GM ads to focus on cars, small SUVs queryvar=”gm,ads,to,focus,on,cars,small,suvs”; Jamie LaReau Automotive News | January 2, 2008 – 4:42 pm EST     DETROIT — General Motors will shift its advertising emphasis from full-sized pickups and SUVs to cars and small SUVs in 2008. The automaker also will highlight its fuel economy and eco-friendliness, says [...]

‘Street Rods’ recreates Corvettes Wednesday, January 2, 2008 Larry Edsall / Special to The Detroit News Mike Walker returned from Vietnam when he was 21 years old and bought a tavern. "It did real well, but I couldn’t handle the late nights," he recalls. So the downstate Illinois resident left the tavern in favor of [...]

GM retirees to pay more for health care in ’08 Co-pays, deductibles, premiums to increase for former salaried workers. Wednesday, January 2, 2008 Sofia Kosmetatos / The Detroit News General Motors Corp. salaried retirees will shoulder much more of their health care costs in 2008, a result of money-saving measures the company announced in 2006. [...]