The UAW has started contract talks with Chrysler. The labor union says it wants some previous concessions back. But management at Detroit's Big Three wants to avoid costly mistakes of the past. The companies want to reduce labor costs rather than give wage increases.
Car makers are hiring more workers and growing faster than the rest of the U.S. economy, outpacing industries that include health care and airplane manufacturing
Over the past two years, Ford Motor Co has roared back from the brink of failure, won accolades for its gains in quality, posted its highest profits in a decade and rewarded patient investors with a 14-fold increase in its share price.
Ford Motor Company posted strong sales results for June, up 10 percent from the same month one year ago. General Motors also showed a June sales increase, but its numbers were below analyst expectations.
General Motors sales increased more than 10 percent in June, but the results reported today are lower than analyst expectations.
Just pages into his book, Damon Vickers gets going at warp speed, declaring that the United States is not a going concern.
Landmark building 'turns on the dark' for most expensive musical in Broadway history
The economy's effect on architectural aesthetics.
How the current economy is changing architectural aesthetic.
A resurgent automobile industry vindicates the government's issuing a bailout, President Barack Obama said during during a speech at a Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio today.
The U.S. Treasury has agreed to sell its remaining 6 percent stake in Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat, which will pay $500 million as part of the deal.
On the Memorial Day evening, did you encounter the beautiful Manhattanhenge? If not, here is your second, and better chance.
On the Memorial Day evening, did you encounter the beautiful Manhattanhenge? If not, here is your second, and better chance.
The official Twitter account of automobile giant Chrysler vehicles today used the F-bomb on its more than 7,500 followers.
With gasoline & diesel prices at two-year highs, most of U.S. business fleets are forced to take an immediate hit to their profits, according to a new survey.
If you’ve followed the auto industry for a while you’ll know that automakers are always sharing technology and projects in cross-collaborations that would normally make any paranoid hard-nosed capitalist weep in fear. But the latest firms to receive official blessing for a joint project might not be the strange bedfellows they appear at first.
U.S. auto sales rose more than 20 percent in February as the lure of discounts from automakers led by General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) outweighed concerns about higher oil prices.
Honda and Subaru still make the best vehicles overall, but Ford posted the largest gain in the past year, improving in its road-test and reliability scores, Consumer Reports said. Newer models such as the Flex SUV pumped up Ford's overall road-test score.
Researchers have developed an advanced lithium-ion battery, having high energy content and rate capacity, to make electric vehicles a more realistic alternative to gas-powered automobiles.
General Motors Co (GM.N) will pay its 45,000 hourly workers in the United States a bonus of at least $4,000 each, the automaker said on Monday. The average employee payout will be finalized by the end of February. The payments will be doled out on March 25, a company spokeswoman said.
The following is a White House Transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks on the unveiling of his proposal for the U.S. 2012 fiscal year federal budget as delivered at Parkville Middle School and Center for Technology in Baltimore, Maryland on February 14, 2011.
Super Bowl XLV provided plenty of entertainment on the football field, and just as much during commercial breaks. Which ad won the night?