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Music exec led Motown revival
share email print comment reprint JHERYL BUSBY, 59 Los Angeles Times News Service LOS ANGELES -- Jheryl Busby, a music executive who led a revival of Motown Records while president and chief executive of the company from 1988 to 1995, was found deadmore
America does not have a choice other than nationalizing auto industry - Detroit and Wall street lead the charge in the transformation of America into socialism
Bush and McCain called Obama a socialist. But it is they who first swallowed the pill of socialism by allowing $700 billion of nationalization funds for buying weak banks and helping them to survive. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leadermore
Police Clerk Sentenced On Drug Charges
HOWELL, Mich. -- A former Ann Arbor Police Department records clerk has been sentenced to three years' probation for growing marijuana in her home.The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell reports Dawn Marie Hamell was sentenced Thursday aftermore
The American dream shudders to a halt in Motown
Money, that's what they want. The Big Three carmakers based in the US industrial heartland are passing the bowl round Capitol Hill, desperate to save their industry. Stephen Foley reports from New York Related Articles Search Search Go Independent.co.ukmore
Ford Announces $129M 3Q Loss
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. says it lost $129 million in the third quarter as the struggling automaker burned through $7.7 billion in cash.The automaker also said it will cut about 2,260 more white-collar employees in North America as it tries tomore
Part Of Michigan Missing From Map
ESCANABA, Mich. -- Some Escanaba high school students are upset that a map in their history textbook appears to exclude Michigan's Upper Peninsula from the borders of the United States.A map showing the spread of women's suffrage in the Michigan editionmore
Pelosi, Reid Want to Widen Bailout to Detroit
, F , GM Democratic leaders in Congress are urging Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to consider temporarily extending the $700 billion bailout package to struggling automakers, according to published media reports. Related Articles Market Activity Fordmore
Judge won't block Detroit reporter's deposition
DETROITA federal judge won't block the deposition of a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to answer questions about unnamed sources used in a 2004 story about the ethics investigation of a terrorism prosecutor.U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland on Fridaymore
Judge won't block Detroit reporter's deposition
DETROIT -- A federal judge won't block the deposition of a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to answer questions about unnamed sources used in a 2004 story about the ethics investigation of a terrorism prosecutor. U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland onmore
Feds Listen to Litany of Detroit's Woes but Make No Promises
WASHINGTON Meetings of Detroit's top brass with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday were described as 'constructive,' but no promises were made by the federal government to funnel more aid to the sinking Motormore
Comcast To Convert Detroit Preferred Basic Customers To Digital
Comcast will convert its Detroit preferred basic customers to digital service by the end of this year, a move to recover bandwidth in order to launch more HDTV channels. After the change, only the customers who subscribe to limited basic, a 35-channelmore
• KC Crain: Detroit Impresses
THE LOS ANGELES AND NEW York auto shows are certainly bigger consumer shows, but nobody can compete with the 6000-plus journalists who flood into Detroit's Cobo Center. I always kid myself into thinking I'm mentally and physically prepared for the show.more
Comcast To Convert Detroit Preferred Basic Customers To Digital
Comcast will convert its Detroit preferred basic customers to digital service by the end of this year, a move to recover bandwidth in order to launch more HDTV channels. After the change, only the customers who subscribe to limited basic, a 35-channelmore
Comcast To Convert Detroit Preferred Basic Customers To Digital
Comcast will convert its Detroit preferred basic customers to digital service by the end of this year, a move to recover bandwidth in order to launch more HDTV channels. After the change, only the customers who subscribe to limited basic, a 35-channelmore
Detroit is Hemorrhaging
Just turn on the news or visit the CNN-Money homepage, and you?ll hear/read all the latest bad news on the economy, which yesterday seemed to highlight the particularly bad situation in the Detroit auto industry. The headline story yesterday was themore
Coalition presses moratorium demand to mayor
Sixteen of the many activists from the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and Evictions demonstrating on Oct. 27 left the cold rain and entered City Hall to meet with Coit Cook Ford III, interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr.?s executivemore
Harris' career-high 38 points spoils Iverson's Detroit debut
Los Angeles - Allen Iverson made his Detroit Pistons debut, but Devin Harris had all the answers. Harris poured in 31 of his career-high 38 points in the second half despite a sore ankle, and the New Jersey Nets handed the visiting Pistons their firstmore
Jheryl Busby, 59, Reviver of the Motown Label, Dies
Jheryl Busby, a music executive credited with reviving the legendary Motown record label in the early 1990s after first bringing success to MCA Records, a company previously known in the industry as the Music Cemetery of America, died Tuesday at his homemore
Automakers Seek Additional $50 Billion In Loans
DETROIT -- Struggling U.S. automakers are requesting an additional $50 billion in new loans from Congress to help them survive tough economic conditions and pay for health care obligations for retirees, officials said Friday.A day after the leaders ofmore
Leaf Burning Debate In Auburn Hills Heats Up
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- A battle over burning leaves has heated up in Auburn Hills. This time of year, people are bagging and burning the excess leaves in their yards.The city has an open burning policy, which allows residents to burn the leaves frommore
Orlovsky Plans Return Following Thumb Surgery
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit Lions starting quarterback Dan Orlovsky may need thumb surgery for a torn torn ligament and two fractures.Orlovsky hopes to return later in the season. Coach Rod Marinelli won't say who will start against Jacksonville onmore
Greektown Casino To Take Reservations For Hotel
DETROIT -- Greektown Hotel is set to open in February and they are accepting reservations.The rooms will cost about $119 a night, which includes breakfast for two at the Bistro 555.There will also be several other packages offered. The hotel is toutingmore
100 days to save the American car industry
President-elect Barack Obama has been given 100 days to save the American motor industry from collapse. Industry executives have warned him that up to 3m jobs could be lost unless the Big Three - General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - are bailed out withmore
Detroit seeks Congress aid on retiree healthcare
Posted: November , 00 - : am EDT ssociated Press via Yahoo Detroit's automakers appealed to congressional leaders Thursday for $ billion more in federal loans, low-interest emergency borrowing and a share of the Wall Street bailout to help rescue anmore
Detroit automakers make case for share of Wall Street bailout
WASHINGTON - Detroit's automakers appealed to congressional leaders yesterday for $25 billion more in federal loans, low-interest emergency borrowing and a share of the Wall Street bailout to help rescue an ailing industry battered by the economicmore