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Daniel Howes: Chrysler is in a race that already started

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:37:00 EST

Time is not on Chrysler's side because the clock clearly favors crosstown rivals Ford and, yes, General Motors -- both of which have killer products in showrooms, right now.

Daniel Howes: Michigan should go for nuclear jobs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:12:00 EST

Michigan needs to get on the nuclear power train because it's getting ready to leave the station -- and take the jobs with it.

Daniel Howes: Howes: Ford's $1 billion profit signals turnaround

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:27:00 EST

In Ford's surprisingly strong third-quarter numbers, there are all sorts of people who could claim vindication. It starts at the top. The simple fact is that Ford wouldn't be poised for a break-out had Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. and the board of directors failed to recruit CEO Alan Mulally three years ago.

Daniel Howes: Howes: Arrogant ex-mayor betrays supporters again

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:37:00 EST

Four of Metro Detroit's most powerful business leaders pony up $240,000 to speed Kwame Kilpatrick's exit from the mayor's office. And what do they get in return?

Daniel Howes: United Way needs help of all

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:00 EST

Mike Brennan doesn't say it in the direct, we-need-your-help United Way ads running these days on local radio stations.

Daniel Howes: UAW workers may derail Ford's success

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:07:00 EST

Here, in the week before Ford Motor Co. hopes to maybe, sorta' report encouraging third-quarter earnings, a faction of its United Auto Workers membership is on course to torpedo a revised labor agreement.

Daniel Howes: Feds' war on bankers is folly

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:57:00 EST

A government that spends more time lobbing rhetorical grenades at Wall Street and automakers, bankers and insurance execs, media outlets and other critics, is one that isn't laying the ground work for economic stability.

Daniel Howes: Ex-car czar's unsaid views most telling

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00:00 EST

President Obama's former car czar may be among the more unpopular guys in Detroit, but he shouldn't be -- because Steven Rattner's right.

Daniel Howes: Europe's politics hold up GM's Opel sale

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:32:00 EST

The Germans aren't the only ones hoping to hurdle European Union objections to General Motors Co.'s plans to sell a majority stake in its Adam Opel GmbH unit.

Daniel Howes: State budget faceoff is absurd

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:07:00 EST

The game of political chicken being played in Lansing between Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, is less about juicing the dismal economy than it is political positioning and crafting legacies.