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• GM Deal Advances but Dissenters Persist

  Published: October 4, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Deal, Advances, But, Dissenters, Persist, United Auto Workers, Lawrence E Mitchell, Stephen F Diamond, Enron Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Google Inc, Fairfax, Ronald Gettelfinger, The George Washington University, Chevrolet Malibu, California, Kansas, Michi

  Critics of a tentative labor contract between General Motors and the United Auto Workers are stepping up a long-shot bid to derail the agreement, even as some GM workers began voting to ratify the deal.

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• UAW Sets Chrysler Strike Deadline

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Uaw, Sets, Chrysler, Strike, Deadline, Chrysler Holding Llc, United Auto Workers, United States, Daimlerchrysler Ag, David L Gregory, Detroit, Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass, Cerberus Capital Management Lp, Daimler Ag, General Motors Corporation, Bill Campbell, Bob Nardelli

  The United Auto Workers turned up the pressure on Chrysler yesterday to wrap up a contract in the next two days.

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• Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Earmarks, Put, Candidates, The, Spot, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Steve Ricchetti, Bernadette Sargeant, Ron Paul, University Of Chicago, Illinois, Texas, General Motors Corporation, Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Shoemaker, Phil Singer, Ted Stevens

  Just a few months before he joined the presidential race, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) co-sponsored a little-noticed proposal to require the Pentagon to spend $2 million on brain trauma research for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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• Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Earmarks, Put, Candidates, The, Spot, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Steve Ricchetti, Bernadette Sargeant, Ron Paul, University Of Chicago, Illinois, Texas, General Motors Corporation, Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Shoemaker, Phil Singer, Ted Stevens

  Just a few months before he joined the presidential race, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) co-sponsored a little-noticed proposal to require the Pentagon to spend $2 million on brain trauma research for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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• Earmarks Put Candidates On the Spot

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Earmarks, Put, Candidates, The, Spot, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Steve Ricchetti, Bernadette Sargeant, Ron Paul, University Of Chicago, Illinois, Texas, General Motors Corporation, Dick Durbin, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Shoemaker, Phil Singer, Ted Stevens

  Just a few months before he joined the presidential race, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) co-sponsored a little-noticed proposal to require the Pentagon to spend $2 million on brain trauma research for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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• A Peach of a Ride to the Apple Orchard

  Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Peach, Ride, The, Apple, Orchard, Saturn Vue, Adam Opel Ag, Europe, Honda Cr V, Opel Antara, Honda Accord, General Motors Corporation, Rav4 Ltd, Saturn Division, Toyota Motor Corporation, New York City, Warren Brown

  GARDINER, N.Y. Life is a matter of expectations. If good expectations are met, we're happy. If not, we're disappointed. If they are surpassed, we're very happy -- perhaps even forgiving of previous disappointments.

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• UAW's Attention Shifts To Ford

  Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Uaw S, Attention, Shifts, Ford, Chrysler Holding Llc, David E Cole, Detroit, United Auto Workers, Michigan, Darryl Nolen, Gary N Chaison, United States, Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Avenger, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, Ann Arbor

  As Chrysler's labor contract moved closer to ratification yesterday, the spotlight began shifting to Ford, the final Detroit automaker yet to work out a union deal.

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• UAW Approves Pact With Chrysler

  Published: October 28, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Uaw, Approves, Pact, Chrysler, Chrysler Holding Llc, United Auto Workers, Cerberus Capital Management Lp, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Tom Lasorda, United States

  DETROIT, Oct. 27 -- Members of the United Auto Workers approved a four-year contract with Chrysler on Saturday despite significant opposition, the union said.

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• GM to Take $39 Billion Charge

  Published: November 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Take, Billion, Charge, United States, Henderson, Canada, Germany, Burnham Securities Inc, Cerberus Capital Management Lp, General Motors Corporation, David Healy, Frederick Maryland, United Auto Workers

  General Motors announced yesterday that it would take a $39 billion non-cash, accounting-related charge in the third quarter. Despite the size of the charge, GM said it did not affect cash flow at the company or affect automotive operations.

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• Probing the Depth of the Downturn

  Published: November 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Probing, The, Depth, Downturn, Ben Bernanke, Stuart Schweitzer, Cisco Systems Inc, Citigroup Inc, Dow Jones Amp Co Inc, General Motors Corporation, Jp Morgan Chase Amp Co, Moody S Corporation, Morgan Keegan Amp Co Inc, Morgan Stanley, The Home Depot Inc, The Thomson

  NEW YORK -- The gloom is spreading. For weeks, credit worries had weighed on the stock market. Investors fled from financial shares as the nation's giant banks wrote down billions of dollars against losses from the subprime debacle. With the financial shakeout still far from over, fresh anxieties...

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• Workers at Ford Agree to a Four-Year Contract

  Published: November 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Workers, Ford, Agree, Four Year, Contract, United States, Michigan, Chrysler Holding Llc, General Motors Corporation, Standard Amp Poor S, Toyota Motor Corporation, Gregg Lemos Stein, United Auto Workers, New York

  Ford workers overwhelmingly approved a new contract , allowing a third U.S. automaker to reduce pay for new hires and shift retiree health-care obligations to union-run funds.

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• Sustainability Coach Takes Her Expertise to Market

  Published: November 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sustainability, Coach, Takes, Her, Expertise, Market, Wal Mart Stores Inc, Jennifer Woofter, American Greetings Corporation, Calvert Group Ltd, General Electric Company, Alaska, Bayer Ag, Frito Lay Inc, General Motors Corporation, Nike Inc, The Procter Amp Gamble Comp

  Big business's decision to jump on the green bandwagon has created a host of opportunities for consultants with environmental expertise.

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• In Male-Dominated Industry, A Woman Grabs the Wheel

  Published: December 3, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Male Dominated, Industry, Woman, Grabs, The, Wheel, Tamara C Darvish, Toyota Motor Corporation, Silver Spring, United States, Washington Dc, Darcars Automotive Group, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Gerald Murphy, Jim Press, Washington Area New Automobile Deale

  It was 1984 and Tamara C. Darvish had just completed her undergraduate studies in half the time it normally takes. Raring to go with a degree in automotive marketing and management, she returned home to the D.C. area to work in the family business.

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• In Shift, Dingell Steered Toward Fuel Standard

  Published: December 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Shift, Dingell, Steered, Toward, Fuel, Standard, Nissan Motor Co Ltd, John Dingell, United States, Tennessee, Capitol Hill, David Doniger, Nancy Pelosi, United Auto Workers, Mississippi, Texas, General Motors Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, Bob Corker, Dennis B Fi

  Congress is on the verge of approving an increase in fuel efficiency standards that automakers have fought for more than two decades, and a central player was the auto industry's fiercest champion, Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.).

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• Fighting Reputation of Waste, Electronics Show Goes Green

  Published: January 5, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Fighting, Reputation, Waste, Electronics, Show, Goes, Green, Google Inc, American Technology Research Inc, Albert Lin, Gary Shapiro, Las Vegas, Consumer Electronics Association, Apple Iphone, Nevada, General Motors Corporation, Intel Corporation, Lg Group, Motorola Inc

  The International Consumer Electronics Show will open in Las Vegas tomorrow night with the usual fanfare, talking up new gadgets and technologies and setting this year's stage for the $148 billion industry.

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