Thursday, November 6, 2008
Key ‘changes’ expected at GM
Robert Snell / The Detroit News
General Motors Corp. is expected to announce "important changes" to its operations Friday when the automaker releases third-quarter financial results, according to an internal e-mail obtained Wednesday by The Detroit News.
Chief Executive Rick Wagoner and President and Chief Operating Officer Fritz Henderson will [...]
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Daniel Howes: Commentary
Doomsday scenario is all too real
As Detroit’s automotive lobby readies its full-court press on President-elect Barack Obama, it should deliver a simple message — something’s got to give.
Here we have a trio of beleaguered automakers and their equally beleaguered union, the United Auto Workers, assembling abysmal sales figures and even [...]
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Automakers optimistic help may be on the way
Big 3 want quick aid as they fight for survival
David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Detroit’s Big Three automakers, facing their worst financial crisis in decades, are counting on President-elect Barack Obama to deliver on his promise to help.
Obama confronts a domestic auto [...]
Detroit 3 execs, UAW seek billions more in help today
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Harry Stoffer
Automotive News | November 6, 2008 – 7:29 am EST
WASHINGTON — Top executives of the Detroit 3 are scheduled to be back in the nation’s capital today making a personal appeal for billions of dollars in additional federal help.
Leaders of the companies and the [...]
