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Dear Mr. President

Ben Hecht | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Obama Auto Industry, Economic Development, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Obama Economy, White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, Auto Industry, Industrial Cities, Business News
Ben Hecht

A philanthropic collaboration of 21 of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions, Living Cities applauds the focused, inter-agency approach you are taking to revitalize industrial cities.

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Can We Make "Buying American" Cool Again?

Charles J. Brown | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Bailout, Obama Auto Industry, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, General Motors, Rush Limbaugh, Cars, Barack Obama, Business News
Charles J. Brown

We need to acknowledge our share of the responsibility for having "abandoned Detroit." We need to understand that any effort to rebuild the American auto industry requires each of us to start buying American again.

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Obama's Roadmap for the Auto Industry

Dave McCurdy | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Obama Auto Industry, Auto Industry, Auto Alliance, Obama Automakers, Business News
Dave McCurdy

The long-term planning needed to make cleaner cars in the future is easiest when we don't have to jump through three sets of hoops to comply with conflicting regulations.

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Government vs. Investors, Round One

Alan Schram | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Chrysler, Obama, Uaw, Financial Crisis, Obama Auto Industry, Business News
Alan Schram

A world where the president bristles at contract rights to marshal the huge resources of government in a war against investors is a world where companies will find it very hard to borrow.

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King Obama Will See You Now

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

Read More: General Motors, Barack Obama, Obama Auto Industry, Obama, Obama Gm, President Obama, Business News
Henry Blodget

The WSJ's Holman Jenkins goes off on the Obama administration's treatment of GM and its bondholders and applauds the bondholders for standing up for themselves.

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Getting Good Mileage from the GM Takeover Plan

Randall Amster | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Television, Auto Bailout, Wall Street Bailout, Obama Auto Industry, Reverend Billy, Wall Street, General Motors, Aig, Auto Industry, Global Warming, Star Trek, Financial Crisis, Business News
Randall Amster

Wouldn't it be fun to be lounging on crushed velvet seats in a little red Corvette -- um, I mean Prius -- instead of always being in the SUV breakdown lane spewing fumes during rush hour?

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Obama, NASCAR In April Fools Prank "Gone Too Far"

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Auto Industry, April Fools Day, April Fools, Nascar, Obama, Obama NASCAR, Auto Industry, Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out of Nascar, History of April Fools Day, Politics News

Car and Driver magazine is now apologizing for a prank "gone too far," after they announced earlier Wednesday morning that President Obama had ordered...

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Detroit: Obama Gets it Right

Philip G. Baker | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler Bailout, Detriot, Bailout, Gm, GM CEO, Auto Industry, Obama Auto Industry, Auto Industry Bailout, Business News
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?

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Arianna Discusses Steps for Solving Financial Crisis on CNBC's Squawk Box

Huff TV | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Obama Auto Industry, Video, Squawk Box, Cnbc, Arianna Huffington, Business News
Huff TV

Arianna joined CNBC's Squawk Box crew to discusses Obama's plan to save the auto industry and what needs to be done to solve the financial crisis. W...

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Five Mistakes by DC and Detroit Hurt Detroit Three's Survival Shances

Steve Parker | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.

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Obama Pushes for $50 Billion for Automakers, Oversight Czar

Yahoo! News | Matthew Benjamin and Julianna Goldman | Posted 12.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Bailout, Obama Oversight Czar, Obama $50 Billion, Obama Auto Industry, Obama Oversight, President Obama, Obama Transition, Home News

President-elect Barack Obama is pushing Congress this year to approve as much as $50 billion to save cash-starved U.S. automakers and appoint a czar o...

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Bush Open To Stimulus Package If Dems Drop Opposition To Colombia Free-Trade Deal

New York Times | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Obama Auto Industry, Obama Emergency Aid, Bush Free Trade, Obama's Cabinet, President Obama, Obama Economic Stimulus, Financial Crisis, Foreign Affairs, Bush Colombia Trade Deal, Obama Free Trade, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The struggling auto industry was thrust into the middle of a political standoff between the White House and Democrats on Monday as Presi...

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Obama's Massive Economic To-Do List

New York Times | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business

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The New York Times breaks down the massive tasks at hand for President-elect Barack Obama when he steps into the Oval Office: Few presidents have ent...

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