March 18th, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
Jerome P. “Jerry” York, 71, died this morning, the victim of a brain aneurysm. His passing was announced by Apple Inc. York had been a member of the Apple board of directors since 1997.
“Jerry joined Apple’s Board in 1997 when most doubted the company’s future. He has been a pillar of financial and business expertise [...]
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March 12th, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
Windsor’s hometown superhero, The Incredible Conduit, is taking his fight against crime to Chrysler’s minivan plant. The Conduit (aka Raymond Cole) is the creation of Tony Gray, a Windsor-based comic artist and writer who created the character that runs in the Windsor Star newspaper.
Gray says the latest storyline revolves around a bad guy who plans [...]
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March 11th, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
The Congressional Oversight Panel, created as a watchdog for the Treasury’s use of funds allocated in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), says GMAC still does not have a viable business plan after receiving $17.2 billion in government cash.
The panel is also critical of the Treasury Department’s handling of the GMAC case, saying the Treasury [...]
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March 10th, 2010 by DaveAdmin
Chrysler had reportedly scheduled a press conference for Jeep during the New York Auto Show, whose press days are scheduled for March 31 and April 1. While Jeep has unveiled its new vehicles at the show in recent years, and was slotted in earlier this year (with many assuming the Grand Cherokee would be re-unveiled), [...]
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March 10th, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler Group today appointed Laura J. Soave to serve as the Head of the Fiat Brand for North America. She will lead the reintroduction of Fiat to the North America, beginning with the Fiat 500. She holds full profit and loss responsibility for the Fiat product portfolio in North America. In her position, Soave, who [...]
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March 10th, 2010 by Bill Cawthon
Hundreds of workers have been recalled from layoffs to resume work at the Kokomo Transmission Plant and Indiana Transmission Plant 1.
According to Rich Boruff, president of UAW Local 685, 175 employees were back on the job Monday and another group will report for work on March 22. Boruff said a total of 257 non-skilled workers [...]
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