Apr 01 Watch CEO Mary Barra reads written testimony at GM recall hearing By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 01 GM CEO, safety watchdog to testify before Congress By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press General Motors' new CEO and the head of the nation's auto safety watchdog are headed to Congress to testify about a defect in small cars that is linked to 13 deaths. In written testimony released ahead of a Tuesday House… Continue reading
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Dec 10 GM appoints Mary Barra as its first female CEO Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images General Motors Co. announced Tuesday that Mary Barra, the company's global product development chief, will serve as their new CEO. Continue reading
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 $200 million deficit. Gwen Ifill and David Shepardson of… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: Pfizer Recalls 1 Million Packets of Birth Control Pills In other news Wednesday, the drug maker Pfizer recalled 1 million packets of birth control pills. Some of the packages contained too many active tablets while others had too few, raising the risk of unintended pregnancy, the company said. Also,… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch UAW President Bob King on New Contracts: Top Priority Was Creating Jobs Chrysler's workers on Wednesday became the last of the Big Three to ratify a new four-year labor contract. United Auto Workers officials fought hard to get members to OK the contracts after several major plants voted against the deals. UAW… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch UAW, Big 3 Reach Agreement Amid New Economic Climate The United Auto Workers has reached a deal for a new contract with Chrysler after working out similar deals with GM and Ford. Jeffrey Brown discusses what these new labor contracts might mean for workers and the Big Three automakers… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch Stakes High at Start of UAW-Big 3 Talks, But ‘Both Sides Want This to Go Well’ Detroit's Big 3 Carmakers, UAW Start Labor Talks… Continue watching
Mar 30 Making Sen$e: Are American Workers Overpaid? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: Alex Question: Maybe it's my background as a college instructor (and… Continue reading