March 16, 2009
 
Government Combs Through G.M.’s Survival Plan

By DAVID E. SANGER and BILL VLASIC

WASHINGTON — Treasury officials and management experts hired by the Obama administration quietly began combing through General Motors’ latest downsizing plan in Detroit last week, in a last-minute effort to assess whether more government aid could make the company viable, or whether [...]

Monday, March 16, 2009
240-hour concert in Ferndale to spotlight auto industry’s needs
Ferndale cafe owner stringing together marathon show for Friday to get people buying U.S. vehicles.
Jennifer Chambers / The Detroit News
FERNDALE — A.J. O’Neil is out to save the American auto industry one car — and one pledge to buy an American car — at [...]

Robert Sherefkin
and David Barkholz
Automotive News | March 16, 2009 – 12:01 am EST
 
GM tosses lifeline to Tier 2
 
Direct payments bypass Tier 1s to keep parts flowing
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DETROIT — Nervous about the viability of its largest Tier 1 suppliers, General Motors last week launched an unprecedented program to make direct payments to Tier 2 [...]