Detroit 3 near $14-an-hour hiring blitz
New production employees could start work in ‘09
By TIM HIGGINS • FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER • February 20, 2008
Detroit’s automakers, while undergoing great efforts to eliminate jobs, are perhaps a year away from the largest local hiring spree in recent years.
Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. will [...]
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Scott Burgess:
‘VETTE & WILD: Mean, green Z06 goes from zero to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds on less gas
PHOENIX — The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 used to play first chair in the Corvette hierarchy. It’s the performance-oriented virtuoso from a powerful family; the ultimate achievement after 50 years of fabulous vehicles.
The upcoming supercharged [...]
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
GMAC to shut 75% of auto sites
Lender to have only five auto-finance outlets in U.S., Canada after $2.3 billion loss in 2007.
Greg Bensinger / Bloomberg News
GMAC LLC, the lender partially owned by General Motors Corp., plans to close about 75 percent of its auto-financing offices in the U.S. and Canada after losing [...]
