Geo Metro News

Although the nation is still in the midst of a recession, a Canadian newspaper is counting down the top 10 bankruptcy victims of the recession already.

Big announcements by Gov. Jennifer Granholm Friday will create and preserve thousands of jobs.

Two of Michigan's largest dental insurers are vying for the business of automotive retirees who expect to lose their group-dental benefits by month's end.

President Barack Obama will hold a town hall meeting in the Detroit area on July 14.

In this May 21, 2007 file photo, Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca speaks at the 70th Luncheon of the Metro-Detroit Book and Author Society in Livonia, Mich.

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC retirees are flocking to Metro Detroit optometrists and dental offices for eye exams and teeth cleanings before those longtime benefits vanish July 1. The benefit cuts are among broader changes approved by the United Auto Workers in May as GM and Chrysler sought to restructure before filing for bankruptcy ...

Looks alone don't do Tom Faussett's 1991 GEO Metro justice. For an electrical engineer and fuel saving consumer, the Eureka Township man's car is a thing of beauty under the hood.

Metro Detroit's Ford dealers celebrated Ford Motor Co.'s 106th birthday on Tuesday by holding their monthly meeting at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, the birthplace of the Model T. Times are tough for Ford dealers, and the mood at the event was subdued, despite speeches by Ford Motor President and CEO Alan Mulally and board member and dealer ...

Who would have suspected that during the same month Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp.

The week of mourning over the bankruptcy filing of General Motors Corp. on June 1 ends today.

General Motors Corp., the largest U.S. automaker which filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, sought on Tuesday to cancel seven aircraft leases and its lease with Wayne County on a hangar at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, as it rejects contracts in bankruptcy court.

General Motors Corp. sought today to cancel seven aircraft leases and its lease with Wayne County on a hangar at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, as it rejects contracts in bankruptcy court.

Michigan communities that once thrived because of General Motors Corp. braced for a bumpy ride Monday after the automaker filed for bankruptcy, with plants being closed or idled, thousands of workers heading for unemployment lines and neighborhoods wondering how to mend tattering social fabrics.

The exterior of the General Motors Willow Run Powertrain plant in Ypsilanti Township.

During these dismal days for Detroit and Michigan, precisely when one might hope to find people huddling together for comfort and extending helping hands to neighbors, the opposite often seems to be the case.

Thousands of people turned out for the Susan G. Komen Detroit Race for the Cure Saturday morning.

The vultures have come out of the woodwork, big deal. Just like the ones snapping up the broken dreams of foreclosed homes.

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and other top leaders are in the midst of a frantic lobbying maneuver they hope will stop any plans by General Motors Corp.

The Star's auto beat reporter Randolph Heaster caught up with a local UAW leader this afternoon.

Metro Detroit auto parts suppliers Visteon Corp. and Metaldyne Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection today, as both parts makers struggle amid steep declines in demand for vehicles and face cash droughts with extended plant shutdowns this summer.