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XM plus Sirius = Satellite Radio Monopoly

Steve Parker | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Toyota, Economy, Honda, Acura, Ford, Xm, Satellite Radio, Nissan, Fcc, General Motors, Sirius XM Merger, Federal Communications Commission, Sirius Radio, Lexus, Hughes Electronics, HD Radio, Onstar, Infiniti, Business News
Steve Parker

Now, after several years of competition between XM and Sirius, there will be one satellite radio company -- a monopoly created by the federal government. And you don't need me to tell you how strange that is.

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McCain Boosted In Michigan by Economic Gloom and Romney Rumors

Dan Treul | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Auto Industry, Michigan Primary, Republican Primary, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Economy, Potential Vice President, Gm, Vice Presidential Picks, Ford, Michigan Auto Industry, Michigan, Michigan Politics, John McCain, Eleciton 2008, Michigan Economy, Home News
Dan Treul

If McCain picks Mitt Romney, son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney, as his running mate, Obama will almost certainly be forced to devote significant resources to maintain a close race in the state.

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Corporate Responsibility: How Can U.S. Economy Stay Competitive, Get Greener?

Envrionmental Capital | Keith Johnson | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Corporate America, Ge, Gm, Corporate Responsibility, Steel Industry, Economy, Ford, U.S. Climate Action Partnership, Alcoa, Green Economy, Green News

Big U.S. companies obviously want a seat at the table when it's time to draw up America's plan to fight climate change. A year after issuing its "Call...

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Ford Aims To Save Itself By Bringing Small European Cars To U.S.

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford, Cars, Auto Apocalypse, Auto Earnings, U.S. Car Market, Suvs, Ford Motor Co, Business News

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. posted the worst quarterly performance in its history Thursday, losing $8.67 billion in the second quarter. Th...

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Ford To Drastically Shift Production Away From SUVs

New York Times | Bill Vlasic | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Ford, Ford Cars, Ford Motor Company, Compact Cars, Suvs, Trucks, Green News

The Ford Motor Company, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, i...

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The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Saturn, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Malibu, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Honda, CAFE Standards, Dodge Ram, Plymouth, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Ev1, Mercury Mariner, Crossfire, Bob Nardelli, Jeep Wrangler, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit, Energy, Dodge Sprinter, Dodge, Gasoline, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ford, Detroit Three, Burbank, Chevrolet, Honda Hybrid, Hybrid Hemi, Cerberus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Bill Ford, Ford Escape, Hemi, Viper, Nhtsa, Volt, Jeep, Business News
Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

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Solar Cells, Turbo-Diesels Spell Future For Cars

Steve Parker | Posted 07.12.2008 | Green

Read More: 24 Hours of LeMans, Photovoltaic, Suv, Miller Cycle Engine, Environmental Protection Agency, Mark Fields, Mississippi, Prius, Oxnard, Richard Nixon, Pacific Ocean, Mazda, Ford, Toyota, Los Angeles, Epa, Bmw, Pacific Coast Highway, Orange County, Audi, Solar Cells, Eunos, Highlander, Peugeot, Saabs, x5, Lemans, Millenia, Xedos, Subarus, Rx7, r10, Environment, Green News
Steve Parker

Many news reports the past two days have been about Toyota's intention to build the next-generation gas/electric hybrid Prius at a factory now under c...

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Ford To Delay New Pickups Due To Rising Gas Prices

Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford Trucks, Gas Prices, Ford Pickups, F-150 Series Delayed, Ford F-150, Ford, Business News

Henry Ford II was famous for saying "Big cars, big profits. Small cars, small profits." Now a better mantra for the country's second-largest carmaker...

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Ford cuts sales view, delays new pickup 2 months

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford, Economic Slowdown, Weak Economy, Recession, Gas Prices, Business News

DETROIT — Faced with a continuing plunge in pickup truck and sport utility vehicle sales, Ford Motor Co. on Friday tried to deal with the mess b...

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Ford To Idle Michigan Factory After SUV Sales Plummet

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford Expedition, Suvs, Ford Trucks, Ford Suvs, Ford Michigan Truck Plant, Ford Idles Truck Plant, Lincoln Navigator, Ford, SUV Sales, Business News

DETROIT — Sagging demand for large sport utility vehicles has forced Ford Motor Co. to close a Michigan factory for nine weeks starting June 23....

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TN GOP Jumps Into Controversy

R.T. Eby | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Tennessee, Obama, Wink Ad, Ford, Corker Ford Wink, Tennessee GOP, Corker, Home News
R.T. Eby

Tennessee Republicans did not waste any time chiming in on the state Democratic Party gaffe reported today, where a member of the Party's Executive Committee commented that Barack Obama "may be terrorist connected."

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Robert F. Kennedy: What if He Had Lived? -- A Golden Age That Never Was

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1968, Student Demonstrations, Civil Rights, John Kennedy, Mlk, Protests, Jfk, Anti-War, President, Chicago, Kennedy, 1968 Primaries, Black Liberation Front, Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Mccarthy, Vietnam War, Revolution, Johnson, General Election, 1968 Primary, 1968 Election, California Primary, Weather Underground, Democratic National Convention, Carter, Ford, Rfk, Mcgovern, Peter Edelman, Ted Kennedy, Election, 1968 DNC, Humphrey, Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

Kennedy's death came when the world was on the cusp of transformation -- between authoritarian societies and social and political justice. Much of that change was stalled in the US for decades to come.

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Tata Buys Land Rover, Jaguar From Ford

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 06.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Tata, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Business News

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. officially unloaded its storied Jaguar and Land Rover businesses on Monday _ netting the cash-strapped automaker a $1.7...

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U.S. Auto Sales Near Decade Low

Reuters | Posted 06.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas, Gas Prices, Auto Sales, Ford, Business News

Major automakers are expected to post steep declines in U.S. sales for May, as the spike in gasoline prices battered an industry already reeling from ...

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How Washington Failed The Auto Industry

Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Ford Job Cuts, Ford, Business News

In September of 1990, when a gallon of gas was $1.16, the Senate took up a measure that would have bumped the average fuel efficiency of new cars to 4...

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Ford Cuts Production, Profit Goals

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford, Oil Prices, Oil, Gas Prices, Gas, Business News

DETROIT — Fast-rising gas prices claimed their latest victim Thursday: Ford Motor Co., which dropped its goal of becoming profitable by 2009 and...

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Spielberg's the Biggest Director in Hollywood -- So Why's He Cashing In On Indiana Jones Again?

Alex Remington | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Schindler's List, E.T., Jaws, Ford, Duel, Spielberg, Jurassic Park, Indiana, Harrison, Kingdom, Jones, Crystal, Skull, Steven, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

Clearly, the S in SKG is not a man who needs to look far for a dollar or who has wanted for success in recent years. So why, at this point in his career, would he bring back Indiana Jones?

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Kerkorian Seeks To Boost Stake In Ford

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.28.2008 | Business

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DETROIT — Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, making another attempt to shape the U.S. automotive industry, disclosed Monday that he had acquir...

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Ford Surprises Wall Street With $100M Profit

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford, 1Q Profits, Business News

DEARBORN, Mich. — Despite a surprise profit of $100 million for the first quarter, Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that it still expects to lose mo...

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Ford Sells Jaguar, Land Rover to Tata

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Jaguar, Tata Motors, India Tat Motors, Ford, Ford Deal, Jaguar Sale, Land Rover, Land Rover Sale, Ford Sales, Business News

DETROIT — After spending billions of dollars on Jaguar and Land Rover, Ford Motor Co. gave up on the storied British automakers Wednesday and un...

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2008 NY Auto Show Doesn't Disappoint

Guest Of A Guest | STANLEY STUYVESANT | Posted 03.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Audi R8, 2008 Auto Show, 2008 New York International Auto Show, Lamborghini Gallardo, Javits Convention Center, Ford, 2008 New York Auto Show, Hummers, Business News

The largest auto show in the world is being held right here in our very own New York City at the Javits Convention Center on the west side until the 3...

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Automakers Suffer February Double Whammy

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chevrolet, Gm, Toyota Motors, General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Suvs, Ford Motors, SUV Sales, Business News

DETROIT — Automakers got hit where it hurts in February, with U.S. sales of their most profitable vehicles _ trucks, sport utilities and large s...

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Ford Is Pushing Buyout Offers To Its Workers

New York Times | BILL VLASIC | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Employee Buyout, Ford Motor Company, Ford, Ford Pushes Employee Buyouts, Business News

The Ford Motor Company is applying the hard sell these days -- piling on incentives, doling out marketing DVDs and brochures, and making offers it hop...

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Ford Recalls 225,000 Vehicles Again

AP | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business

Read More: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford Recall, Detroit News, Ford Motors, Ford Motor Co, Wesley Sherwood, Ford, Business News

Ford Motor Co. said Saturday it is recalling about 225,000 vehicles that were already repaired as part of an earlier recall to address concerns about ...

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Bringing Back Michigan, Baby

Larry Abrams | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Chrystler, Detroit Automakers, Uaw, Motor City, United Auto Workers, Gm, How to Save the Auto Industry, Green Automobiles, Dick Vitale, Michigan Auto Industry, Ford, Auto Industry, Business News
Larry Abrams

The government is going to have to intervene in Michigan, but as the political class is fond of saying these days, it's going to have to be "smart" intervention. Meanwhile the future is in green collar jobs.

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