TOM WALSH: GM exposes its desperation
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a federal rescue of Detroit's automakers'Don't go away. This one's going down to the wire.Contact TOM WALSH at 313-223-4430 or .
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a federal rescue of Detroit's automakers'Don't go away. This one's going down to the wire.Contact TOM WALSH at 313-223-4430 or .
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
"There isn't a Plan B," Fritz Henderson, GM's president and chief operating officer, told journalists Tuesday. "Absent support, frankly, the company just can't fund its operations." After an underwhelming appearance before U.S. House and Senate committees in mid-November, the CEOs of the Detroit Three were told by congressional leaders to present specific requests for aid, along with detailed plans...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
It's a decision that many members of Congress won't be happy about either way. They will unleash a Christmas nightmare in Detroit if they allow GM and Chrysler to fail. These are nerve-racking times. The city anxiously awaits the nation's verdict.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Time's up, Congress. Detroit needs a decision. Now. Forget more flogging of the auto company CEOs. Enough of the grandstanding and blame game in Washington.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
... that fought against fuel economy and clear air for decades.We ignore that at our peril.Contact TOM WALSH at 313-223-4430 or .
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Insurance salespeople should just walk around with signs on their backs that say, "Punch me." Their profession ranks below even journalists, lawyers and members of Congress in Gallup polls about the most- and least-admired professions.