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Detroit Automakers

Objects in Mirror Seem More Relevant Than They Appear.

Aemilia Scott | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

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Aemilia Scott

What should Washington do when the Motor City begs for oil? The question, it seems, is not "to bail out or not to bail out." The question is how to bailout.

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Give GM Real Help, Not Guilt-Driven Charity

Bart Motes | Posted 12.15.2008 | Business

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Bart Motes

The government can use the bailout money to set up a new universal healthcare and pension plan, releasing the industry of this massive obligation and giving them the opportunity to be competitive and a strong force in the marketplace.

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Thoughts on GM from a GM Family

Ricky Van Veen | Posted 12.14.2008 | Business

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Ricky Van Veen

All four of my grandparents were lifelong GM employees and my father worked there when he was young. Accordingly, its recent collapse has been a topic of conversation in my family.

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Seeing Our Future In The American Car

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

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Jeffrey Feldman

The car as the dominant form of transportation is here to stay in American life -- and here to stay for some time to come. The American cars of the past, however, will not be a part of our future.

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Adding Teeth to a Detroit Bailout

Laurie David | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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Laurie David

Now that Detroit is begging for a handout to save itself, Congress should demand in return a serious, long-overdue increase in fuel efficiency standards for new cars and trucks.

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Automakers Scaling Back Financial Support Of NASCAR

Washington Post | Liz Clarke | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business

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For decades, the success of NASCAR's brand of high-octane, fender-banging stock-car racing has been intertwined with the fortunes of the U.S. automoti...

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Wall Street Credit Crash Threatens To Tank U.S. Auto Industry

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Every job lost on Wall Street impacts two-to-three jobs on the outside. By comparison, every job lost at an auto plant impacts nearly 10 jobs on the outside... We don't want to know what happens if the domestic auto industry gets away from us."

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Michigan: The Key To Election 2008

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Michigan has suffered this economy in its worst form. Voters blame the Democratic governor and the Democratic Party, and the Republican president and the Republican Party."

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Detroit Three's Plan Greener Future -- Too Little, Too Late?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green

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Steve Parker

GM is promoting the non-existent Chevrolet Volt, telling Olympics viewers it will be manufactured in 2010, but that's not definite. They say its gasoline powers a "generator" which keeps on-board batteries juiced-up.

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Drop In V-8 Engine Demand Prompts Ford To Fire 300 From Detroit-Area Plant

AP | Dee-Ann Durbin | Posted 09.11.2008 | Business

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DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. is laying off 300 workers at its Romeo Engine Plant near Detroit because of a drop in demand for its V-8 engines, a com...

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Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

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GM Hangs On To Top Sales Spot Over Toyota

Wall Street Journal | JOHN D. STOLL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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General Motors Corp. gets to keep its title as the world's No. 1 auto maker for at least one more year. The Detroit auto maker said yesterday that it...

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Chrysler Workers Walk As UAW Strike Talks Fail

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Thousands of Chrysler LLC autoworkers started to walk out Wednesday after the automaker and the United Auto Workers union failed to reach a tentative ...

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