Chrysler's last chance to get it right

Lots of people have challenging jobs at Chrysler Group LLC, but few are tougher than the one occupied by Doug Betts. - 11/19/2009

Disagreement is a good sign at new GM

General Motors Co. is poised to begin returning $6.7 billion in loans from the U.S. Treasury for the simplest of reasons: In the battle for perception, it's good business -- and even smarter politics. - 11/17/2009

Learn jobs lessons in Mich., Mr. President

President Obama said Thursday he will hold a "jobs summit" next month. - 11/13/2009

State is in denial of the 'new normal'

Granholm's goal is to spark a backlash, such as this week's march on the state Capitol by parents, students and teachers, that would pressure recalcitrant Democrats and Republicans in the Senate to relent and agree to raise more revenue. - 11/12/2009

Switch on Opel shows GM can change

Don't pay much heed to the wailing from Germany about General Motors Co.'s decision, after all, to keep its Adam Opel GmbH unit. - 11/10/2009

Chrysler is in a race that already started

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. - 11/06/2009

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Michigan should go for nuclear jobs

Michigan needs to get on the nuclear power train because it's getting ready to leave the station -- and take the jobs with it. - 11/05/2009

Ford's $1 billion profit signals turnaround

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. - 11/03/2009

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Arrogant ex-mayor betrays supporters again

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? - 10/30/2009

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United Way needs help of all

Mike Brennan doesn't say it in the direct, we-need-your-help United Way ads running these days on local radio stations. - 10/29/2009

UAW workers may derail Ford's success

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. - 10/27/2009

Feds' war on bankers is folly

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. - 10/23/2009

Ex-car czar's unsaid views most telling

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. - 10/22/2009

Europe's politics hold up GM's Opel sale

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. - 10/20/2009

State budget faceoff is absurd

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. - 10/16/2009

GM out to shock American consumer

After years spent back on their figurative heels -- and the past 12 months on their knees -- GM's message-makers are leaning forward again, theoretically together. - 10/15/2009

Ohio gaming tests Detroit boosters

Dan Gilbert, the self-proclaimed Detroiter working big plans for his diverse business empire, remains bullish on his hometown. - 10/13/2009

Detroit supplies ammo for its bad image

Next time someone laments the tiresome fact that Detroit is getting whacked again in public, remember this: We give them so much material. - 10/09/2009

Bing battles a culture of entitlement

No one who draws a paycheck from the city of Detroit -- or wishes they could -- likely will embrace the plan from Mayor Dave Bing's crisis turnaround team, unveiled Wednesday. - 10/08/2009

So far, Fiat leaders fail to impress at Chrysler

Chrysler has been a cash incinerator for the past decade, helped by successive owners whose chief goal ended up being to milk the pentastar for all they could get. Fiat stands to be the third such controlling force until it displays, by its positive actions, that it isn't. - 10/06/2009

What's it gonna take for Michigan to change?

What's it gonna take for Michigan's political class, in both parties, to acknowledge that they repeatedly have failed the people who sent them to Lansing with some expectation that they would do something to earn the salaries we're paying them? - 10/02/2009

Time for GM to overhaul its culture

Starting today, General Motors Co. officially begins the big push to change its slow, risk-averse, bureaucratic culture. - 10/01/2009

MSU sets example in how to lead

The opening of MSU's Detroit Center is a bricks-and-mortar symbol of a deepening commitment to Detroit despite difficult times for both. - 09/29/2009

GM puts focus back on cars

For the first time in a very long time, GM can focus on what they actually build and market instead of health care, labor costs, debt-laden balance sheets, the politics of the recession and myriad other issues that pushed them into bankruptcy. - 09/25/2009