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 auto supplier detailed in court papers [...]

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 diesel option in the next [...]

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 factory that services several [...]