DETROIT — Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once epitomized America's love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment ...
Joel Epstein | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
According to a recent report the number of millionaire households around the world fell from around 11 million in 2007 to 9 million last year. The only region going the other way -- Latin America.
Dan Siegel | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment
With the glimmering hope of the Obama campaign behind us, Moore's film is a wake-up call to renew and expand America's democratic promise.
AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business
DETROIT — General Motors Co. said Wednesday it would shut down its Saturn brand after an agreement with Penske Automotive Group Inc. to acquire ...
AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business
DETROIT — General Motors Co. will go to 24-hour operations at factories in Kansas, Michigan and Indiana to handle an expected increase in demand and...
Click On Detroit | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment
DETROIT -- Controversial Michigan filmmaker Michael Moore was escorted out of the General Motors headquarters building in Detroit 20 years ago while f...
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
When poor lending practices brought the world's biggest banks and AIG to their knees, Washington delivered hundreds of billions in financial lifelines...
Terry Gardner | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green
What good is a business's bottom line if we end up with air we can see and chew?
Associated Press | Emily Fredrix | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
General Motors is hoping to jump-start its revival by guaranteeing car buyers that if they don't like their new Chevrolet, GMC, Buick or Cadillac, the...
Ap | Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taxpayers face losses on a significant portion of the $81 billion in government aid provided to the auto industry, an oversight pan...
Murray Fromson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment
Not in many years has television given the American viewing public an example of as impressive a documentary as HBO did Monday evening with The Last Truck: the Closing of a GM Factory.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Money wasn't just "given" to Wall Street firms. It bought something of value. And now that the firms (and the market in general) are recovering, they're starting to pay it back. With interest.
AP | KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a...
bloomberg.com | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business
Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. said it canceled plans for a Buick sport-utility vehicle announced Aug. 6 after potential customers said in ...
AP | Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business
DETROIT (AP) -- Higher sales, in part from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, are spurring General Motors Co. to boost production at several ...
Timothy LaSalle | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green
The organic community may eventually be open to biotech crops if long-term, independent studies show there are no ecological or human health impacts. Before then, why risk it?
Trevor Traina | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business
Will the used-car bubble burst once the Cash for Clunkers program comes to a close? Dealers seem to have predicted this and have sprung into action with the 2009 Automotive Stimulus Program.
nytimes.com | LOUISE STORY | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business
They work for General Motors but pull down Wall Street-style bonuses -- and that is raising some eyebrows in Washington. A group of employees in G...
AP | DAVID N. GOODMAN | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business
DETROIT — General Motors Co. has confirmed it will assemble battery packs for its new rechargeable electric car at a new factory in southeastern...
Dave Pinter | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business
The theme of the 'Bare Necessity' is, as GM Designer Therese Tant writes, a back-to basics approach, less is more, less cost, less complexity = efficiency.
Michael Rose | Posted 12.05.2009 | Home
The EV1 car's torquey, smooth performance is unlike the halting, wimpy ride of my beloved Prius. Can I say -- it's electrifying?
GreenCar Reports | GreenCar | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home
A number like [230] seems outlandish, absurd. How can the US Environmental Protection Agency possibly measure fuel consumption that low? The answer, i...
AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business
WARREN, Mich. — General Motors said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt electric car could get 230 mpg in city driving, making it the first American vehi...
AP | Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business
SAN FRANCISCO -- General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker's California dealers will let consumers ...
AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — At its first meeting, the board overseeing the new General Motors Co. ordered management to bring some new vehicles to ma...
AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business