Roger Smith

Farmer Starts New Genre: Peach Pit Art

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 05.18.2012

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Since 1968, when he polished off a peach during a work break, Roger Smith has been carving figures out of peach pits. The Tennessee cattle rancher has...

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I Answer Your Questions

Roger_Smith | Posted 04.30.2012

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For this week's blog, thought I'd have Josephina hold off on the light dusting and choose a couple of questions for me to answer that have come in over the last few weeks...

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What Really Happened? Penske Drops Saturn bid; GM Says Division Doomed

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roger Penske's failure will almost certainly result in Saturn's demise, and publicly, officially and finally ends the Roger Smith era at GM.

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Moore: GM Banned Me From Premiere

Click On Detroit | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT -- Controversial Michigan filmmaker Michael Moore was escorted out of the General Motors headquarters building in Detroit 20 years ago while f...

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GM, Chrysler Want Billions More

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Incidentally, GM got another $4 billion Tuesday after turning in their plan. Were you ever rewarded that much just for doing your homework?

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Car Sales Tank; Detroit Visits DC, Pt. II

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now that they have our attention, the Detroit Three, in plans submitted to Congress Tuesday, increased their appeals for federal loans from $25 billion to $34 billion.

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