September 8, 2009

California to get dose of auto anguish

Closure could erase 40,000 jobs in state and eliminate Toyota’s only UAW plant

BY GREG GARDNER
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Toyota’s decision to close its 25-year-old California factory where UAW workers build Corolla cars and Tacoma pickups has delivered a seismic, Detroit-like jolt to the once-invincible Silicon Valley economy.
The [...]

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Neal Rubin

Missouri Hummer dealer freshens product line with guns

Ruger, Smith & Wesson, Colt. Benelli, Bushmaster, Browning. FNH, H&K, CMMG, DPMS.
Long guns, handguns, whatever kind of guns strike your fancy, chances are you can find it in the bright, spacious showroom where HUMMER signs hang on the walls and a pistol might [...]

Obama names Treasury official to spur manufacturing

 
Automotive News | September 7, 2009 – 3:00 pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Barack Obama today named a top Treasury Department official, Ron Bloom, to [...]