Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Ford heirs mull Kerkorian risk Ford Jr. urges family unity with company, board Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News Days after billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian unveiled his plan to become Ford Motor Co.’s largest private shareholder, the heirs of Henry Ford gathered Saturday near Dearborn for their spring meeting. Several [...]

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Daniel Howes UAW turns up the heat A week ago, the United Auto Workers president disclaimed any role for General Motors Corp. in resolving a protracted strike against Dick Dauch’s American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. "I don’t see how we’d benefit by them getting involved," Ron Gettelfinger told The Detroit [...]

UAW STRIKE AT AMERICAN AXLE Jamie LaReau Automotive News | May 6, 2008 – 4:47 pm EST   GM suspends big truck orders because of American Axle strike   queryvar=”gm,suspends,big,truck,orders,because,of,american,axle,strike”;     DETROIT — General Motors has told its dealers it has suspended production of some 2008 full-sized trucks and SUVs because of the American [...]