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.
For the first time in more than 20 years, U.S. automakers would be required to raise the fuel efficiency of their vehicles by the 2011 model year under an Obama administration plan to revamp the industry and save it from collapse.
It’s tough enough for the Big Three to attempt a recovery under today’s challenging economic conditions, let alone respond to new competitive threats nipping at their heels like electric auto maker Tesla. Tesla kicked it up a notch yesterday with the debut of its sleek Model S, an all-electric four-door sedan; here’s the video:
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is going to bat again for the state’s suffering auto industry, as she plans to head to Washington to press members of the Obama administration for help. Granholm was scheduled to meet Tuesday with White House representatives, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and others.
Ford (NYSE:F) is doubling its previous commitment of cash available to help retire loans and bonds in debt-equity swaps. Automotive News reports:
The Obama administration threw a lifeline to ailing auto suppliers yesterday, setting up a fund to guarantee payments from the Big Three automakers to the suppliers. Business Week reports:
The automobile sales figures for February show that the slowdown in the auto industry is accelerating rapidly, with each of the Big Three automakers dropping at least 44% over the previous year and the big Japanese automakers doing only slightly better. Automotive News reports the figures.
With all of the job cuts among the Big Three, the American auto industry will soon be nearly half the size it was a mere six years ago. GM announced the latest cut on Feb. 10. GM said it will cut 10,000 white-collar jobs worldwide in 2009, including about 3,400 in the United States. In [...]
As General Motors and Chrysler prepare their restructuring plans that have to be turned in to Congress on Feb. 17, GM may be preparing to lay off thousands of white collar salaried employees to match the layoffs in blue collar autoworkers. Bloomberg News reports:
Alas, it appears that the news is not unrelentingly bleak for at least one of the Big Three automakers. Ford announced that they have made dramatic reductions in the amount they are spending on warranty work, which is both an important cost savings during difficult times and an indicator that the quality of their production [...]
The already bleak sales data for the Big Three automakers got significantly worse in January as all three American companies report enormous drops in sales compared to last year. Chrysler sales dropped 55% in January, while GM fell 49% and Ford fell 42%. The sales figures are now at their lowest level in 26 years, [...]
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