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What to do with Detroit?

Dave Winer | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: New Orleans, Chrysler, Bankruptcy, Gm, Economy, Frontline, Ford, The South Bronx, Detroit, Corporate Jets, Business News

Reading the news it's not clear if we're going to give Detroit the money to keep them going for a while longer. Pretty sure we can't afford not to, an...

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Obama's One-Time Opportunity: to Restructure the American Economy

Paul Wagler | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession, Obama, Gm, Depression, Economy, Business News

Restoring economic growth alone will not restore our fortunes. In fact, too rapid growth -- in house construction, in stock prices and in energy consumption -- has caused the present problem.

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Bail Out Detroit -- Right Now!

Matthew DeBord | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

We could let Detroit fail and throw money at the many future-car startups that are currently out there, but that won't provide enough product to market to deliver the improvements we require.

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The Great Myth of Main Street

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Gm, Bailouts, Economic Meltdown, Anger, Business News

I have worked in theaters, as a cab driver, in small companies, large corporations and mega-watt global behemoths, and they are all the same. They are people working for a living.

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Detroit's Day of Reckoning (with Thanks to David Halberstam)

Steve Parker | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Chapter 11, Peter Morici, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, David Halberstam, Cars, Chris Dodd, Ford, Robert Lutz, Nissan, Robert Nardelli, US Senate, Detroit, Richard Shelby, President Bush, Masters of the Universe, Northwest Airlines, Uaw, Bankruptcy, Gm, Alan Mulally, Pebble Beach, Detroit Three, Washington DC, Democrats, Barack Obama, Tokyo Motor Show, Ron Gettelfinger, Code Pink, Harry Reid, Republicans, Dearborn, Business News

This week's bailout hearing signaled what looks like the ultimate day of reckoning for this country's once-great and world-dominating car making industry. All Americans are tired of the excuses.

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Planes, Pains And Automobiles

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

These overpaid, egomaniacal "players" should heed Romney's counsel and start playing sensibly, like honorable men. And their first ante in this new game should be their own prompt resignation.

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Congress Scraps a Good Car with Bad Steering

Dan Treul | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Auto Bailout, Congress, Uaw, Chrysler, Bailout, Economic Crisis, Economy, American Auto Industry, Big Three, Bachus, Gm, Auto Industry Bailout, Ford, American Automakers, Big Three Automakers, United Auto Workers, Detroit Bailout, Detroit Three, Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Cars, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Chysler, Automaker Bailout, The Big 3, Detroit, Business News

No one - this Michigan resident included - is out to defend recent management of Ford, GM and Chrysler as "efficient." It doesn't take an industry analyst to determine the status quo broken.

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The Case for Bailing out the Big Three

Brian Ross | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Apparently there is one thing that liberal and neo-con think-tanks can agree upon: Let Ford, General Motors, and Chrylser fail.

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Chinese Want To Buy the Big 3 Automakers

Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

All the Shock Doctrine fanatics cheering to drive the the Big 3 into bankruptcy "restructuring," like Mitt Romney, might want to think about the implications of this.

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Should the Government Bail Out the Big Three U.S. Automakers? HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In

Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Bailout, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Detroit, Gm, Cars, The Big 3, Chysler, Ford, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Auto Industry, Detroit Bailout, Business News

Huffington Post contributors weigh in on whether Congress should bail out the Big Three Detroit automakers. Keep checking back as the debate continues.

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Mitt Romney's Ye-Olde-Times Plan For Detroit

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Mitt Romney Detroit, Mitt Romney Automakers, Unemployment, Big Three Automakers, Automotive Industry, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three, Detroit, Gm, Mitt Romney, Cars, Ford, Detroit Bailout, Business News

As a foray into the troubled waters of the biggest industry crisis of our time, Romney's plan epitomizes how Republicans think about the economy: by pretending we live in a Dickensian version of the Eisenhower era.

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Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets To Plead For Public Funds

ABC News | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Private Jets, Chrysler, Gm, Finance, Robert Nardelli, Alan Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Ford, Financial Crisis, Cars, Big 3 Private Jets, Big 3 Private Flights, Big 3 Ceos' Private Flights, Business News

The CEOs of the big three automakers flew to the nation's capital yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Washington that the auto i...

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America Needs a Strong, Unionized Auto Industry -- That Requires Government Action

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Congress, Energy Independence, Government Bailout, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Gm, Pensions, Walter Reuther, Ford, Labor Unions, Detroit Automakers, Charles Wilson, General Motors, Auto Unions, Health Care, Auto Industry, Unions, Politics News

If we allow the unionized American automobile industry to collapse, we will accelerate the reduction of middle class incomes for everyone. That collapse would start a tidal wave of lower wages.

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Auto Industry Execs Hammered By Congress, Bailout Looking Increasingly Unlikely

New York Times | BILL VLASIC and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, General Motors, Congress, Chrysler, Car Company Bailout, Car Industry Bailout, Gm, Auto Industry Bailout, Detroit Bailout, Ford, Business News

The heads of the Big Three automakers of Detroit pleaded on Tuesday for emergency government aid to stave off potential collapse, but after four hours...

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GM Goes Grassroots. A Son is Torn.

Jake Brewer | Posted 11.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Gm, Cars, Auto Bailout, Thomas Friedman, Ev1, General Motors, Green News

I don't want 1 in 10 jobs in the US to take a hit next week, but I also don't want hundreds of millions of already-struggling Americans to blow their tax dollars on failure.

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How Bankruptcy Would Benefit GM

US News And World Report | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Bailout, Automakers, General Motors, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Gm, Detroit, Oil Prices, Business News

Is the Midwest about to tumble into Lake Erie? Sure sounds that way. With General Motors teetering at the edge of insolvency, the company's backers a...

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Big 3 carmakers beg for $25B, warn of catastrophe

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chrysler, Automaker Bailout, Gm, Finance, Economy, Ford, Big Three, Financial Crisis, Cars, Congress, Business News

WASHINGTON — Detroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with a reluctant Congress Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans o...

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Five Mistakes by DC and Detroit Hurt Detroit Three's Survival Shances

Steve Parker | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Russia, Congress, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, The Huffington Post, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Honda, Dodge Viper, Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Future of General Motors, Mike Pence, Ford, St. Petersburg, Automakers, Auto Bailout, Obama Auto Industry, Los Angeles Auto Show, Green Cars, Southern California, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, US Senate, Los Angeles Auto Show Green, Electric Cars, Congressional Oversight, Detroit, Greensburg Indiana, Nissan Motors, Detroit Auto Industry, Fuel Economy, Bankruptcy, Gm, Environmentalists, Detroit Three, Jeep Commander. Hemi Hybrids, Washington DC, American Honda, Daewoo, Honda Fit, Continuously Variable Transmission, Barack Obama, American Auto Industry, Las Vegas, Auto Industry Rescue Legislation, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Dodge, XTRONIC CVT, South Korea, Kirk Kerkorian, Harry Reid, Consumers, Jeep, Auto Industry Bailout, Europe, Auto Industry, Golden Parachutes, Lordstown, Detroit Automakers, Reid Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Automobiles, Business News

Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.

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Poor Obama... It Gets More Complicated Every Day

Francine Hardaway | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, US Auto Industry, Bailout, Obama 60 Minutes, Gm, Obama Economy, Auto Industry Bailout, Auto Industry, Business News

I've been debating with myself for weeks over whether we ought to bail out the auto industry. I made a little pro-con list for myself today.

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Democrats Propose New $25 Billion Bailout, Would Limit Pay

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, Automaker Bailout, Gm, Finance, Economy, Ford, Cars, Financial Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON — Prospects dimmed on Monday for the $25 billion bailout that U.S. automakers say they desperately need to get through a bleak and da...

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Stocks finish lower as recession worries deepen

AP | SARA LEPRO and MADLEN READ | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chrysler, Automaker Bailout, Wall Street, Bailout, Gm, Finance, Economy, Ford, Cars, Financial Crisis, Congress, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street finished sharply lower Monday as investors pored over more signs of economic weakness, including a huge round of layoffs ...

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Memo to Detroit: Change Now or Die

Steve Parker | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Boeing, Chevy Volt, Saturn, Chrysler, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ucla, Gary Shapiro, Rick Wagoner, Epa, W. Edwards Deming, Ford, Cars, Cerberus Capital Management, General Motors, Ces, Robert Nardelli, William Clay Ford, Nhtsa, Japan, Plug-in Hybrids, SUV Sales, Business News

Most Americans think you have brought this disaster upon yourselves, with inferior, irrelevant products the past 35 years.

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The Daily Szep: Caricature of GM's G. Richard Wagoner Jr.

Paul Szep | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Mark Haines Thinks Auto Promises Are Baloney

CNBC | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Cnbc, Chrysler, Video, Gm, Mark Haines, Ford, Cars, Green Cars, Business News

CNBC Squawk On The Street anchor and reliable curmudgeon Mark Haines doesn't trust the Big Three automakers -- Ford, GM and Chrysler -- to behave with...

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Amber Waves of Antibodies

Gourmet | Barry Estabrook | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Grocery Manufacturers Association, Farming, Usda, Food Matters, Union of Concerned Scientists, Gm, Eating Matters, Genetically Modified, Agriculture, Green News, General Mills, Pepsico, Green News

Another week, another hole ripped in our food safety net. This one is courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which last month...

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