Michael Moore | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Uaw, Big Three Automakers, Bailout, Michael Moore, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Middle Class, Detroit, Big Three, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Politics News
Michael Moore

The Senate decided that it is more important to break a union, more important to throw middle class wage earners into the ranks of the working poor than to prevent the total collapse of industrial America.

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GOP to America: Drop Dead, or "What's in it for Me?"

David Fiderer | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Auto Bailout, Bush Administration, Mitch McConnell, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Republican, Kentucky, Financial Crisis, Democrats, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Politics News
David Fiderer

Let's be clear, the Republican senators' moves against the Detroit bailout is not about $15 billion, which is a rounding error in the context of the Iraq surge or the financial bailout.

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Auto Bailout Poll Shows Tepid Support

Wall Street Journal | EASHA ANAND | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

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The idea of providing federal aid to Detroit's auto makers has tepid support from Americans, mirroring the situation in Congress, where the emergency ...

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Call for Resignation of GM's Lutz, Too, as Condition of Bailout

David Sassoon | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

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David Sassoon

Forcing out GM's Bob Lutz may seem like a sideshow to the much bigger issues needing resolution to rescue Detroit, but if you believe in the power of gesture, maybe not.

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The Auto Bailout and Post-Partisanship?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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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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Automotive Chiefs Announce Further Restructuring, Closing Ohio

Aemilia Scott | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business

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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General Motor's VP Bob Lutz's Green Pose

James Hoggan | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green

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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Why the World Needs Green Motors, not General Motors...

Gavin D. J. Harper | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Green Motoring, Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Car, United Auto Workers, Gm, The Big 3, Green Energy, Vehicle, Auto Industry, Ford Motor Co, Green News
Gavin D. J. Harper

Whilst the CEOs of these great companies fight to keep them alive in the 21st century, how relevant is it to have three competing with each other to produce last century's technology?

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Save the Jeep; Save the Nation

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

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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Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

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80% Of Consumers Won't Buy A Car From A Company That Files Bankruptcy

Jane Hamsher | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Detroit Automakers, Ron Glantz, Richard Shelby, Chrystia Freeman, GM Bankruptcy, Economy, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Bankruptcy, Detroit Three, Automakers, Detroit, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

Nobody on cable news seems to think that consumers will have any problem buying cars from a company that has filed for bankruptcy.

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What Would Moses Do?

Francine Hardaway | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

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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Bailout? Detroit on His Mind

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

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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The Automobile Bailout Solution: Unique and Simple

John R. Price | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

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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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Unions Aren't To Blame For Automakers' Woes

Mike Papantonio | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

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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Out of Line: Auto Makers

Mort Gerberg | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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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 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Richard Valeriani

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

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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 12.26.2008 | Politics

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

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

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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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