I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
A new study by one of the leading auto industry analysis firms concludes that the American domestic automobile market will rebound to a full 16 million vehicles sold by the year 2013, a number that would be near the highest rates of the last decade.
Domestic auto sales in February were up 27 percent over the same month a year ago, led by a staggering 46 percent increase for General Motors. Ford posted gains of 10 percent while Chrysler jumped 13 percent. The annualized sales were 13.4 million vehicles, far surpassing analysts’ expectations.
Domestic auto sales by the Big Three American automakers was up significantly in January over last year and the increase was led by General Motors and Chrysler, the two companies that had to undergo managed bankruptcies in 2009.
The Big Three automakers finished 2010 on a high note, each increasing year to year sales in December. Ford showed the lowest increase of 4 percent; GM’s sales grew by 8 percent and Chrysler was up by 16 percent.
Michael Robinet, director of global production forecasts for researcher IHS Automotive, said Thursday that he expects American domestic auto sales to rebound to more than 17 million units sold annually by 2015. The Detroit Free Press reports:
All three big domestic automakers had strong November sales as the total domestic auto sales was up 17 percent over last year. Ford was up 20 percent, Chrysler was up 17 percent and General Motors was up 12 percent. Toyota was the only major carmaker to see sales go down, by 3 percent. Total domestic [...]
The September domestic auto sales numbers are in and they’re pretty dismal for two of the three American automakers. Ford and General Motors both saw significant decreases over September 2009, when the cash for clunkers program was pushing sales to their highest levels of the year. Ford’s sales declined 14 percent, while General Motors declined [...]
As expected, the newly restructured General Motors reported a $1.3 billion profit in the second quarter of 2010. Ford doubled that, posting a $2.6 billion profit for the quarter, while Chrysler reported an operating profit of $183 million. This comes as GM prepares for one of the largest stock IPOs in American history, hoping to [...]
Domestic auto sales rose only five percent in July overall, but that is compared to the same month in 2009 — which included the first $1 billion of the Cash for Clunkers program to boost sales for the month. General Motors led the way with a six percent jump, followed by Chrysler, which grew five [...]
Total domestic auto sales for June were up 14 percent over the previous year and the Big Three American automakers all showed double digit gains, but analysts are still calling June sales a disappointment compared to expectations. Automotive News notes that the gains for Ford, GM and Chrysler were “some of their smallest gains of [...]
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