You might think that the second largest car company in the country might be happy to see the first and third largest car companies go bankrupt and not come back. You’d be wrong. The chairman and heir of Ford Motor Company visited the White House on Monday and praised President [...]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday and offered praise to the Obama administration for saving GM and Chrysler. Video below the fold.
On November 23, Fishbowl DC published an internal Fox News memo detailing the network's new "zero tolerance" policy for errors. Today -- barely two weeks later -- Fox News attempted to explain why it wasn't going to take any action to correct the following December 4 segment' [...]
The highly-anticipated Chevy Volt is gaining lots of attention these days as car enthusiasts — and especially green car enthusiasts — track the electric vehicle’s every move.
In a story published this afternoon, the New York Times focuses on General Motors’ choice of its [...]
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The Source of the School Budget Quagmire — Michigan's record of generously financing schools suggests policymakers should stop focusing on school revenues and instead encourage schools to control their costs.
Detroiters love cars. Maybe not like they love their children, but not dissimilar to how they love their dogs. Unlike car lovers from outside these parts, Detroiters define themselves by the auto manufacturer of their preference: a GM man, a Ford man or a Mopar man. It’s not uncommon for [...]
This week’s sudden ouster of General Motors’ chairman sent shock waves through the auto industry. But Michigan Radio’s Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry remembers something very similar that happened once before...
For those with reasonably long memories, this week’s ouster of [...] 
Being a district with an open seat due to the term limit of the honorable Rep. John [...]
In the latest roadblock thrown in the way of GM’s shedding of its niche brands, Swedish automaker Koenigsegg Group AB withdrew from a deal struck last year to purchase Saab from America’s largest car company. The Detroit News reports:
“We’re obviously very disappointed with the decision to pull out [...]
A new auto industry forecast by Fitch Ratings, an automobile market analysis firm, predicts that a slow recovery for the economy and resulting slow turnaround for the auto industry may prevent GM and Chrysler from making an initial public offering of stock in the newly restructured auto companies. The Detroit [...]
Good grief! This man has a spinning wheel, but a dead hamster. From 
