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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

Read More: Toyota Camry, Chapter 11, White House, Thailand, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Flint, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Cars, Detroit News, Arizona, Facebook, Ford, Detroit Newspapers, Key Plastics, Los Angeles Auto Show, Mark Fields, Southern California, Larry King, Daewoo Lacetti, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Ford Flex, President Bush, Carl Levin, President-Elect Barack Obama, China Brilliance, Uaw, Bankruptcy, Gm, Minivan, Alan Mulally, Special Devices, Detroit Three, Gran Torino, Detroit Free Press, Washington DC, Sandy Levin, Clint Eastwood, Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Cruze, Bill Ford, TARP and Auto Bailout, Henry Ford, Detroit Three Loans, South Korea, European Cars, Henry Paulson, Sabic, Detroit Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Unions, Auto Industry, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Unemployment, The Big 3, Labor Unions, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
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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Thom Hartmann Defends the Auto Workers on Countdown

Thom Hartmann | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Thom Hartmann, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Auto Bailout, Video, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, United Auto Workers, Business News
Thom Hartmann

Hartmann defended... the workers, calling Republican refusal to help the auto industry an attempt to break the unions and calling our current economic crisis the direct result of Reaganomics.

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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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United Auto Workers Chief: GOP Trying To "Pierce The Heart" Of Organized Labor

AP | TOM KRISHER and KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Auto Bailout, Cars, United Auto Workers Detroit, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Business News

DETROIT — Festering animosity between the United Auto Workers and Southern senators who torpedoed the auto industry bailout bill erupted into fu...

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Republicans Kill any Help for Detroit

Steve Parker | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Automotive News, Congress, Chrysler, Election Day, United Auto Workers, Honda, Federal Reserve, Mercedes-Benz, Cars, Ford, Trifecta, Nikkei, Nissan, General Motors, Troubled Asset Relief Plan, Hyundai, Christmas, US Senate, Bill Clinton, Uaw, Gm, Detroit Three, European Union, Democrats, Walkman, Barack Obama, Tokyo, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Wall Street, Detroit Three Loans, Bmw, Transplant, Harry Reid, NY Times, Southeast, Asian, China, Sony, Republicans, Business News
Steve Parker

Late last night, Senate Republicans derailed a bill, passed the day before by the House, to loan $15 billion to the Detroit Three, with 10 Republicans joining 40 Democrats and two Independents in favor.

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

David Sassoon | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Gm, Global Warming, Detroit, Lutz, Lutz Resignation, Chevy Volt, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Bob Lutz Is Full of Shit, Bob Lutz, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Bob Lutz Resignation, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Auto Industry, Business News
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

Read More: Republican Administration, Uaw, Automaker Bailout, Government Bailout, United Auto Workers, Economy, Ford, Congress, Obama, Bush, Chrysler, Mark Zandi, General Motors, Ron Gettelfinger, Bob Corker, Auto Industry Bailout, Auto Industry, Senate, Detroit Bailout, Automakers, Bailout, Gm, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Three, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Chysler, Politics News
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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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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It Takes a Movement to Save an Auto Industry

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Automakers, Automaker CEOs, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Citigroup Bailout, United Auto Workers, Auto Workers, Paulson Bailout, Financial Crisis, Robert Rubin Citibank, Auto Industry Bailout, Recession Watch, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Economy, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

Picture a massive caravan of thousands of people effected by the auto industry landing up in front of the Capitol demanding action to save their jobs and staying there until Congress acts.

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NASCAR Car of Yesterday: Emblematic of the Detroit Problem

Dawn Teo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, U.S. Economy, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Big 3 Bailout, United Auto Workers, Economic Crisis, Nascar, Big Three, Recession, Auto Industry Bailout, Obama's Economic Team, U.S. Economic Crisis, Auto Industry, Business News
Dawn Teo

Instead of taking advantage of cutting edge technology, American automakers and NASCAR tap into obsolete technology that even car consumers aren't buying anymore.

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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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UAW Will Renegotiate Terms, Modify Jobs Bank

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Auto Industry, Automaker Bailout, United Auto Workers, Ron Gettelfinger, Cars, Uaw, Business News

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billi...

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Car Sales Tank; Detroit Visits DC, Pt. II

Steve Parker | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Cars, George Bush, Roger and Me, Automotive News, Spring Hill, Wall Street Bailout, Congress, Australian, Saturn, Chrysler, Buick, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Russian Carmaker, Opel GT, $25 Billion Bailout, Honda, Ford, Volkswagen, Malibu Hybrid, Ev1, Bob Lutz, Indian Carmaker, Michael Moore, Saturn Vue, Washington, Tiger Woods, Detroit, Greenmail, Opel Kappa Platform, European Carmakers, Chrysler CEO, Pontiac Solstice Coupe, Bob Nardelli, Uaw, Toyota, Gm, Alan Mulally, AM General, Saturn Sky, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, American Honda, Deal or No Deal, Roger Smith, Gmc, Asian Carmakers, Escape Hybrid, Chinese Carmaker, Pontiac, Corvette, Saab, Wall Street, Detroit Three Loans, Bmw, Subaru, Republican, Hummer Sale, Henry Paulson, Europe, China, Cadillac, Holden, Auto Bailout, Business News
Steve Parker

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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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

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Big 3 Bailout, Humor, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, The Big 3, Bailout, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Politics, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Political Cartoon, Gm, Political Humor, Chysler, Auto Industry, Political Cartoons, Detroit, Politics News
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

Read More: Obama Cabinet, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, George W. Bush, Automakers, Obama Administration, Bailout, Paul Brown Obama, Michelle Bachmann, Aig, Gm, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit, Bill Clinton, Big Three Automakers, Obama Inauguration, Detroit Three, Ford, Susan Rice Us Ambassador to the Un, Chris Matthews, Cars, Detroit Automakers, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Political Humor, Obama First 100 Days, Chysler, Hillary Clinton, Auto Industry Bailout, Presidential Thanksgiving Pardon, News Humor, Auto Industry, 100 Days, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

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

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Working People and Good Jobs are the Foundation of Our Economy, Not the Problem

Terence M. O'Sullivan | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Laborers' International Union, Working People, Labor, CEO Salaries, Labor Unions, Economy, United Auto Workers, Jobs, Uaw, Unions, Business News
Terence M. O'Sullivan

Even more disturbing than the inaccuracy of the attacks against working people is the premise on which they are based.

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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

Read More: Cars, Barack Obama, Health, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Detroit Three, Automakers, Bailout, Detroit Automakers, Gm, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Auto Industry, Detroit, Politics News
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

Read More: Congress, Phil Gramm, Hank Paulson, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Senate Banking Committee, Economy, Honda, U.S. Treasury, Cars, Mercedes-Benz, Federal Reserve, $700 Billion Bailout, Vikram S. Pandit, Ford, Charles O. Prince III, Automakers, Nissan, Unemployment, Bailout, Default, George Will, Hyundai, Sen. Jon Kyl, Detroit, Big Three, Financial Crisis, Washington Post, President Bush, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Toyota, Sen. Richard Shelby, Detroit Three, Gm, The Big 3, Chysler, Detroit Automakers, Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Martin Feldstein, Ben Bernanke, Wachovia, Auto Industry, Bankrupt, Citigroup, Business News
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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