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.
Ford and General Motors turned in another solid month of gains over the previous year in March. Ford sales jumped 40 percent over March, 2008, while GM improved by 21 percent. Chrysler, unfortunately, did not repeat its small gain in sales from February, falling 8 percent for March. The big surprise was Toyota, which grew [...]
The Associated Press reports that Toyota is now recalling 437,000 more vehicles in addition to the more than 5 million already recalled in the United States (more than 8 million worldwide) due to problems with the gas pedals sticking. The new recall, which affects the 2010 Toyota Prius and other hybrid vehicles, is due to [...]
In the wake of a multi-front catastrophe that Toyota is being consumed by at the moment, a Democratic political consultant is giving Detroit’s Big Three automakers some unsolicited campaign advise: Rev up the nationalism. So says Andy Ostroy in a commentary published on the Huffington Post earlier today entitled “Toyota’s gift to Detroit.”
Continuing the trend of the last few months, domestic auto sales for Ford and General Motors showed strong improvement in January. Ford sold 116,534 vehicles, a 25 percent jump over the first month of 2009, while General Motors jumped 14 percent on sales of 146,825 vehicles. Chrysler bucked the trend, dropping 8 percent from last [...]
In the wake of Toyota being forced to recall more than five million vehicles due to a problem with the accelerator pedals sticking to the floor — and having to cease new car sales of several of their most popular models — Ford and GM are moving quickly to entice Toyota owners to switch to [...]
It seems the expected hangover from the cash for clunkers program has been postponed as Ford and GM both post monthly gains over the previous year in October without the benefit of government-funded tax benefits. Automotive News says that with the October numbers, domestic auto sales “finally show some real spark.” Ford’s October sales of [...]
Automotive News reports that the percentage of cars made by the Big Three American automakers that were sold during the cash for clunkers program was lower than their overall market share.
Ford and General Motors are being joined by foreign automakers with factories in the United States in boosting production in the third and fourth quarters of the year in the wake of the cash for clunkers success and signs that the automobile market may have bottomed out and is heading in the right direction. Automotive [...]
Even with the threat of bankruptcy hanging over the head of the entire automotive industry, GM and Ford saw their May sales fall by a smaller margin than in previous months while their main competitors, Honda and Toyota, fell more significantly. Automotive News reports the figures.
General Motors and Chrysler convinced the Treasury Department to issue $3.5 billion in aid to auto suppliers that are connected to the two companies. GM will oversee $2 billion and Chrsyler $1.5 billion of the aid. The money is aimed at stabilizing suppliers who are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy — just as GM [...]
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