Toyota’s Prius threatened by probe
Posted Oct 07 2009, 12:19 PM by Kim Peterson
Could the Prius and other Toyota hybrids be banned from the U.S.? It seems unthinkable, but that’s one possible ending to a patent investigation launched this week.
This case centers around Paice, a tiny Florida company that has patented a way to apply force [...]
Fewer ‘buy American’ options left
Jack Markowitz, FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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Retired business editor Jack Markowitz’s columns are published on Sundays and Thursdays. He can be reached
General Motors better watch it doesn’t discontinue the public. GM is discontinuing its Saturn brand of cars.
And this isn’t the first. In 2004 it quit producing [...]
October 7, 2009
Democrats voice opposition to health care excise tax
By TODD SPANGLER
FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF
WASHINGTON – More than 100 House Democrats – including several members of Michigan’s congressional delegation – signed off on a letter today in opposition to an excise tax on high-cost insurance, asking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reject any such [...]
October 7, 2009
GM names new VP of U.S. sales
By TIM HIGGINS
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
The head of General Motors’ Buick-GMC brands will oversee the automaker’s U.S. sales, the company announced this evening.
Susan Docherty, 46, will succeed Mark LaNeve as vice president of U.S. sales. She will become a part of GM’s executive committee.
LaNeve announced [...]
October 8, 2009
More jobs to be cut at GM, CEO’s report says
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