Chrysler in greatest danger from industry sales slump Buffalo News | DETROIT - Faced with soaring gas prices, a sputtering economy and a rapid U. S. market shift away from trucks, the U. S. auto industry's weakest player, Chrysler LLC, may have to file for bankruptcy or sell its storied Jeep and Dodge Ram brands as early as next year, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Thur...
FBI probe latest setback for beleaguered Detroit The Boston Globe | DETROIT—Auto industry cutbacks, double-digit unemployment and one of the nation's highest home foreclosure rates have left Detroit with a dreary economic future. | Now, a mayoral text-messaging sex scandal, federal investigation into a City C...
Keeping it local The Columbus Dispatch DENVER -- Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is breaking from the fast-food model again. | The Denver-based chain known for its hefty burritos is pledging to use a set amount of local produce at each of its more than 730 restaurants across the country -- wh...
Music Hall in Detroit works to shore up finances The Examiner DETROIT (Map, News) - The Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts in Detroit is working to solidify its financial standing. | The Detroit Free Press reports Friday the Music Hall has temporarily furloughed nine full-time workers along with some par...
FDA slowing drugs getting to market Express News | Nearly four years after Merck & Co. yanked the painkiller Vioxx off the market, beleaguered pharmaceutical industry executives say they are facing a tough new regulatory climate that is altering the landscape of drug development. | During the past ...
Retirement developers cater to active baby boomers Houston Chronicle TOOLS | They embark on kayaking trips or go hang gliding with their friends, learn conversational Spanish in a state-of-the-art facility or boogie the evening away to disco-era hits. | If you think this is summer camp for teenagers, or events at a lo...
2 supervisors at raided meatpacking plant arrested Examiner DES MOINES, Iowa (Map, News) - Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by federal immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the United States illegally. | Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza...
Nebraska Beef Ltd. recall now 5.3 million pounds San Diego OMAHA, Neb. - Nebraska Beef Ltd. is expanding a recall announced earlier this week to include all 5.3 million pounds of meat it produced for ground beef between May 16 and June 26....
Chrysler in greatest danger from industry sales slump Buffalo News | DETROIT - Faced with soaring gas prices, a sputtering economy and a rapid U. S. market shift away from trucks, the U. S. auto industry's weakest player, Chrysler LLC, may have to file for bankruptcy or sell its storied Jeep and Dodge Ram brands as ...
Rising demand for fuel-efficiency leaves Honda in prime position Toledo Blade DETROIT - When consumers astonished the U.S. auto industry two months ago by quickly shunning trucks and going for gas mileage, the biggest beneficiary ended up being Honda Motor Co. | The No. 2 Japanese automaker, with the most fuel-efficient model ...
Peace Corps workers 'lucky' U.S. is home Toledo Blade Last year on the Fourth of July, Rebecca Gehring was halfway through her two-year visit to a mountain village in Morocco, and living like the locals. | Her apartment was without air conditioning, had running water only in the mornings, and its bathro...
Economy: Wait till next year? The News Tribune WASHINGTON - The economy is likely to keep stumbling at least through the rest of the year, one analyst predicted Thursday, after a disappointing government report showed that payroll jobs fell by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of job losse...
62,000 jobs cut in June; more losses predicted Philadelphia Daily News The first-half employment report was worst since '01. | By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON - The nation's job market stumbled badly through the first half of 2008, government figures released yesterday showed, and analysts said it was...
Delphi to set up Rs 300-crore unit in TN The Times Of India | CHENNAI: US-based auto component giant Delphi’s Indian expansion is gaining speed. It is setting up a manufacturing unit to produce electronics and safety management system (ESM) products in Chennai. The greenfield project, coming up on ten acres at Oragadam, is meant to serve as a cl...
