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Nissan could add more than 1,000 jobs in Tennessee
By BILL POOVEY , 06.23.09, 01:37 PM EDT

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Lawmaker: GM may pick small-car plant this week
7 hours ago
DETROIT (AP) — A U.S. representative says General Motors Corp. could decide as early as this week where in the U.S. it will build a new line of small cars.
Rep. Gary Peters of Michigan presented letters to GM signed by 20,000 people supporting the factory in [...]

GM To Cut 4,000 Salaried Jobs By Oct. 1
June 23, 2009: 04:22 PM ET
DETROIT -(Dow Jones)- General Motors Corp. (GMGMQ) will cut 4,000 U.S. white- collar jobs by Oct. 1 as part of an accelerated plan to shrink its workforce.

The bankrupt auto maker plans to eliminate more than 6,000 salaried jobs by the end of [...]

Bid to build new GM small car heats up: Orion reportedly offers $44M
Posted by admin on June 23rd, 2009 at 00:02

Towns in Tennessee, Michigan, and Wisconsin are all vying for a chance to keep their existing plants running by coming up with the most attractive package to woo assembly rights for a future unnamed General [...]

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Gary Peters to push for GM plant in Orion Township
Robert Snell / The Detroit News
A group led by Michigan Congressman Gary Peters is scheduled to deliver a letter signed by 18,000 people to General Motors Corp.’s headquarters at 10:30 a.m. urging the automaker to build a new small car in Orion Township.
The [...]

June 22, 2009

Detroit automakers closing quality gap

By BRENT SNAVELY
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
The Detroit Three have closed the quality gap with foreign rivals on passenger cars, are beating the competition on trucks but still have work to do to improve crossover models, according to the closely watched J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Initial Quality Study.
The [...]

June 22, 2009

Detroit automakers closing quality gap

By BRENT SNAVELY
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
The Detroit Three have closed the quality gap with foreign rivals on passenger cars, are beating the competition on trucks but still have work to do to improve crossover models, according to the closely watched J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Initial Quality Study.
The [...]

June 23, 2009

Ford gets $5.9-billion loan to retool plants

By Justin Hyde and Brent Snavely
Free Press Business Writers
Updated at 12:11 p.m.
Ford Motor Co. will get $5.9 billion in loans from the Obama administration to retool 11 plants in five states for more efficient vehicles over the next two years.
The administration also awarded a $1.6 billion-loan [...]

Hummer looks for headquarters sites
Hummer, the General Motors Corp. SUV unit being sold to a Chinese machinery maker, is considering Michigan and Tennessee as headquarters sites, the division’s chief said.
The locations under study include Detroit and the area around Nashville, "where other automotive manufacturers have chosen to collect," Hummer CEO Jim Taylor said Monday in [...]