General Bad News
Bad News and Disappointing Stories
June 24, 2009 - The Middleclass Black Big Three Workers, Detroit MI
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| G.M., Detroit and the Fall of the Black Middle Class |  |
May 30, 2009 - The Big Three, Detroit MI
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| Industry Fears U.S. May Quit New Car Habit |  |
May 21, 2009 - Saturn, Detroit MI
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A Foreign Buyer Could Put Saturn's Image Into Orbit General Motor's sale of Saturn could put an end to the brand's American-made image. |
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May 9, 2009 - Auto Industry Effect on Grosse Pointe Michigan
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Grosse Pointe Blues |
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May 9, 2009 - 12 Car David Streeme - NASCAR Mopar Teams, Richmond VA
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| Wrong Track: Nascar Feels Chrysler's Pain 'Tie-yoda' Is Hot, Richard Petty Sad, and Attendance Off |  |
April 21, 2009 - 2nd Street Tunnel, Los Angeles CA
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| The automakers' tunnel of love is a cause for reflection |  |
April 13, 2009 - New York Auto Show, New York NY
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Glamour Dims as Hecklers Hit the Auto Show “Why now?” he asked the woman, rather curtly, once she had finished her patter. “How come you’ve got to nearly go bankrupt before you come out with a car like this?” |
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April 4, 2009 - Car Fanatics, new-car enthusiast, otherwise known as the tuner, motor head, speed freak, buff, nut and zealot.
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The End of the Affair A key to any comeback by Detroit is reconnecting with car fanatics. Want vs. need |
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April 3, 2009 - Port of Baltimore, Baltimore MD
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Too Many Cars, and They're Not on the Road After 'Car Bubble' Collapses, Excess Inventory Creates a Backlog |
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March 23, 2009 - Kettering University, Flint MI
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| At Auto Engineers’ School, a Course in Layoffs 101 |  |
March 4, 2009 - Auto Industry Effect on Pontiac Michigan
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| In an Auto Industry Hometown, a Familiar Financial Road |  |
March 4, 2009 - February Auto Sales
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Auto Sales Plunge as Buyers Snub Incentives 41% Decline in February Darkens Outlook for Battered U.S. Carmakers |
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February 19, 2009 - Pontiac, Detroit MI
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Its Muscle Car Glory Faded, Pontiac Shrivels Up Lately it has been using “Pontiac is CAR,” a phrase more likely to catch the attention of grammarians than car buffs. |
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February 18, 2009 - Detroit Automakers
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Detroit, Prepare For Big Changes Automakers' Future Paved With Pain |
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February 17, 2009 - The Detroit Three, Detroit MI
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| Don't call them the Big Three; they're the Detroit Three — for now |  |
February 16, 2009 - Automotive White Collar Jobs, Detroit MI
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| Dead End in Detroit for White-Collar Workers |  |
February 3, 2009 - Big Three January Sales, Detroit MI
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Auto Sales Start 2009 at an Abysmal Pace New-vehicle sales in the United States fell 37 percent in January to one of the lowest levels in half a century. |
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January 10, 2009 - North American International Auto Show, Detroit MI
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| The North American International Auto Show here will have precious few concept cars on display when it opens to the news media Sunday. Only about a dozen concepts are scheduled to be unveiled, down significantly from 25 last year and 23 in 2007 |  |
January 6, 2009 - Big Three Automakers, Detroit MI
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| The historic collapse of the new-car market dragged on in December, raising questions of whether the auto industry will ever again have sales levels that it took for granted just a few years ago. |  |
December 29, 2008 - African-Americans effected by Auto Industry Downslide, Detroit MI
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| Since millions of African-Americans began leaving Southern farms for Northern factories nearly a century ago in what is still known as the Great Migration, the destinies of many of them have been entwined with the auto industry’s. |  |
December 26, 2008 - Detroit International Auto Show, The Motor City - Detroit MI
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| The Detroit Auto Show usually gives this downtrodden city an annual chance to celebrate with glitzy parties and celebrity sightings. But with two of the three U.S. auto makers on financial life-support from Washington, 2009's show is shaping up to be a scaled-back affair. |  |
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Updated January 4, 2009 |
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| December 14, 2008 - The Big Three Budget Cuts, Detroit MI | |
Free Auto Show Food & Booze..............History..... “We’re going to have to tell them, ‘Sorry guys, you’re going to have to buy your own drinks and dinner,’ ” said Chrysler’s vice chairman, Thomas W. LaSorda. |
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December 13, 2008 - NASCAR, Daytona Beach FL
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| Executives of the Big Three Detroit automakers told Brian France, the Nascar chief executive and chairman, that they planned to cut their investments in the sport sharply in the 2009 racing season. |  |
December 12, 2008 - The City of Detroit
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DetroitNewspaper Home Delivery Cut to 3 Days A week Now Former Mayor is in Jail Detroit Lions 0-16 Motown Left Years Ago Big Three? |
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Updated January 10, 2009
Updated February 22, 2009 |
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| December 11, 2008 - General Motors - Pontac Division, Detroit MI | |
The Future For Pontiac A Boutique Brand - or - Doomed?
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December 10, 2008 - Saturn Car Company, Detroit MI
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| Saturn owners hope GM doesn't abandon them - Future in question for Hummer, Pontiac, Saab |  |
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Update 1/27/09 |
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November 19, 2008 - CEO Private Jet Trips To Washington
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| Lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies Wednesday for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money. |  |
| November 19, 2008 - Senate Banking Committee, Washington D.C. | |
| The chief executives of Detroit's Big Three auto makers appealed in dire language for U.S. taxpayers to help their industry. |  |