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Credit scarcity could dash recovery hopes
Southfield :: MI :: USA | about 12 hours ago
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As the U.S. economy ramps up for the recovery, we find ourselves creeping up against another roadblock. Where exactly will auto suppliers -- as well as other manufacturers and companies in the Midwest -- find the money to borrow to build products and...
Tags: Michael J. Alcala, auto industry, small businesses, Southfield, Subprime mortgage crisis, Bank, Late-2000s recession, GMAC, Business Finance
Auto industry changes definition of quality control
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Dramatic changes in the auto industry have created a new definition of quality control for carmakers and their customers that goes beyond the basics of making sure everything is put together right on the factory floor. "Quality control begins a long time...
Tags: quality control, auto industry, Detroit, Volkswagen, Automobile, Cadillac, Business Finance, Technology Internet, Car manufacturers, General Motors, Quality
Credit shortage threatens supplier growth
Southfield :: MI :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility tool goes here As the U.S. economy ramps up for the recovery, we find ourselves creeping up against another roadblock...Small and midsize businesses are getting turned down for the credit they need to expand operations.
Tags: Michael J. Alcala, AZ Automotive Corp., Bill Boston, auto industry, Comerica Inc., Southfield, auto supplier, Michigan, Detroit, independence tooling, Federal Reserve System, Comerica, Electric vehicles, economics, GMAC, Bank, Factoring, Business Finance
Wichita Mayor wants aviation to get same consideration auto industry got
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility It’s one of the outings on their four-day National League of Cities conference. So far, Brewer said one of the biggest messages he’s sending on Wichita’s behalf to President Obama’s representatives is that the aviation industry deserves the same government...
Tags: Wichita Mayor, auto industry, San Antonio, Brewer, Incentive, Politics, Sedgwick County Kansas, Wichita metropolitan area, Wichita Kansas
VW shows how to take Russian carmaking forward
Kaluga :: Russia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Now it’s launching a complete-cycle production-line for 6 Volkswagen and Skoda models – with a ‘Made in Russia’ label. It’s probably the first good news to come from the Russian carmaking industry in recent months –reeling from a collapse in demand. Jaroslav...
Tags: VW Russia, Vladimir Putin, Russian, Volkswagen Tiguan, auto industry, prime minister
Italy: PM considers incentives for auto industry
Rome :: Italy | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Italian government is considering whether to offer new incentives to help car giant Fiat and the country's troubled automobile industry recover from the current global recession. Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday said the government would...
Tags: Silvio Berlusconi, Fiat SpA, Italy, Sergio Marchionne, minister silvio, Loriana Lana, auto industry, prime minister
GM chief in Orlando: Our company is back on track
Orlando :: FL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The new head of General Motors came to Orlando on Thursday as part of a multi-city tour to assure dealers that their status is safe, the company is stable and some good products are in the pipeline. Frederick A. "Fritz" Henderson, president and chief...
Tags: General Motors Co GM, Fritz Henderson, U.S, General Motors Co., million vehicles, auto industry, light trucks, Orlando, million cars, chief executive
Tough love for union town
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility A native Detroiter, she's headquartered her 1,600 employee, $160 million-a-year multinational tech staffing agency in the city. She sits on the board of at least a half-dozen local charities. And she'd be the first to point out that the city has some...
Tags: Detroiters, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Detroit Pistons, auto industry, Detroit
The Real Lesson from "Cash for Clunkers"
While the Obama Administration's early work to raise vehicle fuel economy standards and invest in renewable energy sources has received only moderate media attention, "Cash for Clunkers" has been a continuous front-page story from the first. And...
Tags: cash for clunkers, obama, global warming, pollution, media, Ford, GM, consumers, auto industry
.Cash for clunkers. program ends, but to lasting effect?
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility As the government's $3 billion "cash for clunkers" program spurred an apparent last-minute car-buying frenzy across the nation Monday, it remained unclear whether the popular rebate effort gave the ailing auto industry an important boost — or only a temporary...
Tags: cash for clunkers, auto industry
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