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2 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Daniel Howes
DETROIT - In a company town that's seen more than its share of economic hardship, President Donald Trump's Tariffpalooza could get ugly for Detroit real fast. It's a presidential choice, marked Thursday by plunging stock markets around the world not seen since the outbreak of COVID-19.
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2 weeks ago | 
miamiherald.com | Daniel Howes
DETROIT - In a company town that's seen more than its share of economic hardship, President Donald Trump's Tariffpalooza could get ugly for Detroit real fast. It's a presidential choice, marked Thursday by plunging stock markets around the world not seen since the outbreak of COVID-19.
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1 month ago | 
detroitnews.com | Daniel Howes
AUTOS Daniel HowesThe Detroit NewsView Comments To dispel any doubt, President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform Thursday to confirm that, yes, tariffs on vehicles, parts and other products made in Canada and Mexico "will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled" next week.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
detroitnews.com | Daniel Howes
The Detroit Auto Show is not what it used to be — and that's OK. Because the auto industry showcased the past 10 days at Huntington Place is not what it used to be, either. It's being transformed by quickly evolving technology, new competitors from Silicon Valley to China, ambitious regulatory policy from Washington and Beijing to the European Union, and battles with labor old and new.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
ledger-enquirer.com | Daniel Howes
Supremacy in the race to self-drive an electrified auto industry is harder than the masters of Detroit and Silicon Valley figured, proving that what players do is far more important than what they say. General Motors Co. showed as much this week with confirmation it's quitting Cruise LLC's robotaxi program after pumping $10 billion into it and seeing nothing but more of the same for years to come.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
detroitnews.com | Daniel Howes
Credit mortgage mogul Dan Gilbert and General Motors Co. for breaking Detroit tradition with their $1.6 billion plan to transform the Renaissance Center. In old Detroit, they would be proposing to raze the iconic complex after decades of deterioration and disinvestment, or hanging onto it in hopes the business environment improves. Or they would propose selling it to outside investors who promise investments that never come because they say the numbers don't quite pencil in this town.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
detroitnews.com | Daniel Howes
Lansing Mayor Andy Schor remembers prodding a parade of Michigan State University presidents for help shaping a mutual economic development agenda to bolster business in and around the capital city. "I talked to all of them," recalled Schor, mayor since 2018. "And they said, 'I don't think that's a priority.' I don't think previous presidents have focused on that."Until now.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
detroitnews.com | Daniel Howes
Howes: As election looms, automakers face stark choice, one answerNot too long before he died in 2018, former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV CEO Sergio Marchionne and I stood chatting after an event when the conversation turned to Donald Trump. How, I asked, would the auto industry manage its relationship with the new president given his professed love for tariffs, his keen (if selectively informed) interest in the companies and his populist appeals to its hourly workers.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
detroitnews.com | Daniel Howes
It was all to protect the house. In the painful years that followed the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal, Michigan State University's trustees repeatedly used attorney-client privilege to justify their refusal to release thousands of potentially embarrassing documents — an information blockade foisted on survivors, taxpayers, the university and its already sullied reputation.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
detroitnews.com | Daniel Howes
2024 Michiganians of the Year Published 3:00 AM UTC Jun. 7, 2024 Updated 3:00 AM UTC Jun. 7, 2024 Show caption Hide caption Sheila Hamp, principal owner and chair of the Detroit Lions, is a 2024 Detroit News Michiganian. She says 'football is the ultimate team sport, and we have a real team. Nobody is me-first.
