Delphi pay plan draws fire Miller could get $8.3 million for leading exit from Chapter 11 January 1, 2008 BY JEWEL GOPWANI FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER Delphi Corp. wants to pay its Executive Chairman Steve Miller $8.3 million for his work steering the company through Delphi’s high-stakes and complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The Troy-based [...]

Big 3 go after diesel market   Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Eric Morath / The Detroit News Recently passed energy legislation that mandates 40 percent fuel efficiency increases on automakers has them looking toward a technology that’s existed for years — diesel. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC have committed to a [...]

GM to lay off 180 in Grand Rapids Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News General Motors Corp. will temporarily lay off 180 workers at a Grand Rapids plant this week, another result of slumping truck sales in 2007. About 180 workers already are off work at the plant, a metal stamping [...]