"During their days of print advertising plenty, the [newspaper executives], or their predecessors, made the catastrophic, myopic decision to not charge. They gave away their expensive efforts for free. They by and large misjudged the significance of the Internet.

"It's now safe to wager that most attendees...will be dragged into charging for at ( Read more... )

Today, President Obama announced the framework to develop a new national standard for fuel economy that promises to provide a clear and achievable pathway for the auto industry to significantly improve fuel efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make progress toward energy independence ( Read more... )

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Just what in the heck is going on with the Right making some kind of issue out of President Obama greeting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ( Read more... )

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From Deb Price at the Detroit News comes word that freshman U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has received two plum committee assignments:

The House Financial Services Committee, "which is heavily involved in the auto loan package and figuring out ways to help homeowners facing foreclosure" -- not to mention playing a role in overseeing the Troubled Asset ( Read more... )

News from the 2009 North American International Auto Show, happening at Detroit's Cobo Hall right now...

Ford of Europe Strengthens Market Share in 2008 and Takes Number Two Position

Ford Brand Momentum Recognized With Two Coveted Autoweek Magazine Auto Show Awards

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Wingdings are the little graphics "fonts" included in every version of Microsoft Word since 1995 or so. Heck, I used that very symbol 17 years ago as a graphic bump for the Fort Polk Guardian (I used two of them, side-by-side, to identify columns written by the fort's commander, a major general (two-star).

"[W]hy it is that reporters repeatedly cite Richard Shelby -- the biggest opponent of the bailout -- without noting that if GM goes under, the foreign manufacturers making big inefficient SUVs and trucks in [Alabama] will get a huge competitive advantage? Carl Levin is presented as representing Detroit, why isn't Shelby described as representing ( Read more... )