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Carmakers report strong June sales after May slowdown
July 3, 2012
Associated PressFrom mini cars to monster pickups, sales of vehicles charged higher in June and eased concerns that Americans would be turned
off by slower hiring and other scary headlines.
MoreGreencastle plant key in Ford's environmental movement
March 3, 2012
Scott OlsonSupplier to begin producing door part made from kenaf, a plant similar to bamboo but related to cotton.
MoreBlack Friday boosts car sales to best rate since ‘Clunkers’
November 30, 2011
Bloomberg NewsU.S. consumers, who set records for retail purchases during Thanksgiving weekend, helped boost U.S. auto sales in November
to what is likely to be their fastest pace in more than two years.
MoreAs Japan shutdowns drag on, auto crisis worsens
March 27, 2011
Associated PressIn the weeks ahead, car buyers will have difficulty finding the model they want in certain colors, thousands of auto plant
workers will likely be told to stay home, and companies such as Toyota, Honda and others will lose billions of dollars in
revenue.
MoreMore job losses coming at doomed manufacturing plant
October 29, 2010
IBJ StaffAutomotive Components Holdings, which makes hydraulic steering systems for Ford Motor Co., notified the state this week that
it plans to permanently lay off 26 employees during the first two weeks of 2011.
MoreFord laying off 249 at doomed east-side steering plant
September 24, 2010
IBJ StaffFord Motor Co. is continuing the process of shutting down a subsidiary’s east-side steering plant, filing a notice with
the state that it intends to lay off 249 employees around Nov. 19.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Burd Ford flies after tragedy
July 29, 2010
Mason King
Richard Burd's suicide led to shrewd cost-cutting at the family
auto dealership. For Christine Burd, returning to profitability is both heartening and heartbreaking.
Visteon judge won't halt benefits termination
March 17, 2010
Associated PressAn attorney for a union representing some 2,100 people who worked at two Visteon plants in Indiana argued Tuesday that many
are facing hardship, and that the order should be stayed pending an appeal to a federal district court judge.
MoreWidow aspires to continue operating Burd Ford
December 12, 2009
Norm HeikensChris Burd still unsure why husband, Rich Burd, owner of Burd Ford, committed suicide. Burd was an auto dealer in Lawrence.
MoreFord delay extends life of east-side steering plant
December 5, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinA Ford Motor Co. subsidiary will start cutting its local work force next year, but won’t close its east-side plant
for good until late 2011.
MoreEx-workers sue Navistar, charge plant closing violated contract
September 5, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerForty-three former employees of Navistar Inc.’s shuttered diesel engine plant have sued the company, claiming it
breached their collective bargaining agreement by moving plant work in recent years to non-union facilities.
MoreBig Three woes leave big void in Indianapolis
January 5, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinAutomakers' Indianapolis manufacturing plants once employed 11,000, but closings and cutbacks zap good jobs, tax base.
MoreBig Three automakers stay alive
December 29, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinThe weakest of the Detroit Three, Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp., said they would run out of cash in 2009, potentially
eliminating tens of thousands of jobs in Indiana alone.
MoreIndiana should brace for auto fallout
December 8, 2008
The Big Three and the United Auto Workers do not appear to be serious about making the concessions and changes that are necessary
to make them a viable entity for the long haul.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.