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PBS: Gearing Down
and a weakening economy. TOM BEARDEN: Last week the world's automakers rolled out their new cars and trucks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It's been a heady two years. The industry is coming off 24 months of record-smashing sales. SPOKESPERSON: And we discussed the...
Thingstodo.com: Michigan State History
Michigan soldiers fought in the Union Army. The Fourth Michigan Calvary under General Custer captured Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy on May 10, 1865. Michigan soon became center to a new automobile industry. In 1899, Ransom Olds started the Olds Motor Works in Detroit. He...
Great Lakes Information Network: Economy
one-fifth of U.S. manufacturing are based on the region's freshwater coast. The binational region accounts for about 60 percent of steel production in North America. Automotive parts manufacturing and assembly is predominant in Great Lakes urban areas such as Detroit, Mich.; and Toronto, Onta...
NYTimes People: Wagoner, G. Richard Jr.
in the Automotive Industry: A Conversation with Dean Emeritus Glen Urban MIT World Multimedia On the Road to Detroit's Big Pileup If General Motors were any other company, it would probably be dead by now. In the summer of 2008, nearly a year before G.M. filed for bankruptcy, its e...
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