Mar 15 Trump set to challenge Obama-era fuel standards in Detroit By Associated Press Moving forcefully against Obama-era environmental rules, President Donald Trump is set to announce in Michigan plans to re-examine federal requirements that regulate the fuel efficiency of new cars and trucks. Continue reading
Nov 18 Contrary to Trump tweets, Ford wasn’t considering closing Kentucky auto plant By Tom Krishner, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he convinced the chairman of Ford Motor Co. not to move an assembly plant from Kentucky to Mexico. But Ford never intended to move the plant, just production of one of the vehicles it… Continue reading
Jun 09 Detroit’s automakers pledge $26 million to save museum, benefit pensions By Margaret Myers In a show of solidarity for a city struggling through bankruptcy, Detroit’s three automakers announced Monday a pledge of $26 million to go toward a deal that would help save the integrity of the city’s renowned art museum and alleviate… Continue reading
May 09 Watch News Wrap: South Sudan president, rebel leader agree to ceasefire By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the president of South Sudan and the rebel leader agreed to a ceasefire during a meeting in Ethiopia. The two men agreed a transitional government offers the best chance for new elections. Also, Ford issued… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch "If we don’t raise the debt ceiling, we’ll be deadbeats" Obama: "If we don't raise the debt ceiling, we'll be deadbeats"… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch Why Auto Sales Surge Even as Gas Prices Rise Auto industry sales jumped 6 percent in March with almost 1.4 million new cars and trucks sold -- the highest number since 2008, according to new reports released Tuesday amid Detroit's $200 million deficit. Gwen Ifill and David Shepardson of… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: Pfizer Recalls 1 Million Packets of Birth Control Pills In other news Wednesday, the drug maker Pfizer recalled 1 million packets of birth control pills. Some of the packages contained too many active tablets while others had too few, raising the risk of unintended pregnancy, the company said. Also,… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch How the U.S. Auto Industry Picked Up Speed in 2011 With nearly 13 million cars sold, 2011 turned out to be the strongest year for Detroit's major automakers since the financial crisis hit in 2008. Margaret Warner discusses just how that 10 percent increase came to be with David Shepardson,… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch UAW President Bob King on New Contracts: Top Priority Was Creating Jobs Chrysler's workers on Wednesday became the last of the Big Three to ratify a new four-year labor contract. United Auto Workers officials fought hard to get members to OK the contracts after several major plants voted against the deals. UAW… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch UAW, Big 3 Reach Agreement Amid New Economic Climate The United Auto Workers has reached a deal for a new contract with Chrysler after working out similar deals with GM and Ford. Jeffrey Brown discusses what these new labor contracts might mean for workers and the Big Three automakers… Continue watching