As Sens. John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Sen. Barack Obama of using rhetoric that lacks specifics or fails to yield results, Obama countered on Wednesday by offering a detailed plan to spend $210 billion to create jobs in construction and environmentally friendly fields. ...more

February 14, 2008

When thousands of U.S. auto dealers gather in San Francisco this weekend, much of the talk will be about just getting through 2008. ...more

February 9, 2008

Straight talk didn't pay off for John McCain in Michigan. But he still told voters there what they needed to hear. ...more

January 17, 2008

Nothing clarifies an issue like $57 billion. And when an individual worth that kind of money gets up on a soapbox, as Warren Buffett did, and tells Congress that he and his fellow net worth individuals enjoy a lower tax rate than their company receptionists, a national debate ensues. The watercooler buzz has yet to die down. ...more

January 14, 2008

Industry analysts are predicting a lackluster end to an already dismal year for automakers, likely the worst in nearly a decade. ...more

December 29, 2007

The bathtub ring of mold on the ceiling of Colleen McGaw's Mini Cooper marks how high Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters rose inside the sporty red coupe. ...more

November 18, 2007

Chrysler LLC, the third-largest U.S. automaker, may cut 1,500 salaried and contract jobs because of falling U.S. auto sales, people familiar with the strategy said. ...more

October 9, 2007

Volkswagen is moving its North American headquarters out of the Detroit area - the nation's automotive capital - to the suburbs of the nation's capital and will cut 400 jobs in the process, the German auto maker said Thursday. ...more

September 7, 2007

Chrysler LLC, Toyota Motor Corp. and Ford Motor Co. each reported sales declines last month, but General Motors Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. surprised industry analysts Tuesday by showing an increase in a declining U.S. auto market. ...more

September 5, 2007