Topic: Detroit

President Barack Obama on Friday ordered increased security for air travel following a possible attempted airline bombing on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, the White House said. Copyright 2009 AFP Global Edition
Bill Ford among Detroit leaders taking to-do list to Obama administration from June summitFord Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford is going to Washington to present recommendations to the Obama administration from a three-day summit in Detroit on manufacturing, energy, technology and ...
Question: How do you feel about Obama placing an architect as director of the HUD?. They certainly wouldn't put us in charge of the military but I think we can help retool Detroit a lot better than the folks there. There was ...

Obama administration hopeful on "clunker" extension

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration was optimistic on Sunday that the U.S. Senate would extend the federal " "LaHood was cautious in his remarks since procedural and political realities in the Senate may not allow expedited consideration of a proposed $2 ...

Congress moves to extend autos 'clunkers' plan

WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress moved to triple the funding for the government's successful " Ford shares were as low as $1.02 in November.Automakers are due to report U.S. sales next week.The speed with which consumers exhausted the clunker fund appeared ...

May 2008 4x4 News RPM

We have been hearing chatter and rumors from various sources that Ford is working on a long-travel version of the all-new '09 F-150, codenamed " Sources tell us that the truck is lower and wider than a standard F-150 and uses reservoir ...
On June 1st, General Motors filed the fourth largest bankruptcy case in history as part of a reorganization plan sanctioned and backed financially by the U.S. Government. While the plan would seem to insure the future of GM by allowing it to ...
Michigan officials ask White House automotive recovery official to help suppliersMichigan officials are asking the White House to help auto suppliers survive a " critical" 60-to-90-day period following a possible Chapter 11 filing by General Motors Corp.Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and U.S. ...
I fear that Barack Obama is making a mistake that could prove costly to his reelection efforts in 2012: Cause in the real world they're shutting Detroit down While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets out of town And ...
After months of fighting among themselves and wrestling with the auto industry, Democrats in Congress seem to have finally won Detroit's support in drastically raising vehicle fuel economy standards.. Now all they have to do is get the buy-in of two of ...