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 [...]

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 [...]

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 queryvar=”gm,tosses,lifeline,to,tier,2″; DETROIT — Nervous about the viability of its largest Tier 1 suppliers, General Motors last week launched an unprecedented program to make [...]