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• Automakers Not Excited About '08

  - 2008-02-01

  DETROIT The N. Keller General Contracting Co. of Loxahatchee, Fla., probably should replace its seven-year-old Ford F-350 Super Duty pickup. But business in Palm Beach County isn't what it used to be, and like many contractors who work in Florida's sluggish housing industry, co-owner Jennifer Keller isn't inclined to spend...

  Tags: Detroit, Ford Motor Co., pickup, SALES, U.S., UAW

• Fitch: Revenue Challenges to Overshadow U.S. Auto Cost Improvements in 2008

  - 2007-12-04

  CHICAGO -- Slowing U.S. economic growth will place pressure on U.S. auto sales in 2008, with revenue declines offsetting much of the benefits from recent fixed-cost improvements achieved at GM, Ford and Chrysler. Fitch Ratings expects that U.S. light vehicle sales will fall approximately 3% in 2008 to 15.6 million...

  Tags: Benefits, brand, Branding, Chrysler LLC, Detroit, FINANCE, Fitch, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Lincoln, MARKETING, revenue, U.S., UAW

• Sandler promotes film Deaths Today in history Birthdays Coppola

  - 2007-09-29

  YANGON, Myanmar - Soldiers and police took control of the streets Friday, firing warning shots and tear gas to scatter the few pro- democracy protesters who ventured out as Myanmar's military junta sealed off Buddhist monasteries and cut public Internet access. On the third day of a harsh...

  Tags: Backups, Benefits, computer, FINANCE, General Motors Corp., HEALTHCARE, PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE, Taxes, U.S., UAW

• An interview with economist Susan Helper

  - 2007-09-01

  Starting on the Shop FloorU.S. Auto Workers Face an Industry in TurmoilDETROIT, 1970. The United Auto Workers has over 1.6 million members, representing around 95% of all U.S. auto workers. Typical of the industry, blue-collar workers at General Motors have seen their wages rise by more than 70% over the...

  Tags: Benefits, car, job, salary, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S., UAW, worker

• Recent Quotes

  - 2007-04-01

  "While Bernanke seems to have made room for the possibility of policy easing with his more guarded prognosis for the U.S. economy, he continues to believe that inflation is the main threat to the economy. Therefore, any imminent policy easing seems unlikely." James Knightley, an economist with ING Global Financial...

  Tags: FINANCE, president, Taxes, U.S., UAW

• The year ahead for automobile industry.(2007 OUTLOOK)

  - 2006-12-29

  Autos: Detroit as a whole won't look much healthier by year end than it does now, despite a landmark deal with the United Auto Workers on a money-saving new contract. The agreement will help, of course, but U.S. automakers must still design models more consumers want ...

  Tags: Detroit, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S., UAW

• Waiting for a Soft Landing

  - 2006-01-09

  At the year-end, I usually scan a stack of economic reports to see what lies ahead. Well, folks, according to most forecasts we're headed for a swell year--though it will be boring. Typical is the forecast from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. In 2006 the American...

  Tags: FINANCE, General Motors Corp., recession, U.S., UAW, unemployment

• Justifying Executive Paychecks

  - 2006-01-09

  Auto executives in Detroit, just like unionized hourly workers, are having a tough time these days justifying their paychecks.The bottom line? Assembly-line workers may not like to hear this, but surveys show pay for the bosses is about in line with that of other U.S. manufacturing executives.The executive compensation issue...

  Tags: compensation, manufacturing, U.S., UAW, worker

• Japanese Union Boss Encourages U.S. Auto Workers Union.

  - 2004-06-16

  By Jeffrey McCracken, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 16--The fight to unionize Japanese auto plants in the United States may be getting a boost from across the ocean. The president of the largest Japanese automotive union says he...

  Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Toyota Motor Corp., U.S., UAW, worker

• Foreign Automakers in South Threaten Detroit's Heritage of Union-Built Cars.

  - 2003-08-27

  By Jamie Butters, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--The threat just keeps growing. Across the South, foreign automakers are expanding or building new plants that have a competitive advantage. Nonunion team members, as they are...

  Tags: Alabama, Detroit, Manufacturing, South, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S., UAW, worker