Metro Airport to drop runway plan ( Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0200) Detroit Metropolitan Airport is expected to end a bitter battle with Romulus leaders by shelving plans for a controversial fifth parallel runway the city claimed would displace 3,500 residents, close two elementary schools and wipe out nearly 50 businesses. Read more Michigan judge named to U.S. appeals court ( Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:22:00 +0200) Ending a bitter partisan feud that dates to 1997, the U.S. Senate took less than two hours Tuesday night to confirm Helene White to sit on the federal appeals court that handles cases for the Midwest. Read more
Controversial Michigan judge wins Senate approval to U.S. appeals court bench ( Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:04:00 +0200) WASHINGTON -- Ending a bitter partisan feud that dates back to 1997, the U.S. Senate took less than two hours Tuesday night to confirm a controversial Michigan judge to sit on the federal appeals court that handles cases for the Midwest. Read more
Latest meeting with GM 'didn't go too well' - CAW ( Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:54:17 +0200) By John McCrank TORONTO, June 18 (Reuters) - The Canadian Auto Workers and General Motors of Canada met again on Wednesday to try to resolve their bitter Read more
Wendel power clash puts family capitalism on spot ( Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:15:10 +0200) By Marcel Michelson PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) - A bitter power struggle in one of France's richest families could have wider consequences for the concept Read more
Workers ratify new contract at American Axle ( Fri, 23 May 2008 05:01:00 +0200) The bitter three-month-long strike by the UAW against American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. is over. Read more
Workers ratify new contract at American Axle ( Fri, 23 May 2008 00:25:00 +0200) The bitter three-month-long strike by the UAW against American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. is over. Read more American Axle plans to expand in Asia ( Mon, 19 May 2008 05:01:00 +0200) Even as Richard E. Dauch reaches a tentative agreement with the UAW after a bitter three-month strike, the CEO of American Axle and#38; Manufacturing Holdings Inc. is beefing up in Asia. American Axle is heavily dependent on the North American market. Read more State slaps Meijer with record fine ( Wed, 14 May 2008 06:02:00 +0200) A bitterly contested, eight-year effort by Meijer Inc. to build a superstore near Traverse City hasn't yielded a groundbreaking yet. Read more Senate begins hearings on Michigan judgeships ( Wed, 07 May 2008 15:52:00 +0200) WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday opened hearings on three nominees to fill spots on federal courts serving Michigan that became ensnared in bitter partisan fighting dating back more than a decade. Read more
Time for an honest chat about trade ( Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:50:37 +0200) How much did Sen. Barack Obama's ill-chosen words about embittered small-town people clinging to anti-trade and anti-immigration sentiments out of frustration with the U.S. economy have to do with his 10-point thumping by Sen. Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary? Read more
Bush, Mich. senators end fed judge fight ( Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0200) A deal between Michigan's senators and the Bush administration has ended a bitter fight over federal judicial appointments and cleared the way to a federal appeals court for a Michigan judge first nominated more than a decade ago. Read more
Son seeks explanation in death of Joe Louis' sister ( Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:00:00 +0100) SOUTHFIELD -- The 92-year-old sister of boxing great Joe Louis, who wandered from her apartment complex into the bitter cold this week, "didn't have to die," her son said Thursday. Read more Bitter cold, high winds create dangerous conditions in Michigan ( Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:00:00 +0100) Bitter cold weather moving across Michigan was accompanied by high winds and snow, creating hazardous driving conditions Sunday and forcing road closures and the cancellation of church services and outdoor events. Read more FEATURE-For Toyota, success is a bitter-sweet pill ( Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:18:46 +0100) By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia auto correspondent TOKYO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp CEO Rick Wagoner boasts about the number of markets where the Read more
Bitter cold grips Metro Detroit ( Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:00:00 +0100) DETROIT -- Rodney Strong didn't need a weatherman to tell him how cold it was Sunday. He simply timed how long he could stand being outside to work on the roofing job he was trying to complete. Read more
2008 DETROIT AUTO SHOW: Public catches first glimpse of auto show offerings at Cobo Center ( Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:34:00 +0100) Plunging temperatures and biting winds weren't enough to keep Patrick O'Brien from the first day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Saturday. In fact, O'Brien figured the bitter cold would be part of his strategy in navigating Cobo Center. Read more
DETROIT AUTO SHOW OPENS TO PUBLIC: Cold can't keep crowds out of Cobo ( Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:14:00 +0100) Brisk winds and bitter cold were no match for the warm glow of the dazzling new vehicles that lured throngs of car enthusiasts to the first day of the North American International Auto Show this afternoon. Read more Wind storm takes out trees and power ( Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:00:00 +0100) 60,000 lose electrical service as bitter gusts belt Metro area; flurries expected for Christmas. Read more
Dems try to settle primary ( Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100) DNC chairman Howard Dean said Sunday that he believes the state and national parties can work out a solution to the sometimes bitter standoff over Michigan's Jan. 15 presidential primary. Read more
Toll bridge firm is denied access to water lines ( Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:21:00 +0200) GROSSE ILE -- An increasingly bitter feud is heating up again between leaders of this island community and the owners of a private bridge that connects it to the mainland. Read more
For family, it's home, bittersweet home ( Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0200) For months, Terry and Brenda Edwards had dreaded this day. Read more Imports hold key to CAFE outcome ( Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:05:42 +0200) Last week's stunning Senate vote for sharply higher fuel economy standards was a bitter defeat for the Detroit 3, which had lobbied heavily against the measure. Read more Will legal battle hurt Highland's Delphi bid? ( Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:59:27 +0200) A would-be buyer of Delphi Corp. has spent the past year in bitter litigation with Delphi's former owner, General Motors. A subsidiary of Highland Capital Partners LP -- a Dallas-based hedge fund that first announced its $4. Read more GM's split from GMAC not painless ( Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100) DETROIT -- The cool $2.1 billion earned by GMAC Financial Services in 2006 must be somewhat bittersweet for General Motors Corp. Read more
Latest meeting with GM 'didn't go too well' - CAW 
American Axle plans to expand in Asia 
Bush, Mich. senators end fed judge fight 
Bitter cold grips Metro Detroit 
Dems try to settle primary 
Will legal battle hurt Highland's Delphi bid? 
